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The design is very clean and pleasant. The sound quality was generally excellent and on par with more expensive devices. The signal strength was strong and remained very consistent. ...
The Palm Centro is small but mighty. Here are some of its features
Small size
Big screen
Signal strength is exceptional
Excellent value for money
Smartphone features such as QWERTY keyboard and Palm OS that fully supports word processing
MicroSD car...
Compact design
Easy to use
Bargain priced
Decent battery life
Exceptionally accessible Palm operating system. Neat and easy to use features. Excellent email program. Hugely improved battery life.
High-resolution touch screen. Works well with both PCs and Macs. Good voice quality.
The camera is easy to use.
Compact form factor
Can edit Office docs
Palm OS is fast and easy to use. Good phone. Lots of IM and e-mail options.
Compact and lightweight
A good value entry level smartphone
Google Mobile Maps built in
Onboard user manual
Onetouch speaker phone
Good battery life
Quad band phone usable worldwide
Easy user interface
Good voice quality. 3G support. Excellent PIM and document-editing features. Works well with both PCs and Macs.
Great form factor
PalmOS is simple and easy
Huge library of 3rd party applications
Touch screen
Stylish design
EVDO network
Supports 4GB MicroSD cards
Touch Screen
Full qwerty keyboard
Fast mobile web browsing
Flight mode
Better than average battery life
Very expandable via app downloads
Loads of accessories available
Cheap
Full-featured
Easy to use smartphone for entry-level price
Clear
Bright
High-resolution touchscreen
Compact body with rounded edges
Zippy EV-DO data with access to Sprint TV service
A-GPS works with location-based services
3G data speeds
Crisp
Sharp screen
Price
Talk to your buddies or coworkers walkietalkiestyle. More compact than its older Treo cousins. Healthy portion of thirdparty applications from medical databases to games.
The Palm Centro for AT&T offers users an affordable and easy-to-use smartphone. The compact handset also features Bluetooth
A 1.3-megapixel camera
And a full productivity suite with push e-mail capabilities.
The Palm Centro sheds some of the weight and bulk of Palm Treo to make for a more compact smartphone. It also carries an attractive price tag and offers a lot for the money
Including Bluetooth
EV-DO support
Push e-mail
And a suite of productivity a...
Very easy to use
Fast operation and 3G-network Internet access
Nicely stocked with productivity
Connectivity
Entertainment software
Bargain price when purchased with a contract
Compact
Great camera and multimedia capabilities
The Palm OS may be old
But its still fast
And compatible with tons of awesome apps. All the power of a Treo with less of the bulk (and expense). Bundled software keeps you productive
Connected
And entertained.
Great size
Low price point
Fullfeatured Palm OS device
Good phone performance
Improved calling interface. Unlocked Centro means T-Mobile users might have a shot. Same small design we liked.
Tiny size. Full Palm OS for complete smartphone experience. Fast networking.
Cuter
Smaller design packs all the power of a full-size Palm. Touchscreen still a rarity on consumer smartphones.
Great value. Small size. Screen maintains high resolution of Palm Treo. Runs full Palm OS
Can use many existing Palm OS program. Fast networking on Sprints EV-DO
Petite
Attractive design
Excellent call quality
Excellent call quality and battery life
The editors didn't like
The case is likely to become scuffed up easily. The device must be held awkardly to hear clearly. The rubbery keyboard won’t hold up well to fingernail typing. Keyboard is really too small for moderate to larger hands/fingers. ...
There are a few to mention
Battery life could be better for this Smartphone
Those with big hands and fingers might find the Palm Centro too small for their liking
There is no 3G support
So data transfer is not as fast it could have been
No Wi-Fi or G...
Lacks 3G data
Cramped keyboard
Memory card slot behind battery cover
No stereo Bluetooth
No Wi-Fi
No 3G and a poor camera. In many ways this is a four-star device
But the features let it down.Look and Feel
Palm OS is outdated. No 3G
Wi-Fi
GPS
Or stereo Bluetooth. Battery life is on the low side for GSM.
The counterpart to the cameras ease of use is that you cant adjust any settings such as picture quality or resolution. There is just no option to do so. This is not necessarily a downside since the Palm Centro surprised me with quite decent picture qualit...
Annoying memory card slot
Poor Sprint TV streaming video quality
Buggy. Tiny
Cramped keyboard. Poor headset support.
No stereo headset as standard
Limited Bluetooth device support (headset
File share and sync only)
No Java support in broswer
No 3G
Or WiFi
GPS. Bluetooth. No IM client. Palm OS is on life support.
PalmOS is getting awfully stale
Nearly the same as the Treo 680
No 3G data
Poor Browser
Cramped QWERTY keyboard
No flash
Limited amount of included software
Screen goes to sleep too quickly
Can't actually turn the thing off completely.
