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HTC Rhyme with Sense 3.5 hands-on (video)

Dana Wollman — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:04:00 EST

We're here at HTC's swank New York City press event where the mood lighting and floral centerpieces are as unabashedly girly as the Rhyme, its newest handset for lady folk. We just spent a few minutes wrapping our hands around the device, exploring the ports (not that there are many) and poking around the latest version of Sense (v3.5). Do you like purple? Are you a person of style? Sure you are. So what are you waiting for? Meet us after the break where we'll run down our first impressions and see what this thing has to offer beside that cute design.

Gallery: HTC Rhyme hands-on

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Motorola Charm and Flipout follow CLIQ XT's lead, get stuck in the past

Chris Ziegler — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:25:00 EST

Look: we've seen enough Honeycomb ports to the G1 to know that even the jankiest Android hardware can be kept current -- manufacturers just need to want to do it badly enough. In Motorola's case, it seems they don't want it very badly -- at least, not in the case of the quirky Flipout and Charm. Just as the CLIQ XT got stuck on 1.5, the two diminutive QWERTY models are going to be topping out with the Android 2.1 that they've got now; Froyo upgrades aren't in the works, according to Moto's official software update page. We're sure that the decision whether to invest the time, energy, and money into an update for a particular model comes down to the number of customers affected; neither of these devices seem to be blockbusters for their respective carriers, so that could explain it. Not much consolation to owners, though, is it?

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Motorola Charm up for grabs at T-Mobile today

Sean Cooper — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:28:00 EST

How perfectly punctual: the Motorola Charm has popped up on T-Mobile's website right on time and right on the money. While today marks the first day the Charm has been ready for online purchase, we've actually been hearing from a few folks that they've been available here and there since the weekend -- so if you already have it in your pocket, well played. Pricing's looking more than decent with Golden Bronze Charm ending up only drawing $75 from your pockets after a $120 instant discount and a $75 mail-in rebate. Not too shabby for what appears to be a straight-up great messaging set in a mostly unique form-factor for Android. Enjoy the purchase and do let us know how you get on with it.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Motorola Charm hitting T-Mobile on August 25 for $75 (update: Telus version caught on video!)

Chris Ziegler — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:42:00 EST

T-Mobile USA just dropped the knowledge on Twitter that it'll be carrying the Motorola Charm starting next Wednesday, August 25 -- but what it failed to mention is pricing. For what it's worth, the company does specifically say that it'll be "affordable" -- and although a marketing department's definition of "affordable" can be very different from ours, we're encouraged by a handful of previous rumors that there would be ways to get it for free on contract. If you need us to jog your memory, the Charm is a cute little portrait QWERTY Android device with a Kodak-branded 3 megapixel cam and landscape display, giving it a rare form factor that could very well appeal to a whole new audience (read: BlackBerry folks). So, how much would you pay for it?

Update: Turns out Moto's posted on its official Facebook page that it'll run $74.99 on contract -- not free, unfortunately, and in the age of free Pixi Pluses, that might be a tough pill to swallow. We've also been handed a video of Telus demonstrating its version of the Charm, which should look and work exactly the same -- check it out after the break. Thanks, Matt and DeadMan!

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Motorola Charm pops up on Best Buy for $250, hopefully off contract

Chris Ziegler — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:02:00 EST

We've seen rumors that T-Mobile was considering pleasantly inexpensive ways to get the Charm when it's released, so we're not really worried that we're looking at Best Buy's on-contract pricing here -- after all, $250 sounds about right when you take into account a $200-ish subsidy and a $50 rebate. Anyhow, the biggest box of them all has posted its product page for the cute little portrait QWERTY Android munchkin, promising it's "coming soon" but offering little else in the way of details. Is it just us, or is this a strangely exciting release?

[Thanks, Eli]

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T-Mobile's Motorola Charm to go for a big, fat zilch on family plan activations?

