Maxis is offering a time limited sale on selected smart phones which offers lower monthly commitment than before. Usually Maxis bundle its devices with a minimum bolt on of 500MB data plan of RM58/month and this time, they offer more options with a much lower RM38/month which gives you 250MB of Data. For BlackBerry, the plan on offer is the BIS Entry of 250MB at RM40/month. This offer is valid from now until 14th August 2011.

Among the devices on offer is the HTC Chacha, the original HTC Wildfire, Huawei Ideos S7 tablet, Motorola Backflip and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. The bundle pricing you see above are tied with a shorter 12 months contract period. Here’s the comparison of the minimum offer before and after:

HTC ChaCha
RM499 with 500MB plan, now RM799 on 250MB data plan

HTC Wildfire
RM699 with 500MB, now RM699 on 250MB data plan

Motorola Backflip
RM1149 with 500MB, now RM1099 on 250MB data plan

Huawei Ideos S7
RM1029 with 500MB, now RM999 on 250MB data plan

BlackBerry Pearl 3G
RM799 on BIS Pro (RM90), now RM1099 on BIS 40 plan

While RM38 a month is cheaper, it costs more per GB. Therefore those who will be highly likely to use more than 250MB/month within the 12 months contract period might want to look at higher data plans instead.

For more details, head to Maxis mid year sale promo page here.

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Maxis has another Android to offer and it’s a device from Motorola.

Introducing the Motorola Backflip. Specs include a 3.1in capacitive screen with 320x480px resolution. There’s a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash though no HD video recording. The Backflip runs on Android 1.5 (Cupcake) with Motorola’s MotoBlur UI skinned on top (similar to Samsung’s TouchWhiz and HTC’s Sense UI).

Motorola says the Backflip’s Android 1.5 is upgradable to Android 2.1 sometime in the future but they didn’t say specifically when.

The device is powered by a 528Mhz processor with 256MB RAM and 512MB on board storage. There’s a 8GB microSD card included in the box with expansion support for cards up 32GB in size. Connectivity wise, you get Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP, there’s WiFi b/g and HSDPA with up to 7.2Mbps download.

What’s interesting about the Backflip is the full QWERTY keyboard that “backflips” into action rather than slide out like conventional QWERTY keyboards. It’s a novel approach to allow for full unhindered access to all the keys on the keyboard, especially the top row.

The Backflip also has this novel backward facing trackpad that seem to look awkward but intuitive. It’s pretty cool actually.

Unlike most mid-line, or high-end Android devices for that matter, the Backflip has dual-mic, with noise cancellation. This is a very useful feature if you’re constantly on the phone, we like this very much.

The Motorola Backflip retails for RM1,699 but it can be yours for as low as RM899 with a 24 months Maxis contract. You can check out the Motorola bundled package here.

To be honest, we haven’t experienced the Backflip first hand but its safe to say that the processor is adequate to cope with the Android 1.5 pre-installed. So expect a pretty snappy device. It’s a pretty interesting offering. Actually, one of our contributors has had first hand experience with the Motorola Backflip. Our assumptions that it would be snappy turns out to be unfounded as our contributor reports that the performance of the Backflip is rather clunky, claiming that the entry-level HTC Wildfire we reviewed earlier is smoother.

Head on over to after the jump to take a look at two related videos. One, a Backflip commercial and the other demo video. More images of the Backflip are also available so hit the link.

Now, when will the scratch, dust and water Motorola Defy and squarely hip Motorola Charm hit our shores?

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