QWERTY keys are small and cramped
Display is smallish (if still easy to read)
Hardware and software design feels a bit dated
Noticeably thicker than comparable devices
No Music Store access (yet)
Battery life
Battery door tough to open
No WiFi or integrated GPS (a Bluetooth GPS receiver is optional). Short threehour battery life. The 1.3megapixel camera captured crapquality photos. Plastic housing feels like it could be busted by a strong wind.
The Centro for AT&T lacks 3G and doesnt support stereo Bluetooth headsets. Also
The QWERTY keyboard is tiny.
The Centros QWERTY keyboard is extremely cramped and the hardware feels a bit toylike. The phones speaker is on the weaker side
And it lacks Wi-Fi.
No Wi-Fi or stereo Bluetooth
Voice dialing costs extra
Poorly designed battery door
Palm OS definitely showing its age
Baby keys
Weird control stick
Useless stylus
Zero innovation
Its really just a smaller
More affordable Treo. Battery life sucks
Just 3.5 hours of talk time. Cramped keyboard not for the fat of finger. Stereo Bluetooth not supported out of the boxit requires thirdparty software.
Palm OS is stable
But boring
Lack of 3G data
Same small keyboard
Same old interface. Apps like the Blazer browser and Pocket Tunes music player starting to show their age.
Interface and apps are getting very
Very old. E-mail is behind the times. No IM clients pre-loaded. Lacks many multimedia features. No GPS or Wi-Fi.
Slow EDGE networking. Interface looking dated
Except where recently improved. Tiny keys tough for typing.
Tiny keys. Small screen. Aging Palm OS in dire need of cosmetic update. Scheduling app could use an update. Lacks features and apps of a multimedia smartphone.
Look at the price ma!, Palm OS is light and easy to use, Good software inclusions, Plenty of third party software apps available
No 3G or HSDPA, Thumb-board not for everyone, Camera is rudimentary, Looks are polarising, Unlocking from Telstra adds AU$100
Not the flashiest phone around, but its jaw-dropping price, ease of use and vast software ecosystem, make it a good choice for first time smartphone buyers and Palm OS afficionados alike. ...
Abstract: If you are looking for a smartphone that is not bulky and has excellent features, then the Palm Centro may just be the phone for you. It is available for Telstra prepaid customers for an attractive price of $299, which makes it a very affordable smart...
Abstract: Price $299Rating 4 Keen to trade up from your standard mobile to a smartphone? Despite a few cautions and caveats, the Centro could be a near perfect fit. Its almost certainly your most affordable option, selling for $299 through Telstra without ...
Size, QWERTY keyboard, touch screen, intuitive and user-friendly interface, price
No 3G, no back button, plastic build feels a little tacky, keyboard may be a little small for some The Final Word The Centro is definitely an interesting concept, and it represents a new target market for Palm. Its not perfect, but on the whole this i...
The Centro is definitely an interesting concept, and it represents a new target market for Palm. Its not perfect, but on the whole this is a nifty device that is tailored well to its demographic.
Abstract: Palm’s Centro smartphone – like its Treo 500v earlier this year – is aimed at pulling in consumer users, and the $599 price point pitches it squarely at buyers seeking something more than a standard mobile phone, but less than a high-end smartphone.Th...
Abstract: If youre looking for a phone that does everything, the Centro probably isnt the one for you. Its a little weak on the features front, with no HSDPA or even 3G for web browsing, no wireless networking and no GPS. When you start to use this smartph...
Product Summary Centro Best Price £167.98 from Afasystems.biz See more prices Key specs Price at Launch 180 | MPN 1057EU | 3G | Bluetooth 1 | Full spec For
Palm’s latest in its long line of smart phones is also its smallest, and probably its best looking.It’s also returned to the Palm operating system that the company seemed to temporarily abandon with its recent run of Windows-based handsets (th...
Overall the palm Centro is just a palm organiser with a phone added on to it, its ok for business and blackberry users, but I suspect that if you’re the type of person that likes a phone to “Do everything” then the palm is not the phone...
Abstract: Palm was once a dominant force in the handhelds market, but until recently, development of the Palm operating system had all but stalled. The company has even started making Windows Mobile handsets, such as the Treo 500v. The new Centro is the first...
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Published: 2008-03-20, Author: Andrew , review by: CNET.co.uk
Smaller than other Palm handsets; interface is easy to understand
Lack of 3G and Wi-Fi; 1.3-megapixel camera; lack of built-in 3.5mm headphone jack or adaptor in the box
As a smaller Palm device, the Centro performs as expected. With regard to the younger market at which its aimed, we think it lacks the features to push it into the limelight. Sure, its a straightforward device if you want email on the go, but in ter...
