Palm Centro

After breaking the 1.0 million Centro smartphones sales milestone a couple of months ago it looks like Palm is set to add yet another million this quarter thanks to both the availability of the AT&T Centro as well as the...

May 13, 2008 | Comments (0) | Read more...

Back in February we discovered that a Blue Centro was going to be released by Palm and we suggested that the most likely carrier for this would be Verizon but the months went by without any additional information or leaks...

April 22, 2008 | Comments (8) | Read more...

Back in February we came across an image (below) from Palm that revealed two more as yet unreleased Centro colors – one in Blue and the other White with grey keyboard highlights (below left). At the time, we thought that...

April 7, 2008 | Comments (11) | Read more...

Following the news two weeks ago that the Centro is the fastest selling Palm smartphone ever, the company yesterday announced that it has sold its one-millionth Palm Centro smartphone – a clear demonstration that the device’s $99 price point, design...

April 1, 2008 | Comments (3) | Read more...

Driven by strong demand for the Palm Centro smartphone, sell-through for Palm’s latest quarter reached a company record high totaling 833,000 units - up 13 percent year over year. Smartphone revenue was $275.4 million. "Centro is off to the strongest...

March 21, 2008 | Comments (13) | Read more...

Aside from the fact that the Centro is basically a “mini-Treo” that offers all the features and functionality that we have come to love delivered in a considerably smaller, lighter and slicker form-factor, one of the undeniable success factors of...

March 4, 2008 | Comments (7) | Read more...

Quite a few people have written to me and posted comments asking why Palm still claims that the maximum supported memory expansion size on the Centro is 4GB microSDHC (see image below) when higher capacity 6GB and 8GB microSDHC cards...

February 27, 2008 | Comments (22) | Read more...

While the Sprint Centro has been available for a while in Red, Black as well as Pink, the AT&T Centro was just released last week in White (with green/white keyboard) and will soon also be available in Black (see below)....

February 25, 2008 | Comments (10) | Read more...

The new AT&T Palm Centro released yesterday offers an ideal solution for people looking for an affordable (only $99 with contract), user-friendly, powerful and extremely versatile smartphone – one that offers a full QWERTY keyboard and high resolution touchscreen which...

February 20, 2008 | Comments (16) | Read more...

As rumoured, Palm today finally announced the availability of the GSM AT&T Palm Centro – available immediately for just $99.99 in new “Glacier White” with green keypad accents (below) and also (in approximately one month) a second model in “Obsidian...

February 19, 2008 | Comments (10) | Read more...

Following the rumour of a possible AT&T Centro launch this coming Tuesday, February 19 a new image (below right) of this smartphone has appeared that claims to be the “real” thing. As we had seen with the first AT&T Centro...

February 15, 2008 | Comments (8) | Read more...

According to various as yet unconfirmed rumours the eagerly anticipated new white AT&T Centro (image right) may become available as early as next Tuesday, February 19. Following the great success of the Sprint Centro which has been available for $99...

February 13, 2008 | Comments (5) | Read more...

Although there’s been no official word yet about the AT&T Centro release date (rumoured to be quite imminent) Palm Europe for its part today announced that the GSM version of its ultra-popular Palm Centro – the smallest and lightest Palm...

February 7, 2008 | Comments (12) | Read more...

For years we’ve all been wondering why T-Mobile has been one of the only large US carriers not to have added a Palm smartphone to its portfolio. We still don’t have the definitive answer but according to a telecom analyst...

January 21, 2008 | Comments (11) | Read more...

As we announced back in December, Palm and Sprint have finally released their Pink Centro smartphone – an ideal Valentine gift for your girlfriend or wife next month… The Pink Centro is available now via Palm’s online store for as...

January 15, 2008 | Comments (5) | Read more...

I think that it’s only a matter of weeks now before Palm and AT&T officially announce the release of their highly anticipated Centro – a GSM version that according to the leaked image below may become available in a very...

January 11, 2008 | Comments (11) | Read more...

Recently named one of the Top 10 Gadgets of 2007 by Time magazine, the Palm Centro continues to win more and more converts even though this tiny but powerful smartphone is currently still only available with Sprint (AT&T and Verizon...

December 31, 2007 | Comments (6) | Read more...

The Palm Centro continues to garner excellent reviews from all quarters with many emphasizing that at $99 (with a two year contract) the Centro is undoubtedly the best value smartphone on the market today. It’s therefore no surprise that all...

November 6, 2007 | Comments (4) | Read more...

As I briefly mentioned the other day, the Palm Centro team has made a few software improvements over previous Treo smartphones but one of the main problems is that the company appears to have completely forgotten to tell anybody exactly...

October 17, 2007 | Comments (19) | Read more...

I kindly received my Centro review unit from Palm yesterday and after playing with it for a full day I can now confirm that my very positive original impressions when seeing the device for the first time at Digital Life...

October 12, 2007 | Comments (60) | Read more...

As promised last week, below are a few of the images taken at the Digital Life event illustrating some of the unique details of the new Palm Centro. I have raved about the Centro keyboard (above left) not only because...

October 3, 2007 | Comments (7) | Read more...

If like me you feel that the Palm Centro for Sprint is too good to miss then you’ll be happy to know that you can be one of the very first to get your hands on one thanks to Palm’s...

September 30, 2007 | Comments (15) | Read more...

After spending a couple of hours with the new Palm Centro – announced by Palm yesterday at the Digital Life show in NYC – my first impressions are that the device can successfully and proudly claim to deliver a revolutionary...

September 28, 2007 | Comments (40) | Read more...

I am currently in NYC where in a few hours Palm and Sprint are expected to unveil the new Palm Centro smartphone (pictured below) to an audience of credentialed media and market analysts attending a press conference at DigitalLife. The...

September 27, 2007 | Comments (16) | Read more...

It appears that my post last week which hinted at a possible Palm Centro Euro Launch on Sept 12 may not have been quite on the mark as a short and fun post on Palm’s blog notes that although there...

September 10, 2007 | Comments (7) | Read more...

Here’s a surprise… Although the latest “official” Palm Centro image a week ago was clearly branded for Sprint – thus leading us to believe that this latest Palm smartphone would be launched first in the US – a new promotional...

September 2, 2007 | Comments (9) | Read more...

Following all the negative comments that the previous images of the Palm Centro (Treo 800p) had garnered here and elsewhere I am rather delighted to see that the latest leaked official image (below) has managed to rapidly change the minds...

August 26, 2007 | Comments (36) | Read more...

UPDATE August 26: See the latest Palm Centro Official Image Just a week ago the image below was still purported to be that of a next-generation Treo 800p but we now discover via an official and welcome Palm pre-annoucement that...

August 17, 2007 | Comments (13) | Read more...

This weekend further details and the first pictures of a next generation PalmOS Treo 800p have emerged. It’s always hard to tell from blurry spy shots (above) what the relative proportions of the device might be but a side-by-side comparison...

August 6, 2007 | Comments (34) | Read more...