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Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot

Inspector Gadget — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:56:08 EST

We are still yet to get a sniff of this one in the UK - where's the justice? All we get is a selection of fat bricks with a Palm operating system on it - check out the Palm mobile phones we get - appalling!

Inspector Gadget

Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot

Trackback — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:22:31 EDT

Otto, Centro, Gandolf. Whatever the name of Palm's new handset, we'll be finding out on September 12th: A teaser page is up for the forthcoming European launch of the new smartphone.

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Trackback — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:57:07 EDT

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Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot

Oakland510 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:38:37 EDT

@macserv: have you tried Meebo for the iphone? you should be able to instant message anyone.

Oakland510

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liquidsoapdispenser — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:43:03 EDT

Wait, where's the 5-way navigator buttons? I really use them a lot with my 700p.

liquidsoapdispenser

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tomcatla — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:38:43 EDT

Look a lot like the Sony ericsson K550i to me
[www.sonyericsson.com]

I was at the Sony store today and saw the Sony Ericsson K550i......well, at least they tried...

Good luck palm, I am looking at other phones for upgrades now and will not look back!

tomcatla

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Buran — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:01:04 EDT

@macserv: Yeah, what's with that? 3G is the big thing I want, but who the heck puts out a smartphone these days that has no IM client!?

Buran

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Buran — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:00:26 EDT

I might have bought one if Palm had said it would offer it in GSM. Instead, they are going for CDMA -- which is only really used in the US!? Palm, you're losing your shirt to Apple and RIM. And you're shooting yourself in the foot anyway?

Not that it wouldn't be a holdover til the 3G iPhone shows up... but them's the breaks ... sorry, Palm, you're just making yourself more irrelevant every day.

Buran

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cruddytoast — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:53:44 EDT

Some of you guys really enjoy bashing Palm. There operating system has far less crashes and crapware than Windows Mobile and this device is far more sexual than you can ever imagine. It is not your traditional brick, now the name matches the product, it is literally a computer for your palm...not all of your extremities.

cruddytoast

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IMFletcher — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:30:44 EDT

Same big dumb form factor (too thick) and small low-res screen. palm needs to realize that changing around the hard-keys and making the device a different color isn't called "innovation". geez, whats going on back there? do they not look at the other phones on the market?

IMFletcher

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macserv — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:21:07 EDT

I think Sprint picked the perfect screenshot for this phone, showcasing the one thing I truly miss with my iPhone, Instant Messaging. Before this new era in my mobile technology, I was a SideKick user, and there's no better phone for AIM.

I have yet to jailbreak my iPhone, but if someone made a modestly hot AIM client for it, I'd apply whatever hack it takes to install it.

macserv

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LinuxGalore — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:58:06 EDT

looks sweet and doesnt run Windows bloatware edition what more can you ask for.

LinuxGalore

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MainSub-main — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:08:07 EDT

This looks great! Now I can buy another phone that works like shit, for less. I have had several Treo's and they all blow, although my newest one took a trip into the dogs water dish and aided by my mad ninja skill's I was bale to retrieve it fast enough to prevent any serious damage...thus far! (insert sound of doom here)

MainSub-main

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willyboy — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:45:21 EDT

Hope that thing is bottom heavy. The ergonomics on the keyboard look painful...

willyboy

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maheidem — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:55:52 EDT

@xstephx: watch it man, you may get burned alive for that. lol

PS.: I don't like the iPhone

PS.: The thing just changed colors and now everyone wants one

PS.: Engadget letter really got to palm

maheidem

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xstephx — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:46:26 EDT

Looks far better than the iphone.

xstephx

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deadphotomac — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:52:36 EDT

Too bad it Palm because that mean the battery life will be maybe half hour and I bet still no wi-fi.

deadphotomac

Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot

JacquesAss — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:09:38 EDT

Apparently, the comment system has eaten my first two attempts to comment, so here you go:

1) Doesn't look like the current PalmOS - anti-aliased fonts and no pixelated scroll bar.

