The third consecutive smartphone that runs Google's Android operating system is being offered by Telus Corp. The company unveiled that Motorola Backflip has a 3.1-inch high-resolution touch screen and it features Motorblur, which is a new way to get live updates from social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter or Gmail.

Telus shared that it is a smartphone with a three-year term costs $249.99, or $399.99 with no contract. The HTC Hero and Motorola Milestone are two of the other Android-based products, which it launched in November and February, respectively.

Android powered-devices, such as the HTC Magic and HTC Dream are being offered by rival carrier Rogers Wireless. While Bell Wireless sells the Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Canada will be offering Android phones to most Canadian carriers.

Google is giving open-source Linux software free to cell phone makers and Android is based on that. Android meant to spur non-voice data uses of cell phones, including web surfing, email and geo-location.

Android Market is akin to Apple Inc.'s iTunes store and users can access it easily. There a lot of software applications, many of them are for free and can be downloaded to the smartphones.