Motorola Launches Android-Based Smartphone ‘CHARM’ for Rs. 13990

Motorola today announced the launch of a stylishly square and Android 2.1 based 3G smartphone Motorola CHARM for Rs. 13990 in Indian market.

Motorola also ties up with leading GSM service provider Aircel to offer Free Data usage upto 3GB per month and 150 Aircel to Aircel local minutes up to 3 months for prepaid subscribers. To activate the offer one can SMS ‘SMARTPI’ to 54343 from Aircel with Motorola Charm.The Postpaid subscriber also get Free Data Usage upto 1 GB for 6 months.

Motorola CHARM the stylish smartphone pack a punch with unique form-factors. It runs on Android 2.1 and features an innovative BACKTRACK touch panel on the reverse of the phone allows users to smoothly navigate, scroll and make selections without obstructing the display screen with their fingers.

The device fit neatly in your palm or pocket, making it fun and easy to stay connected while on-the-go. They pack seriously big features – like a 2.8 inch full touch display and physical QWERTY keypad – in a compact, pocket-perfect design, 3 Mega Pixel camera with digital zoom, 32 GB expandable memory (2GB card include).

CHARM merge Motorola’s design heritage with Android capabilities to deliver a new take on the typical smartphone form factor.Fully equipped to enhance busy lifestyles, the new devices from Motorola will delight those who expect their social experiences to be effortless and intuitive. Imagine being allowed to have up to eight browser windows open at once, with easy switching between windows and the ability to continue with other tasks while the browsers run in the background. Socialising also becomes a breeze, with pre-loaded applications that sync to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.

The CHARM features up to seven customizable home screens, can be personalised with live wallpapers, customizable widgets of live content, and new toggle widgets for On/Off shortcuts to WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and more. Widgets such as Calendar, Photo and Sticky Note can also be resized to suit a chosen homescreen layout.

For music fans, the device connected media player offers full screen lyric support and integrated song ID. Album artwork is also synchronized instantly as a song is being played. The music dashboard gives one interface to browse and play your stored music, as well as stream Internet and FM radio stations. Song recommendations can also be shared with friends via SMS.

Features on Motorola CHARM include:

• All the customisation and filtering options of Android 2.1
• Adobe Flash Lite Enabled Web browsing experience to view content-rich sites.
• MULTIPLE NETWORKS : WCDMA 850/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps and HSDPA7.2 Mnbps (Category 5/6) (depends on phone version), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12.
• Full suite of Google services including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and access to more than 100,000 apps on Android Market
• Pinch to zoom functionality and two-finger swipe to surf the Web and browse photos
• A 3MP camera and KODAK PERFECT TOUCH technology for better, brighter pictures.
• Push and pull capability for both corporate and personal email
• Moto Phone Portal to access and manage content and view important phone information from any desktop, either at home or on-the-go.
• BATTERY TYPE : 1170 mAh Li Ion; Battery Manager,USAGE TIME WCDMA/3G up to 300 min.; GSM up to 405 min and STANDBY TIME- WCDMA/3G up to 334 hrs.; GSM up to 267 hrs.