AT&T Motorola Backflip To Include Yahoo! As Default Search Engine

by Chris Moor

AT&T Motorola Backflip AT&T’s first Android powered handset, the Motorola Backflip, will use Yahoo! as its default search engine.

According to a report by BusinessWeek, the Motorola Backflip will feature Yahoo! as the default search engine, although users will be able to manually change the provider to Google if they wish.

Yahoo! Vice President David Katz commented, “We have a long-standing relationship with AT&T and more than 80 carrier partnerships around the world for our award- winning mobile-search experience. Mobile search continues to be a focus for investment and innovation”.

The Backflip will be the first Android handset to not feature Google as the default search engine. Unlike the Nexus One, the Motorola Backflip is not a Google-branded device and therefore allows for deeper carrier customization.

motorola backflip

The Motorola Backflip will be powered by Android 1.5 and will feature a 3.1-inch (320 x 480 pixels) TFT touchscreen display, 5 mega-pixel camera with LED flash and auto-focus, video capture, and 2GB of memory (upgradeable to 32GB). The handset also includes a 3.5mm audio jack, 3G connectivity, and Wi-Fi.

The Motorola Backflip will be available across the US from March 7th.

[via businessweek.com]

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Comments

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THE MOTOROLA BACKFLIP IS THE BEST PHONE EVER MADE!!!!!
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Lets take a Google (“Open Source”) OS and lock it down and force yahoo down your throat. Sorry might as well get a Iphone since they have more control over the apps then apple. Come on people think of what you could do if they didn’t lock you down!!!

AT&T way to take a good thing and turn it into crap!
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