Slide 1: Palm Centro
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Google News
“There is nothing revolutionary about Palm's Centro smartphone: it has a fouryear-old operating system and has many of the same features as its cousin the Treo, but at half the price it is aimed at the wallet conscious consumer.” “The Palm Centro was a joke until the price dropped this morning. “
“…there's no question that this device could open up smartphone-style browsing and mobile e-mail to an entire new class of consumers. That's an overdue move. “
“Sprint Nextel Corp. will be the exclusive carrier when the product hits the market in midOctober, but Palm expects to expand the offering to other cellular networks after its 90day exclusive period with Sprint ends. “
Google Blog Search
“Between the iPhone and the Palm Centro, I’m giving my vote to the latter for smartphone of the year. :) “
“Measuring 4.2 inches long by 2.1 inches wide and 0.7 inch deep and 4.2 ounces, the Centro has more of a cellphone-like form factor but still has a full QWERTY keyboard and 65,000-color, 320x320pixel touch screen. “
Google Video
“keys are very small and difficult to control”
“ease of use to traditional mobile phones”
Neutral videos depicted slideshows of several phones, and pictures of the phone itself without narration.
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Ask.com Blog Search
“Here you see the new entry in its natural habitat, running the tired, tired Palm OS, with what appears to be zero changes in either looks or functionality. Come on guys -- you couldn't even update the graphics a little bit? “
“Released for Sprint, the Palm Centro is the smallest and lightest Palm phone to date, offering a modern, stylish look. “
Palm Centro Technical Specs 320×320 pixel Transflective color touchscreen, supports 16-bit color (up to 65K colors) Palm OS 5.4.9 Bluetooth® Wireless Technology 64MB available user storage 1.3 megapixels with 2x digital zoom and video capture Removable 1150mAh, lithium-ion, 3.5 hours talk time, up to 300 hours standby time microSD card (up to 4GB supported) Available in Ruby and Onyx
Technorati
“The Palm OS is in desperate need of an update “
“the Centro addresses the market's demand for smaller, sleeker smart phones. “
“It's definitely not the smartphone for me, but it's the smartphone for a whole host of people I'm acquainted with."
BlogPulse
“However, the overly thick size and frustratingly tiny keyboard make it more of a chore to use than a pleasure. “
“All in all, the Centro has a great price point and has some giddy up behind it. “
“Yesterday we asked, do you like the design of the Palm Centro / Palm Foleo? Below are the results of the survey:”
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Icerocket
“Come on Palm, let’s just kill Palm OS and go with Windows Mobile, or at least get your new Linux-based OS out of the R&D labs AFAP (as fast as possible). “ “The new Palm Centro is a great idea, however Palm can go (blank) itself for making it available on only ONE cell phone network: Sprint. This is un-American, and it should be illegal. “
“Sprint Palm Centro... I am torn between this and the Motorola Q9”
“Palm will launch a $100 Centro smartphone. “
Digg
“Congratulations Palm! The Centro is a nice device. “
“Here are a list of Centro accessories that interchangable with your Treo accessories.”
