Motorola Charm Android app review: Police Radio

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Have you ever wondered why the cops were next door? Or have you ever wanted to know whats going on with cops in a different country? Or have you ever just wanted to know how a cop radio conversation would sound like? Well, here is a chance. Police Radio is an Android app, so you can install in on your Motorola Charm phone and listen to the radio conversation of the cops at different locations.

The app gives you a list of different police channel from different countries. You an just select any one of those and get started. You will listen what the cops talk on the radio. Its like hacking into a telephone link and listening to the conversation. This can get pretty funny sometimes. But sometimes, you may get to hear something very serious too. So you have to be very careful while using this app. And you should also find out whether it is safe and legal to listen to the police radio in your location.

You can buy Police Radio for your Motorola Charm or other Android phone from Handango for just $1.99 from here. You can also download it from here. Discuss the app on our forum here.

Motorola Charm has been rooted!!

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The people at XDA Developers have done it again. They have rooted the Motorola Charm now. They say that the NAND is not yet unlocked with this method, but we can hope that this will be done very soon. The rooting has been done by adopting the Universal Androot method.

Since the NAND has not been unlocked yet, if you want to revert back to the stock version, you can easily do it. You can try it if you want to. But keep in mind that you are responsible for your own deeds. :)

If you want more info about this news and want instructions on the rooting process, you can catch with the thread over here We will be coming back very shortly with a post on how to root your Motorola Charm.

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Motorola Charm finally comes to T-Mobile

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A few days back, T-Mobile and Motorola announced that the new Motorola Charm will be coming to T-Mobile soon for $75. Now, the phone is launched and is available in T-Mobile stores and its website for the same price tag of $75. The phone comes with a two year contract, and you also are said to get some cool device discounts.

The Motorola Charm with MOTOBLUR, comes at a suggested retail of $269.99. You get an instant discount of $120 and a web only discount of $75. This brings the overall cost of the device to just $74.99.  The monthly charges will be as low as $18.75. If you dont wish to have any kind of contract, you can opt the Even More Plus Plan from T-Mobile and the latest Motorola charm for $269.99.

The phone is a candy bar form factor. It has a QWERTY keyboard. Its the first Android phone with such a look. It gives excessive support for the social networking people and who chat a lot online or by texts. The QWERTY keyboard is made with this approach in mind. The device also features emails. So you can get all your emails right on your phone.

The phone has a 3MP camera for you to get good quality pics when you are out of your camera. It also has a 3.5mm audio jack so that you can plug in any of your head phones and listen to music. A great phone all in all. You can get more info on the Motorola Charm on the official T-Mobile website here.

Motorola Charm wallpaper: Purple Moon

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An abstract wallpaper for your new Motorola Charm is here. The Purple Moon wallpaper gives you the effect of a dawn in a very special wave, with water and mountains and romantic clouds. It keeps you wanting more of nature.

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Here comes the new Motorola Charm

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You got $75? Then what are you waiting for? Its 25th of Aug. Forgot? T-Mobile is launching the new Motorola Charm today. So run up to the store and get one for yourself. Motorola Charm is one of its kind Android phone right now. And its available for a pretty fair price now. $75 with 2 years contract from T-Mobile.

The phone runs on Android 1.5 with MotoBlur. But the phone will get the update to Froyo or Android 2.2 in a few weeks for sure. So you dont have to worry about that. The phone has a brilliant 3.1″ touch screen. Its wide and big. You can do all your work with ease on the phone. With its 5MP cam, you can snap those sweet memories on your phone. 5MP is a pretty decent quality camera for a phone. You can get good high resolution photos with it. The phone also features video recording. So you can also record those never again happening events of your life.

Its on screen keyboard has Swype pre installed. So typing is both easy and fun on the device. And it has visual voicemail. Beat that!! Missed a call. Dont worry. You can watch the person talking to you. You also have access to the Android Marketplace. So buying and installing new apps is not an issue. And a very new and intuitive feature is its BackPad. A trackpad on the pad is something new and have to see how the market takes this new feature.

