Motorola CHARM Pro Reviews

After using the Charm for a week, I realized that it would make a perfect messaging phone. As a smartphone, it doesn't quite handle everything that a smartphone should, but it has the specs and the capabilities to be a great messaging phone. You can take that as a positive or a negative. If you have the money to spend an extra 30 or so dollars per month on a smartphone and mostly just do messaging, then you'll be fine with the Charm. If not, I would recommend just sticking with a messaging phone or picking one of other T-Mobile's offerings in the smartphone department.

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

If you can look past its design pitfalls, the Motorola Charm is an affordable and usable entry-level Android handheld. Android power users, on the other hand, may want to look elsewhere.

While we appreciate Motorola introducing a new form factor with the Charm, its novel design and low $74 list price aren't enough to make up for its flaws. While its QWERTY keyboard is excellent, the Charm's low-res screen and sluggish processor can't handle everything MotoBlur tries to do, let alone Android. If you want an Android phone paired with T-Mobile's reasonable pricing plans, the Samsung Vibrant is currently the best option. Ultimately, this Charm was lost on us.

Well it's about time that we find someone brave enough to venture with something different in terms of form factor with Android – even more when landscape QWERTY handsets are abundant. The Motorola CHARM is actually a well-rounded device that refreshes the usual set of Android phones we're typically presented with. When it's priced at $79.99 on-contract, it makes for a decent offering when you factor in its rare portrait style QWERTY, inclusion of Android 2.1, and its quality construction. When we think about it more, its pricing is definitely fitting for any feature phone we've seen Motorola produce, but it's even more exciting when it's an Android powered smartphone we're talking about. In the end, it might not be quite to the level of its high-end counterparts in performance, but it's more than acceptable and functional to get you by your daily routines.