Motorola Flipout possibly coming to AT&T

If you're on AT&T and looking longingly at that Motorola Charm, you may soon see its older brother make an appearance. Our tipster says it's currently in testing with AT&T (whose other Android phones are the Moto Backflip, HTC Aria and upcoming Samsung Captivate).

It's said to have Android 2.1 on board, and we assume (and very much hope) will have the same improvements to Motoblur that the Charm, Cliq and Cliq XT will have. We have to assume at this point that AT&T will keep the Flipout locked down to not allow the sideloading of apps -- which we still hate to see, but likely a decision that won't greatly impact someone who's looking for a phone of this kind in the first place. We're also told that "Test units have Yahoo as the browser default," just like the Backflip.

One more picture after the break, folks. Thanks, anonymous.

Phil Nickinson