Yesterday, the upcoming Android 2.1 QWERTY smartphone Motorola Charm showed up on an internal screen capture as listing for $269.99 outright and $74.99 with contract. The latter price made no sense to me. It seems like I had reason to be baffled because a new T-Mobile poster indicates that the Charm will be free with a 2-year term.


Are you charmed? $270/free for a smartphone should lessen the discouragement of facing another monotonous school year. The Motorola Charm takes Android to a frontier that it had never been before, as it will compete with entry BlackBerrys and regular texting cell phones.

Picture from TMO News.