Motorola Charm Coming to T-Mobile: Physical Keyboard Without Needing to Turn & Pull

I’ve long wondered why we haven’t seen a BlackBerry or Treo style Android device with a screen sitting directly above a fixed physical keyboard. My old Windows Mobile powered HTC Dash was great to use with its keyboard always available. There’s no turning, pulling, or other unnecessary movements just to type an email message. T-Mobile will get the first Android-powered phone with such a design:

Motorola Announces its Newest Device with MOTOBLUR: Motorola CHARM

I’m tempted to break my vow not to buy any Android phones until OS 3.0