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Published:
19 Feb 2008
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
AT&T - Available
    (Since Feb 2008)
Links:
Palm Centro Official page
Palm Centro Manual
Palm Centro Review
Key features:
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Description:

The GSM variant of the Centro has the same design as the CDMA/EV-DO version, so is one of the small Palms. It is quad-band GSM/EDGE phone with touch-sensitive display, Palm OS and featutes 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD slot and Stereo Bluetooth.

User rating
Good
8.3
out of 10
based on 9 reviews
Editor's rating
Good
8
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 specifications

Palm Centro specifications

  • Announced
    • Date
      • 19 Feb 2008
  • Network
    • Type
      • GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
    • Data
  • Size
  • Battery
    • Type
      • Li - Ion, 1150 mAh
    • Talk
      •    4 hours (240 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
    • Processor
      • Intel 312 MHz
    • Memory
      • 64 MB RAM / 64 MB ROM
  • Input
    • Predictive Text Input
      • Yes
    • Full Keyboard
      • QWERTY
  • Connectivity
    • Internet
      • Blazer 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, Push-to-Talk
    • Email
      • IMAP/POP3/SMTP/Microsoft Exchange
    • FCC Approved
      • Yes

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23 Jul 2008 by wyamamoto

9.6 out of 10

Having research many phones and having talked to numerous salesman and people who are in the know when it comes to pda phones, i decided to purchase the centro based on the facts that it functions as a calendar that syncs to outlook and it has very good reception. i have used the old motorola e815 for years because of its great reception and this centro actually has better reception.
i added a kingston 4 gig card and have had no problems adding music and photos to the card. with music tones it is easy to trim down an mp3 to add as a ringtone.
having read the reviews on the keyboard, i would agree that it is on the small side, but once you have used it for a while, it works fine. i do miss the old pad for writing on the 700.
the battery could use an extra boost, but i just turned the power level down on the screen and have been able to get a day and a half with normal use. i don't use the phone for email or internet.
if you are looking for a good calendar phone and great reception, i would strongly recommend this phone.






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Old Treo User...

21 Jul 2008 by Matt

9.2 out of 10

Great Phone indeed...nice follow up to the Treo family. I purchased because my screen shattered on my treo 650. I like the size and the features added since the 650 are pretty good. Such as, internet radio, video messaging and YouTube which i didnt know were included until i started playing with it.

In response to the battery life, after owning the 650 with the same 2 batteries that I used to alternate back and forth for 3 years, they last longer than my 2-day-old Centro. They are not even close to what they used to be 3 years ago and still out lasts it.

I have no experience with any other touch screen phones. Maybe coming from an iPhone or a Tilt, this wouldnt seem too bad, but coming from a Treo (its predecessor), this is a huge downgrade, especially since the backlight on the keys is much dimmer and the screen is a half inch smaller.

To give you an example, I charged it fully last night, took it off the charger around 8:30AM when I got up this morning, and its now 3:33PM and I am down to 38% battery with very little use today...i sent a text and took a call that lasted 2 minutes and 21 seconds. My email isnt even set up yet so its not hitting the server for that...kinda scared to see what happens when i do set it up for auto-email.

Love the phone tho...hope they come out with a longer-life battery. Luckily it uses the same power cable as the Treo and I have 3 of them so I can keep them all over the house cause it seems like Ill be charging this thing quite a bit.






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24 May 2008 by Rell

8.6 out of 10

1st of all to people thinking this phones battery life is bad, you all should have asked people who have touchscreen phones about thier battery life EVERY TOUCHSCREEN phones battery life is horriable from the iphone to the tilt the centro's battery life is not bad for it being a touchscreen phone
2nd its kind of stupid to say that you dont like a phone because of its small size, when the point of the phone is for it to be one of the smallest of its class (a touchscreen pda)the keys and screen where seen when you purchased you prolly liked the size but now to complain about it is stupid
ive worked for at&t and the centro is nice phone like everyother palm but you should know about the features of the phone before you purchase go to the store and actually play with it try to type test call and everything else you do with or want to do with your mobile device






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