<s>
The	O
Motorola	B-Application
Backflip	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
Motorola	O
Motus	O
in	O
some	O
regions	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
smartphone	B-Application
released	O
to	O
the	O
U.S.	O
for	O
AT&T	O
on	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
other	O
countries	O
on	O
Telus	O
and	O
Optus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
Google	B-Application
Android	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motorola	O
features	O
Motoblur	B-Application
,	O
which	O
integrates	O
multiple	O
social	O
network	O
service	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
homescreen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
customize	O
their	O
phones	O
by	O
installing	O
apps	O
through	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Market	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
some	O
carriers	O
(	O
AT&T	O
)	O
do	O
not	O
give	O
users	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
install	O
non-market	O
apps	O
onto	O
the	O
Backflip	O
(	O
a	O
policy	O
they	O
have	O
continued	O
with	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
circumvent	O
this	O
limitation	O
by	O
manually	O
installing	O
3rd	O
party	O
apps	O
using	O
the	O
tools	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
SDK	B-Application
while	O
the	O
handset	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Victor	O
Godinez	O
,	O
of	O
The	O
Dallas	O
Morning	O
News	O
,	O
suggests	O
that	O
the	O
phone	O
is	O
aimed	O
towards	O
social	O
networkers	O
,	O
and	O
points	O
out	O
that	O
the	O
price	O
is	O
higher	O
than	O
other	O
options	O
with	O
additional	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
9	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
downloadable	O
update	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
OS	I-Application
2.1	O
(	O
Eclair	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
compatible	O
version	O
of	O
MotoBlur	B-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Motorola	O
for	O
AT&T	O
Backflip	O
customers	O
,	O
U.S.	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
Eclair	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
phones	O
outside	O
U.S.	O
that	O
are	O
rooted	B-Application
with	O
custom	O
recoveries	O
installed	O
and	O
radio	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CyanogenMod	B-Application
7.2	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.7	O
)	O
is	O
available	O
through	O
official	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overclocking	B-Application
is	O
possible	O
via	O
overclocking	B-Application
kernels	B-Operating_System
and	O
direct	O
overclocking	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overclocking	B-Application
is	O
available	O
up	O
to	O
768MHz	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
cyanogenmod	B-Application
7	O
rom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
phone	O
lacks	O
the	O
multitouch	B-Application
feature	O
,	O
a	O
patch	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
froyo	O
rom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
many	O
testers	O
have	O
reported	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
which	O
becomes	O
jerky	O
and	O
eventually	O
ceases	O
to	O
operate	O
.	O
</s>