Chris Ziegler — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:12:00 EST

The poster here that we've received today kind of speaks for itself, we'd say. By all appearances, it seems that T-Mobile intends to continue its tradition of making family plans attractive with blowout handset pricing -- and the next model to get the free treatment will be Motorola's upcoming Charm featuring Android packed into a form factor that you rarely (well, never see) for the platform. Realistically, $100 is probably the high end of the reasonable range for something with the Charm's specs, but at $0, it's a downright bargain compared to the typical free-on-contract dumbphone fare. Now let's just extend this offer to non-family plans, T-Mobile -- and go ahead and make it permanent while you're at it.

[Thanks, Justfinethanku]

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Motorola Charm official for T-Mobile: portrait QWERTY Android at long last

Chris Ziegler — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:04:00 EST

The rumored Charm has just gotten a proper unveiling from Motorola -- and while it's not getting nearly the media fanfare its Droid X corporate cousin did, it's arguably even more unique. The phone features a full portrait QWERTY keyboard placed directly below a 2.8-inch landscape touchscreen, but for most operations, you don't have to touch it if you don't want to because you've also got a touchpad mounted on the back of the phone (the so-called "Backtrack") much like AT&T's Backflip. Not only is this the first widely-launched Android phone to employ such a form factor, it's also the first to run Android 2.1 with Blur -- and interestingly, they've carried over the old version's general look and feel rather than going with the Droid X's updated skin. It's got a 3 megapixel camera (with Kodak co-branding, something we haven't seen on a Moto in a long time), WiFi, and a noise-canceling second microphone. Pricing and availability haven't been announced, but T-Mobile customers can expect it "this Summer."

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Motorola Charm spotted in the wild, said to be hitting T-Mobile later this month

Donald Melanson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:37:00 EST

We'd already had a pretty good indication that the Motorola Charm was headed to T-Mobile, but it looks like most doubt has now been put to rest -- TmoNews has what appears to be the first shot of the phone in the wild, and evidence that materials (with the name "Project Basil') are already arriving at T-Mobile stores. Unfortunately, there's not much new information otherwise, but the site's tipster has apparently confirmed that the phone does indeed have a Backflip-like touchpad on the rear and that the screen is around 3-inches. Still no word on an exact release date, but TmoNews says it should be rolling out by the end of the month.

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Motorola Charm spotted in T-Mobile ad, free on contract for back-to-schoolers?

Ross Miller — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:33:00 EST

Advertising a product before it's even official, what could be more patriotic? TmoNews has a convincing (but still unconfirmed) picture of a T-Mobile "Back to School" poster featuring Samsung :), Gravity T, Gravity 3, and... Motorola Charm? Looks like our chubby, Motoblur-equipped candybar has been given an air of legitimacy, even more than the previous leak. What's also interesting is the price -- as part of the promotion, Charm is apparently free on contract (seems to be T-Mo's special of choice, these days). Can't say with any certainty what that means for the cost of the phone after this season's school craze dies down -- the Gravity 3, for example, is usually $80 with a two-year agreement -- but it can't be much longer now before we get the skinny on this square. Hit up the source for full picture.

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Motorola Charm coming to T-Mobile with 'enhanced' Android 2.1 Motoblur? Update promised for CLIQ and CLIQ XT?

Ross Miller — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST

Usual rules apply -- we can't independently confirm this at the moment -- but a tipster has sent us what appears to be T-Mobile training materials for an upcoming Motoblur-infused candybar smartphone, the Motorola Charm. Only this Motoblur is allegedly powered by Android 2.1 and boasts the same scalable widgets as we saw on Droid X, in addition to improved Facebook / Twitter integration (hello, Like and Retweet) and the usual Eclair refinements.As far as the hardware is concerned, there isn't much to glean from it at this point, aside from a textured QWERTY keyboard reminiscent of the CLIQ and a "camera" button denoting some form of memory-capturing capabilities. Speaking of which, the materials mention that the enhanced Motoblur is heading to CLIQ and CLIQ XT. Let us bookend this entire post with another reminder that none of this is confirmed, but we do know more than a few T-Mobile users who would love to get their mitts on a candybar Android.

Gallery: Motorola Charm coming to T-Mobile with 'enhanced' Android 2.1 Motoblur?

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