Oh Backflip users, you can now join the rest of the world your pain on 1.5 is over! Yes we all thought that the Motorola Backflip was a pretty cool phone back in March when it made its debut on AT&T as the very first Android device in the line up. I was super pumped about the device with the multiple options and fun Motoblur but soon realized that the phone was incredibly slow. A flop some might venture to say.

Now all you people who believed the swift salesperson like myself back in March and April and bought off on the idea can pull up some speed and most certainly some improvements by downloading 2.1 onto your device. It is no surprise that Motorola should come out with the update considering the recent launch of three new devices with AT&T that improved upon that original. Hopefully this update will tide you over for awhile longer since your two year contract is not even close to being up.

This update will not be coming over the air like most of them do. Instead head on over to the Motorola website to learn about the update and just what you will need to do to get it. Here is the official list of changes and updates that they have announced:

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You’ll have more Home screens, resizeable widgets, and widgets for toggling wireless connections.
Check out all the great things you’ll be able to do after the update!

• Have more than one window open in the browser? Switch between them by swiping side to side.

After the update, you’ll have more space on your Home screen, and more ways to customize it:

• You’ll have 7 screens to make your own.
• Resize your widgets! You can make them larger or smaller. They also rearrange easily when you drag them to new locations on your Home screen.
• Customize your Happenings and Messaging widgets by selecting the updates and messages you want to display.
• Have a few people who you always call or email or text? The new Contact quick tasks widget lets you put a picture of a contact on your homescreen and assign quick actions for that contact. So, with one touch you can call their cell or home phone, or start a text message. Talk about instant access! Resize the widget and you can add even more actions/quick tasks.

The update includes other great features too:

• Use widgets to toggle Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi on and off; connect when you need to, turn it off to save your battery.
• Save a quick note on your Home screen with the Sticky Note widget.
• Try out these improved widgets: Calendar, Photo, Date and Time, Weather.
• Exchange now has Global Address Lookup, address history lookup, and Push ActiveSync. And now you can multiselect emails (if you want to delete a bunch at once, for example).”

  Hope you can now enjoy that nifty little device!

[VIA] Motorola