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During a press event in Illinois Motorola announced a new Android handset: the Motorola Charm, for T-Mobile USA.

The Motorola Charm will have a 2.8-inch touchscreen, a 3.0 MP camera, a QWERTY keyboard & Wi-Fi. It will be running Android 2.1 with Motorola’s MOTOBLUR user interface.

MOTOBLUR will aggregate your social networking accounts, contacts & messages. It will also feature a BACKTRACK navigation pad on the back of the smartphone, which is a touch pad that will allow the user an unobstructed view of webpages, texts, and e-mail.

The Charm will feature a second microphone to filter out background noise for better call quality, and will have Adobe Flash enabled web browser, which will allow users to browse Flash enabled websites and view Flash enabled content.

The Motorola Charm is due out this summer only on T-Mobile USA. The price of the handset has yet to be determined. If you would like to learn more about the Motorola Charm please go to Motorola’s website.

Article first published as Motorola Announces the Motorola Charm for T-Mobile on Technorati.

Am sure theirs a lot of Motorola Cliq owners that are complaining about issues with your handset, well an update for the Cliq just started to go out over-the-air last night. According to Motorola’s website this update will help with a long list of issues with the Cliq from battery life to Quickoffice application. T-Mobile USA has confirmed on their Twitter page that the update will go out in waves. For more information on how to install the update go to Motorola’s site.

Relocated “End Call” Button: The “End Call” key was relocated within the calling screen to reduce instances of unintentionally ending Active calls

Text Messaging: General improvements to text messaging – especially for longer message threads

Improved Battery Life: Enhanced battery performance

Improved Touch Screen Sensitivity: Improves the touch screen sensitivity and response of the device-including touch sensitivity for keys on or around the display borders

Improved Audio Quality for Calls: Enhances audio quality in certain scenarios in which users experienced issues

MOTOBLUR Set-Up Screen:    Set-up wizard improved to make MOTOBLUR set-up for new users or those who have been prompted to re-enter information easier

Better Audio Routing: Repairs audio routing to prevent: spontaneous speakerphone activations during calls and the random occurrence of music playback through the earpiece instead of appropriate external speakers

Improved Caller Notification: Improves user interface performance-consistently notifying the user when a new call is coming in which reduces missed call notifications

Faster GPS Performance:    Provides faster GPS performance for applications such as Google Maps, Geotagging of photos and other GPS functions

Support For Additional Windows Media Formats: Compatible with more media formats including .WMA and .WAV Windows media files

Bluetooth Improvements: Enables the user to listen to visual voicemail via Bluetooth and enables the Bluetooth car kit to sync to user’s device therefore the car kit can display the names of incoming callers and download phone book contacts (calls can now be made from the car kit display and enables users to view the call history list from the car kit display)

SIM Card Management: Enables user to import, export or delete contacts individually or in groups

Additional Stability: Additional device stability reduces occurrence of unresponsiveness and/or programs quitting unexpectedly

The Latest Versions of Google Applications: Updated Google Mobile Services application provides access to the latest Android 1.5 compatible versions of Google applications such as Maps, Talk, YouTube, Market, and more

Updated Quickoffice: Adds the ability to view documents in Microsoft® Office 2007 format

 Source: Motorola

             T-Mobile USA Twitter Page

For those of you that are still waiting for the Android 2.1 update to arrive on your Motorola Droid, according to Gizmodo the Android 2.1 update should be completed by tomorrow. There is a YouTube video that show’s the Android 2.1 update on the Motorola Droid causing some slow down in performance for games, click on the link below to view that video. Well I hope all your Motorola Droid owners enjoy Android 2.1 while the early adopters who have the G1 are still left out in the dark. So tell me have you received the over the air update for Android 2.1 for your Motorola Droid?

Related Post: Android 2.1 update causes performance issues with Motorola Droids

Source: Gizmodo

Well for those of you that have received the update for Android 2.1 for the Motorola Droid may have been experiencing some performance issues when it comes to playing games. According to this YouTube video a Droid owner took to Motorola Droid’s one with the update to Android 2.1, and the other without the update to Android 2.1. The owner ran a test on both of the Motorola Droid's and discovered that the Motorola Droid with out the Android 2.1 update ran games at a higher frame rate, then the Motorola Droid with out the Android 2.1 update. So feel free to sign off in the comments or in the forums if you have had the same issues after receiving the Android 2.1 update for your Motorola Droid.

So I know that Verizon has already put the details on thier site for Android 2.1 for the Motorola Droid. Which should have started to be sent out today. So below is the list of all the features and improvements, and I would also like to know what all the Motorola Droid owners think of the update and have you got it yet?

Enhancements:
- Pinch-to-zoom is now available when using the browser, Gallery, and
Google Maps.TM
- New Weather and News application plus widget.
–The Weather and News app pulls the information you want from the
Web and brings it to your fingertips. You get weekly and hourly
weather forecasts based on your location, and news headlines.
- New support for voice-to-text entry.
–Whenever a text-entry box appears, simply tap the microphone
icon on the virtual keyboard and speak.
- New Gallery application with 3D layout. View and share photos taken
with your phone and images from your online Picasa Web albums.
- Live Wallpapers offer richer animated, interactive backgrounds on the
home screen. Access them with a long press anywhere on the home
screen. Tap Wallpapers, then Live Wallpapers.
Improvements:
- Free Yahoo!® Mail is now supported—simply sign in with your Yahoo!
email address and password.1
- Google Maps update.2
–Personalized suggestions and synchronized starring with
desktop maps.google.com.
—Starred items are stored and synced automatically between Google
Maps on your device and maps.google.com on your computer,
making it easy to search for places you’ve searched
for before.
–New night mode in Google Maps Navigation automatically changes
the screen at night for easier viewing.
- Improved pattern-lock functionality.
- Improved handset audio when disconnecting a wired headset.
- Email accounts no longer need to be re-entered after an
over-the-air update.

Related post: Android 2.1 coming to the Motorola Droid March 18th

Source: Verizon