(Editor's note: Parts of this review were taken from our Motorola Droid Pro review , as the XPRT is virtually identical).

Familiar Design

If you glance at the XPRT, you may well mistake it for the Droid Pro--the two phones are nearly identical. If you look more closely, however, you'll notice some differences. The XPRT is a little squarer (literally, not figuratively!) at the top; it has chrome trim around its front; and it has a soft rubberized battery cover rather than a plastic back like the Droid. I definitely prefer the XPRT's subtly textured battery cover to the Droid Pro's; it feels higher quality.

Like the Droid Pro, the XPRT has a BlackBerry-esque physical keyboard designed for one-handed texting. The XPRT's keyboard goes to the edge of the phone, whereas the Pro's keyboard has a border around it. The keyboard seems a bit narrow, but it's fairly easy to type on. The keys are nicely sculpted (and remarkably similar to those on newer BlackBerry models such as the ), with a curved ridge across the top to prevent finger slippage. Though the keyboard is on the small side, it squeezes in a lot of useful keys. You get a dedicated voice command key, an @ key, a whole row with numbers, and a good-size spacebar. There's no '.com' key, but I'll live. I was able to bang out a few long e-mail messages and texts quickly with very few errors.

The touch HVGA display is the same size (3.1 inches) and has the same resolution (320 by 480 pixels) as the one on the Droid Pro. Unfortunately that translates into a fairly small, low-resolution screen for a high-end smartphone by today's standards. It's adequate for viewing your inbox or doing casual Web browsing, but you won't want to watch movies or play graphics-heavy games on it.