Motorola Basil

What Makes the Charm Tick?

What Makes the Charm Tick? Now that almost everything about the Charm has been revealed, let's dive in deeper to see what really makes this thing tick.  Under the hood you will find a TI OMAP3410 600 MHz processor with 512 MB RAM and 512 MB Flash ROM.  User storage for apps is limited to 150 MB until the Charm is updated to Froyo, then you can take advantage of the extra 32 GB available in... Read more »

Motorola Charm Officially Announced

Motorola Charm Officially Announced Well, it hasn't been long since the Motorola Charm rumors first started to pick up speed.  Since then, it seems like we have learned more and more every day.  Now, the entry level Android phone has been officially announced by Motorola.  It packs everything that we told you about before (you know, the 2.8 inch screen, backtrack navigation, Android 2.1 with... Read more »

So What Is The Motorola Charm Packing Inside?

So What Is The Motorola Charm Packing Inside? Just a brief update to yesterday's post showing off the first image of the Motorola Charm in the wild to add in some rumored specs.  The Motorola Charm will be released with Android 2.1 and it packs a 600mhz processor with 512 ROM and 512 RAM.  What we originally thought was a 3” screen turns out to be 2.8” and we hope that the .02” doesn’t make a huge... Read more »

Motorola Charm In The Wild, Material Arriving In Stores?

Motorola Charm In The Wild, Material Arriving In Stores? Well, look what we have here.  It's the very first image of the Motorola Basil/Charm in the wild!  Sent via pony express, our source was able to get a small hands-on last week with the device and came away with one interesting worthy note, the inclusion of a similar touchpad-like feature on the back of the device ala the Backflip on AT&T.  Not much else was... Read more »

Motorola Charm Unveils Itself For Back To School

Motorola Charm Unveils Itself For Back To School As Independence Day looms,  you may be realizing that the summer is almost over.  Some may be dreading it, others won't care, but we can all agree on one thing, back to school promotions are great.  What does T-Mobile have to offer for those school going folk?  Well, a nice free messaging phone for those text-savvy (see what I did there?) back to schoolers. ... Read more »

Samsung Supersonic & Motorola Charm Pricing Revealed

Samsung Supersonic & Motorola Charm Pricing Revealed One of our trusty ninjas dropped a nice little pricing sheet in our mailbox today for two upcoming handsets. Let's start off with the Motorola Charm/Basil. This candybar style handset will sport a full portrait QWERTY keyboard, a new and improved version of MotoBLUR and Android 2.1 to top it off. The handset will run you $269.99 retail and $74.99 with a 2-year... Read more »

Motorola’s Charm Is T-Mobile’s Basil

Motorola’s Charm Is T-Mobile’s Basil It was just yesterday that we became aware of a new device headed Magenta's way, the Motorola Charm. Just as we speculated, the Motorola Charm is indeed the Motorola Basil of which we first heard about earlier this month via a leaked T-Mobile Calendar. The image above was sent to us from a reliable source and as you can see, the device pictured (labeled the... Read more »

Motorola Charm on its Way?

Motorola Charm on its Way? Maybe you aren't digging the MyTouch Slide or the Samsung Vibrant.  Well, it looks as though Motorola will be giving T-Mobile customer's another Android pick, and it might be charming.  Dubbed the Motorola Charm, which we think might be the Motorola Basil from a while back, this portrait qwerty, candybar Android phone will surely make some people happy.  This is... Read more »

Leaked T-Mobile Calender Contains Four Upcoming Devices?

Leaked T-Mobile Calender Contains Four Upcoming Devices? Thanks to my friends over at Phonedog who received a juicy training calendar that contains secrets regarding upcoming products and services.  We can take guesses at some of the information, but for some we are just going to have to inquire a little further.  For instance, both July 21st and July 28th are scheduled for handset launches.  Considering we have been... Read more »