Palm Centro
Discontinued 1st October 2007
You'd be forgiven for thinking that
you'd seen the Palm Centro before, because it
looks almost identical to the Palm
Treo 500. But despite appearances, the Centro is
a very different handset.
Unlike the Treo 500, the Palm Centro
is a PalmOS 5.4.9 device with a large square 320x320
pixel display, and it's a touchscreen too. Weighing
the same as the Treo 500, the 120 gram (4.2 oz) Palm
Centro also has a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD expandable
memory, a multimedia player and push email support.
The bad news for any Palm fans outside
the United States is that this is a CDMA2000 / EvDO
device that doesn't work in Europe or in most of the
rest of the world. There's no news on a non-US version,
but the fact that the Palm Centro exists at all shows
that Palm is still committed to PalmOS devices.
At launch, the Palm Centro will be exclusive
to the US Sprint network and will offer a variety of
3G services such as video and audio downloads. Other
North American networks will probably carry the
Centro later.
The Palm Centro will be available in
Ruby and Onyx colour scheme, and measures 4.22 x 2.11
x 0.73 inches (107 x 54 x 18.5mm) and has 3.5 hours
talktime with up to 12 days standby time.
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Palm
Centro at a glance
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Available:
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Q4
2007
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Network:
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CDMA
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Data:
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CDMA2000
/ EvDO
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Screen:
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320x320
pixels, 65k colours
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Camera:
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1.3
megapixels
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Size:
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PDA-style
deice 107 x 54 x 19mm
/ 120 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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3.5 hours talk / 12 days standby
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