Motorola Charm (T-Mobile) Review: Noah's First Impressions

The messaging phone is dead, long live the smart messaging phone. T-Mobile's new Motorola Charm looks like a messaging phone, feels like a messaging phone, is all cute and cuddly and made for TXTing the day away like a messaging phone.
But Charm runs Android 2.1 and has a multitouch capacitive display like a smartphone. Yeah, it's kinda charming,
 at least on first impression. If you set your expectations properly, that is. I got a Charm in the mail, I unboxed it and played with it for a day, and now I'm sending it to Sydney for a proper review by the proper messaging phone expert. What'd I think after my day with Charm?
- The size, shape and price are right. Charm is small enough to be cute, big enough for typing and touch-screening, and cheap enough to convince Mom to get it for you. The slightly odd, wide and almost square form factor is actually quite comfortable during both talking and typing. And at 3.9 ounces, this thing is a featherweight (but actually feels pretty solid).
- Voice quality was excellent. Motorola's Crystal Touch tech works here, just like it works on their high-end Droid phones