Motorola Charm

We think a lot of messaging fiends will appreciate the Motorola's Charm's unique design. It's nice to be able to fire off e-mails and texts without having to slide a keyboard down or rely on a touch keyboard. The $74.99 price is also attractive....

Slim and lightweight. MotoBlur is useful. Runs Android 2.1, complete with free voice navigation. Voice dialing over Bluetooth

Low resolution screen. Sluggish. Poor reception. Many Android Market apps are unavailable. Backtrack is useless

The Motorola Charm is a compact, socially alert Android phone that's let down by insufficient screen resolution and sluggish performance.

We've talked about the good and the bad, but what's my final verdict on the Charm? That depends on what you need it for. Don't go into it thinking you'll take advantage of the thousands of apps on the Android Market, because the phone wasn't designed...

Very good keyboard, lots of social networking, strong reception and voice. Both standard and extended batteries are included

Display is small and low quality, social networking overwhelms the tiny home screen

If you're looking for a very affordable and compact Android phone with a QWERTY keyboard, the Motorola has its charms. Despite our complaints about the display and MOTOBLUR overwhelming the small home screen, the Motorola Charm is a solid messaging...

The Motorola Charm is an oddly designed phone meant to woo T-Mobile customers. Read on to see if this phone has what it takes to attract customers.

Solid build quality, compact, good keyboard and GSM reception, extended battery included, web phone portal

small and poor quality display, some 3rd party app issues, very weak camera

If Moto could have managed to put a HVGA res display with better color in the Charm, even at the same 2.8-inch size, it would have done wonders for this phone. As it stands now, though, the display hamstrings an otherwise stellar design.