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Published:
28 Sep 2007
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
Sprint - Available
    (Since Oct 2007 )
Verizon - Available
    (Since Jun 2008 )
Links:
Palm Centro Official Page
Palm Centro Review
Palm Centro Manual
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Description:

Palm Centro is the smallest Palm device up to date, a CDMA/EV-DO phone with touch-sensitive display and QWERTY keyboard similar to other Treos. It is smartphone running on Palm's OS and features microSD card slot, 1.3-megapixel camera, and multimedia player

User rating
Good
8.1
out of 10
based on 22 reviews
Editor's rating
Excellent
9
out of 10

PAppeal

Christian Dior:
7 of 10
High
Average Joe:
10 of 10
Very high
Corporate US:
10 of 10
Very high
High-Tech junkie:
8 of 10
High
Palm Centro CDMA specifications

Palm Centro CDMA specifications

  • Announced
    • Date
      • 27 Sep 2007
  • Network
  • Size
  • Battery
    • Type
      • Li - Ion, 1150 mAh
    • Talk
      •    3.5 hours (210 mins) of Talk time
    • Standby
      •    300 hours (13 days) of Stand-by time
  • Main Display
    • Resolution
      • 320 x 320 pixels
    • Type
      • 65 536 colors, TFT
    • Features
      • Touch
    • Touch Screen
      • Yes with stylus and handwriting recognition
  • Camera
    • Resolution
      •    1.3 megapixels Resolution
    • Video
      • Yes
    • Features
      • 2x digital zoom
  • Multimedia
    • Video Playback
      • Video player
    • Music Player
      • MP3 format supported
  • Memory
    • Memory Slot
      • microSD
  • Smartphone
    • OS
      • Palm OS; 5.4.9
  • Input
    • Predictive Text Input
      • Yes
    • Full Keyboard
      • QWERTY
  • Connectivity
    • Internet
      • Blazer 4.5 web browser
    • USB
      • Yes
    • Bluetooth
      • 1.2
    • Connectors
      • HeadSet Jack (2.5mm)
  • Other Features
    • PhoneBook
      • Capacity depends on system memory, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
    • PIM
      • Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Notes
    • Voice
      • Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
    • Email
      • IMAP/POP3/SMTP
    • FCC Approved
      • Yes

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2 Sep 2008 Anonymous

9 out of 10

The Centro is a very solid phone. Have been using it for almost 2 months.


The only downside to it is the battery stinks, but that's really true of every touch screen phone. I use it for business and if I just let the phone sit it will not require a charge for nearly a week. Also Palm's bluetooth technology is bad. They won't admit it, but it's a known issue.


Overall the browser is good, though I wish it was Rev-A, email is decent. The real draw to the phone is the Palm OS, with the thousands of apps you can download for it, it's ideal for those in the business world, or like myself who like to waste time on the web downloading pictures and sending them.






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1 Sep 2008 sfblunt

5.7 out of 10

Good little palm, can do a lot of things well, not much can be done great however.  Web browser is terrible in my opinion.  user interface is excellent. A lot of features you will probably never use.  QWERTY kbrd is very precise despite the puny appearing size and I have no problems typing with blazing speed.  Battery life is terrible.  Despite the palms features, I think one could do better.  Figure out what you need in a phone.  If you want a true smartphone get a blackberry of some type. If all you need is phone, text etc then do yourself a favor and get a pnone more specialized in that area.  Like i said before this phone can do qutie a bit has tons of features but overall i think it does none of them as great as other phones.





qwerty kboard is excellent
buttloads of features
battery life is terrible
OS system seems slow, mobile internet is slow and trying to read webpages is almost impossible


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Very good overall, good battery too.

19 Aug 2008 Bruce

9.6 out of 10

I just don't get those that complain about battery life. I charge mine about every 3rd day, even then is has some bars left. That's even using bluetooth.

The thing to remember is it's NOT just a phone, it's a PDA and an organizer all in one. I know other phones can do this, but not very usable.

My biggest complaint by far is that the voice recognition doesn't work thru the bluetooth. That's a big miss by Palm IMHO. Someone didn't do their homework on that one.

To the guy that complained that he couldn't hear the calls??? I'm guessing he never bothered figuring out how to turn it up. It is PLENTY loud.






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