So now is the time if you want to buy this. Get up and go to your nearest T-Mobile store and get yourself the new Motorola Charm.

Motorola Charm Wallpaper: Love

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This has been one of my favorite wallpapers for a long time. This image shows how much the guy loves the girl. This actually is an emo love wallpaper. Anyway, the wallpaper is perfect for any phone. So I thought why not the Motorola Charm. Download and install the wallpaper once you get your phone.

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Motorola Charm Wallpaper: Pink Hearts

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There has been a rumor that the new Motorola Charm fancies the ladies more than men. So there are lot of wallpaper for the ladies to put on their Motorola Charm. Here is one such wallpaper which majority of the women I asked preferred. Do go ahead, enjoy the Pink Hearts.

Motorola Charm comes to Telus Canada

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“We’re very excited to bring a stylish new social smartphone to Canadians,” said Rick Gadd, Vice President and Sales General Manager, Mobile Devices, Motorola Canada. “With Motorola’s enhanced MOTOBLUR service, it’s easier than ever before to manage and customize your relationships on your handset.”

“At TELUS we believe that each smartphone user is unique. They want a device that will provide an individual experience to connect with the people they want, the way they want, on a network that will follow them wherever they go in Canada,” said David Fuller, Chief Marketing Officer, TELUS Customer Solutions.

So, its official now. Motorola Charm has entered Canada with Telus. Motorola Charm is available with a three year contract with Telus for just $29.99. If you want a two year plan, you will have to pay $149.99. You can also get the Motorola Charm with a one year contract for over $199.99.

Without any contract, Motorola Charm is just gonna cost you $249.99. This is not so expensive, is it? So if you live in Canada, go get your Motorola Charm now, it is available only for Telus customers as of now.

Motorola Charm with T-Mobile on Aug 25th for $75

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[Update: Motorola Charm with T-Mobile launched. More info here.]

T-Mobile has finally come up with an official word about the rumored release of the waited Motorola Charm. T-Mobile USA is going to launch the Motorola Charm in the USA smartphone market on August 25th. First, there were no price details given out on the official Twitter page of T-Mobile USA. The only detail given was the release date and that the phone is going to be affordable. After this, rumors fired up again saying that the phone may sell out for $50 to $100. There was also a word that on some contracts, with a 2 yr deal, the Motorola Charm may even go for free.

But finally, Motorola has recently mentioned on its official Twitter page that the new Motorola Charm will be selling out for $74.99, not free unfortunately. This price is expected to be with a 2 yr contract. The phone has a very wide display, which makes it resemble a BlackBerry phone. It has a QWERTY keyboard as well, its a candy bar type phone. So you dont get any slide out keyboard or anything. The phone also has a Kodak 3 MP camera. Telus has also releases a video of the Motorola Charm working on its network. So we may soon expect competitive deals from Telus as well.

Motorola Charm accesory: USB Travel Charger

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Its not very rare that you are on a trip with friends and family on a picnic or something and your phone’s battery drains out, and you dont have your phone’s charger. This also is a common problem if you are in your office on a usual day and you suddenly get a fax saying that there is a meeting in the next city in an hour. So here again, you end up not having your phone’s charger and your phone is now dead. If you posses a Motorola Charm now, you dont have to worry about this happening to you anymore.

Motorola has releases a USB Travel Charger. Small and compact, this can easily fit any small pocket and come out of it only when it is needed. You get the standard USB port on the charger. You can get a USB cable to connect your phone to the charger. The cable is not included in the box with the charger, its only the charger. So you have to make arrangements for the cable.

You can plug in your phone to the charger anywhere you see a socket during your travel and charge up the phone. This product is from Motorola and you dont have to worry about being delivered duplicates, I guess. The product is available on PhoneDog store for $14.95 after a 40% off. You also get a 30 day 100% money back guarantee. Click here to see the deal.