Motorola and Telstra Unveils hiptop Red

Everyone who favors the form factor of the hiptop slide rejoice for it now comes in red. Motorola and Telstra launched the hiptop Red in Australia, aiming for the young, social networking-addicted generation.

The hiptop Red’s main features are instant messaging, MySpace access, and of course, text messaging. The device can be hooked up to a 24-month AU$30 monthly Telstra unlimited data plan and can be used both as a planner and an MP3 player. A peeve I have against the hiptop Red is its 1.3-megapixel camera. If the device is targeting young ‘uns who spend every free time they have on MySpace (where the addicted upload every picture they could), a better camera should be in place. Going back to specs, the hiptop Red has 2.4-inch display, a full QWERTY keypad, and a trackball. It’s now available exclusively to Telstra for AU$679.

Summary of Features:

Messaging: SMS, MMS, IM: AIM, Yahoo, Microsoft, 128MB Shared Internal User Memory, Micro SD removable memory slot

Browser: Web-browsing with Javascript support

Email: Push Email

Bluetooth: v 2.0, Enhanced Data Rate

Connectivity: USB 2.0 full speed, Intellisync

Audio Codec: MP3, WAV, MIDI, AAC, WMA DRM10

Bands/Modes: GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad band), GPRS (2U/4D) Class 10, EDGE (2U/4D) Class 10

Display res: Brilliant 2.4” QVGA 65K TFT Display