[photopress:ATTPalmCentro1.jpg,full,center] We like what we’ve seen of the Centro smartphones so far, and we know that a GSM flavor is coming to AT&T very soon, so soon in fact that the guys at BGR scored an early unit and have a sexy, sexy unboxing for your friday pleasure. Also: when will my spellcheck start recognizing “smartphone” and “unboxing” as legit words? AT&T Palm Centro unboxing! [BoyGenius] → Read More
[photopress:070928_Centro.jpg,full,center] I’ve been talking quite a bit about how much I love the Centro smartphones by Palm, and why I think it’s going to be a sleeper hit, and now someone finally agrees with me. That someone is JPMorgan, who upgraded Palm’s stock to “buy” on the strength of the Centro and it’s impending launch on AT&T sometime next week. See, the Centro is inexpensive, just the right size, and simple enough for the Casual Smartphone User™, which is set to be the fastest growing new smartphone market globally. It’s also powerful enough to do what most users need, and has a consumer-friendly form factor. The “buy” rating made the stock jump, now up 12% over yeasterday. This is good news for Palm, a company many think is on the brink of failure. It’s true Palm’s been all over the board lately, but it seems to now have its focus back, and it’s good to have it back in play. Out of the Gate: Palm Shares Advance [CNN Money] → Read More
[photopress:gallery1_sprint_black.jpg,full,center] Europe, Palm’s got a Valentine’s day gift for you. It’s a Centro! The GSM-flavored device will be available from unknown carriers on the 14. Specs are just like the Sprint version we have here, so it’ll be inexpensive and easy to use, as well as quite popular. Centro [Euro Palm] → Read More
Are you a Sprint subscriber? Always going over your minutes or texting way too much? Yeah, I’ve been there, too. Starting today you can get the UAP for $119.99 a month and that includes unlimited: minutes, texts, Web, e-mail and picture mail. For the Centro owners, Sprint also announced an unlimited plan for $99. My bad, the Centro is being offered for $99 after rebate. [Update]: Sprint just notified us that the UAP is not available to everyone and anyone. Sprint Unlimited Access Packs have been available in San Francisco since Feb. 2007 and in Tampa, Minneapolis-St.Paul and Philadelphia since May 2007. Unlimited Access Packs are only available in these four markets and we have not made any changes to these offers in these markets. Sprint Unlimited Access → Read More
It’s almost been three months since Sprint released the Centro, which means their exclusivity on the Palm device is almost up. For those of you with AT&T or T-Mobile as a carrier, you better get ready. The Centro is coming, but we’re just not sure when. AT&T, T-Mobile Palm Centro Details Surface [Phone News] → Read More
on Sprint to try out. As it turns out, the Centro is far and away a better device than the Treo, and at $100, it is the absolute best first-timer smartphone that we can recommend. The Palm OS is still easy to use, there are literally thousands of apps out there that are easy to install, and the ones it comes with make up a great assortment of productivity and fun. But make no mistake, this is a real smartphone. All the goodness you love about the bigboy Treos are included, just in a smaller, though slightly harder-to-type form factor. That being said, this is still my vote for best smartphone of the year, and likely the models coming next year (if ever), will be as hot. → Read More
Last week, Palm announced Q3 earnings, and the news was a disappointing loss of millions. While that’s not necessarily news, Palm blamed the loss on a failure to launch a certain highly anticipated product. Palm wouldn’t, though, say what it was. We did a little digging, and two separate sources at Palm opted to stay mum when we asked if it was the rumored WinMo 6 Centro for Vodafone an American carrier. They denied other products, like the Foleo or an AT&T Palm OS-based Centro, which leads us to believe this is it is likely true. → Read More
Fret not, dear reader. Sprint assures us that the unusual battery drainage is not a hardware issue, but that of a software one centered around Sprint’s Mobile Email. Said software and e-mail synchronization go through a never-ending loop when your password is incorrect or the ISP’s e-mail server is unavailable. The OTA update is said to be released sometime this month. Has anyone experienced this with their Centro? Has the patch already been sent out? Update: Looks like the update was pushed out on the 4th. Palm Centro Battery Drain Issues [Sprint] → Read More
We don’t know why you love unboxings, but you do. Here we have the first Centro from Palm, running on Sprint’s Power Vision Super Extreme Mega network. For those of you who might not know, the Centro is Palm’s follow-up to the popular Treo line of smartphones. Features-wise, it’s pretty similar. The Centro takes the Treo’s aged form-factor up to a more modern level. The Centro isn’t the smallest smartphone out there, but it competes nicely. → Read More
Just a heads up that Palm’s new Centro phone is now available for purchase on Sprint’s website for $99 with a new contract, $399 without. The black version is the only one available for now, but the red version will be available on November 4th. Sprint.com via Brighthand → Read More
If someone says something feels good in their hands one more time, I swear my head is going to explode. Here’s a decent video walk through of the Centro’s interface. I guess it’s not that exciting, which is probably why I skipped the unveiling at Digital Life. Maybe your mom will like it. → Read More
Following months-and-months of hinting and speculation, Palm confirmed the existence and availability of the Centro. The new device is in a new candybar case, that features a fully functional QWERTZY keyboard and touchscreen. The Centro is powered by a 312MHz Intel XScale processor and it utilizes Palm OS 5.4.9 — not WinMo, which should make a lot of you happy. It will be available exclusively (at least for now) under Sprint, which means that it features acceptably fast EV-DO mobile broadband. Like all Palm devices, the Centro has threaded messaging and access to a host of programs and peripherals. Dave Zatz of Slingmedia, for instance, says that Sling anticipates that SlingPlayer will soon be fully supported by the Centro. So there’s that. Anyway, the Centro will be available soon for $99. Palm → Read More