2) Engadget continues its shady behavior - they post their own story (with the pic), never mentioning Gizmodo, and linking to uneasysilence.com as their source. Who does Uneasysilence credit for the pic? Gizmodo. Is Engadget that afraid of the big, bad Giz?

JacquesAss

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:40:56 EDT

This Palm looks hot. The price is great too (if true).

LittleBigPlaneteer

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ThriftyTechie — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:20:46 EDT

If an ipod nano doesn't materialize soon, this shall be my new phone. $99!

two-year agreement or not, it's a good deal...

ThriftyTechie

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jmdecombe — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:10:52 EDT

Looking pretty good (seems like the silver with black frame around screen is all the rage lately). But those keys look too tiny... unless they do predictive spellchecking à la iPhone.

jmdecombe

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RomeoDude — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:40:04 EDT

If it has WiFi, that would be the greatest phone ever.

RomeoDude

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Simpsons-Movie-ruled — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:22:42 EDT

@Simpsons-Movie-ruled: correct

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

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Simpsons-Movie-ruled — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:22:23 EDT

i thought the corrext term was "prematurely squirted"?

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

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gizmo_dude — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:12:59 EDT

Yeah it is pretty sexy, much better looking than their Treo series. ugh

gizmo_dude

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Genjinaro — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:12:27 EDT

@DOMZ: Yeah I wouldn't doubt that $99 being for newcomers or after a 2 Year term.
I hope I'm wrong.

Genjinaro

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StackyBotrus — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:57:19 EDT

It really does look pretty good. And from the looks of that particular screen shot, 3 decent IM clients are included.

I just wonder how much smaller this unit can be compared to other Treo's.

StackyBotrus

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chillywilly — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:54:35 EDT

As a current Treo user (just upgraded to the 755p a week ago), this phone looks better than I thought it would. Maybe my g/f would like this one instead of inheriting my previous Treo 650.

chillywilly

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Zadillo — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:41:58 EDT

I have to admit, this looks much better than the earlier blurry photos of this device. Looks like Palm might have something with this one (hopefully there will be a GSM version as well).

Zadillo

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DomZ — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:27:58 EDT

@LillieDesigns: I hear a Sizemodo in our future.

DomZ

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LillieDesigns — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:20:30 EDT

I'm interested in knowing how big this thing is compared to an iPhone because the iPhone is honestly too big for my pocket =/

LillieDesigns

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joe23521 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:57:56 EDT

Best looking Palm in a long time...Good work.

joe23521

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yogibimbi — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:50:10 EDT

oK, so now let's bump the RAM at least to 128, preferably to 256, and I might update my GSL M 68 with that one...
Although the could still somewhat loose the keyboard and add a HTC-3300-like micro-trackball.
oh, and forgot to ask: 2 MP camera on-board? And at least microSD poleeeez. Won't buy it otherwise;-)

yogibimbi

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cruddytoast — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:44:07 EDT

it actually comes in a variety of colors, I personally have seen it in both the white and red finishes.

cruddytoast

Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot

hypnotik_jello — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:43:24 EDT

I wonder if there will be a GSM version?

hypnotik_jello

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theelk801 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:31:00 EDT

Oh, man, looks so much better now. I might get one.

theelk801

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DomZ — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:30:30 EDT

$99 after a 2-year agreement or $99 outright? (probably a dumb question) I'd like to replace my Sanyo M1 w/ this.

DomZ

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Sheemo44 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:03:22 EDT

oooooooo purrty

Sheemo44

Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot

chrisaroz — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:58:40 EDT

Definitely better looking than the other shots. I bet the ole iPhone prison fella wished he'd tried to sneak something this size in instead.

chrisaroz

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QWERTYthon — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:55:08 EDT

Though the silver bar is still not the most attractive implementation of a navigation bar, this phone looks worlds better than the blurry photos we had seen earlier. The keys don't looks half-bad either. I would consider buying this.

QWERTYthon