Motorola today officially announced the Android based touch screen smartphone Motorola CHARM, which will be available this summer exclusively in the U.S. for customers of T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Motorola CHARM will be running Android 2.1 (Eclair) with MOTOBLUR user interface, it have 2.8 inch touch screen, a vertical four-row full QWERTY keyboard and comes with “BACKTRACK navigation pad, located on the back of the smartphone directly behind the home screen, which is similar to a laptop touch panel and enables an unobstructed view of the Web, texts, e-mails and news feeds.”
Specs and features of CHARM:
- 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA/HSUPA 1700/2100
- Wi-Fi
- A-GPS, eCompass
- Google services (Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Android Market)
- 3.5mm headset jack
- Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
- FM radio
- CrystalTalk Plus
- 3MP photo camera with fixed focus and Kodak Perfect Touch technology
- 512MB internal memory, 2GB MicroSD card included
- 98.4 x 67 x 11.4 mm
- 110 grams
With MOTOBLUR you can automatically synced contacts to the phone from personal and work e-mail and social network accounts. For your peace of mind, a lost devices can be located from a secure personal information portal and even remotely erased if necessary. In addition, one user name and password brings back contacts, messages and connectivity to previously configured networks and e-mail providers.
“Motorola strives to provide an increased customizable usfer experience, which is enabled by our latest enhancements to MOTOBLUR and featured on the new Motorola CHARM,” said Jean Pierre Le Cannellier, vice president, Americas Marketing, Motorola Mobile Devices. “Combine that with a compact design, easy handling and all the features you would expect from a smartphone, and we believe that CHARM with MOTOBLUR adds the social ability and workability consumers are looking for.”
Additional features on Motorola CHARM include:
- Adobe Flash enabled Web browsing experience to view most of today’s content-rich sites
- Full suite of Google™ services including: Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™ and access to thousands of apps on Android Market™
- Pinch to zoom functionality and two-finger swipe to easily surf the Web and sort through photos
- Capture sharp photos with a 3MP camera and KODAK PERFECT TOUCH technology for better, brighter pictures
- One-touch social media uploads to Facebook®, MySpace, PicasaTM and PhotoBucket®
- CrystalTalkTM PLUS for enhanced audio and call quality with a second microphone for increased voice quality while filtering out background noise
- Corporate email pushed immediately to the device for instant inbox updates