Entries from centrospot tagged with 'Palm Centro'
Modified Enfora Wi-Fi Sled working with Palm Centro
As usual, when a new Palm smartphone comes out, people want to know if there is some way to get Wi-Fi on the device since no Palm smartphone as of yet has built-in Wi-Fi. So of course this question...
2000mAh Battery Available for Centro
The Palm Centro ships with a removable 1150mAh lithium-ion battery. That’s probably the right capacity for many Centro owners, but power users would most likely prefer a higher capacity battery. Palm has a replacement 1150mAh battery for the Centro...
New Centro Colors Coming?
I recently read some very interesting news over at Palm Infocenter. Seems they’ve spotted some new colors that could be coming to the Centro! An official Palm training guide for Palm retail channel partners has revealed no less than...
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Agents Get Connected with the Sprint Palm Centro
There was a Coldwell Banker International Business Conference this week in Orlando, Florida. Real estate agents armed with Sprint Palm® Centro™ smartphones are learning how to stay connected to the resources, information, and people they need at every stage...
Centro Intro - pt 4: What is so hot about HotSync - by Jay Gross
Your Centro, as you probably already know, isn’t the only cell phone that stores data, particularly phone numbers and other information about your contacts. Its strength is not what it stores, or how, but the powerful way it merges...
AT&T GSM Centro Rumored for February 19th Release
Everything Treo is reporting some juicy rumor news about the upcoming GSM Centro. A member of the Everything Treo forums is said to have received confirmation from an AT&T store manager that the Palm Centro will be released on February...
GSM Palm Centro Available in Europe
The GSM Palm Centro became available for pre-order on Palm’s European website yesterday, February 14, 2008. The Palm GSM Centro’s price is listed as £199 in the UK and €299 (including VAT) in other countries. Looking further down on...
TeleNav Updated for Palm Centro
Palm Infocenter is reporting that Telenav has just released version 5.0 of the TeleNav GPS Navigator for the Sprint version of the Palm Centro. According to PIC, the rumored internal aGPS capabilities of the Centro have not been magically...
Centro Coming to T-Mobile? - by Dieter Bohn
Over at Seeking Alpha, there was a story some time ago that implied that the Centro would also be making a debut on T-Mobile. It appears that’s definitely going to be the case, as Engadget Mobile (amongst others) has...
VersaMail Update for Palm Centro
I just read over on The Official Palm Blog that Palm has posted an update to VersaMail for Palm Centro users that includes improved Gmail compatibility. Palm’s Support site states that the update is designed to install directly to...
Keeping Your Centro Cute (and Protected) - by Annie Latham
Seidio Super Slim Case Options for the Centro - Hard Shell/No Bulk I’ve been delighted with my shiny Black Centro. Then again, I’m the type that falls for “cute.” Back in the day, I bought an Apple IIc because...
Review: Smartphone Experts Skin Case for Palm Centro - by Jay Gross
My brave red Centro seems at risk of more worst case scenarios than I’m willing to think about on a rainy day. There’s that passing gravel truck, accidental knocks on the corners of coffeehouse tables, flying raptors’ claws, and...
Centro Intro: pt 3: Dealing with Dialing - by Jay Gross
In this on-going series, we’ve talked about ways of operating your Centro, including simply pressing the first letter of what you want in the Apps screen to navigate quickly. We’ll take this up in more detail, ‘cause the first...
A Centro Competitor?
I read an interesting article over at mytreo.net yesterday. The article was about the Sony mylo COM-2, which was designed to compete with the Palm Centro in the youth market. I think that it’s also competing pretty strongly against...
Pink Centro Now Available on Sprint, Hands-On - by Dieter Bohn
There was one other piece of Palm news at CES that we haven’t been able to share until now - we were able to get a hands-on with the new Palm Centro. Well, “new” is a relative term -...
Review: Mobi Products 5.5 Inch Wrist Lanyard - by Jay Gross
Palm’s new Centro comes equipped with a post, set into its bottom right corner, that accommodates a lanyard for carrying. Although the package doesn’t include one, Mobi Products and some other vendors have rushed in to fill the void....
Review: Body Glove Scuba Case - by Andre Kibbe
All cell phone cases involve some tradeoff. As a rule, the more protection they offer, the more cumbersome they are to wear. Thicker materials add bulk, often making the phones they sheathe awkward or unwieldy in use, not to...
Centro a Best Choice for Compact Phones in Consumer Reports
I had read on a couple of tech sites that the Palm Centro was in Consumer Reports this month. I was at Staples over the weekend buying a USB cable for my printer and spotted the January 2008 issue...
Centro Intro: pt 2: The Shopping Experience - by Jay Gross
In this on-going series of articles (read Part 1), we’re exploring, you and I, the new Palm Centro, that sweet little powerhouse you just got to organize your life with. Or not. What? You’re reading this because you want...
More on the Pink Centro
TreoCentral forum member Penny reports hearing about a confirmed release date of the pink Centro from Sprint in this forum thread. Ok guys… I got a text from a CS rep at one of my local stores here. She...
Review: SPE Screen Protectors (3-Pack) for Palm Centro - by Jay Gross
The very first thing you need for your Centro is a protector for its all important screen. This Smartphone Experts kit contains three of them already cut to size. The most important thing on the Centro to protect from...
Is an Email Application the Culprit in Centro Battery Life Problems?
I just read an interesting article over at InformationWeek about the problems with the Palm Centro battery life. There are threads over in the TreoCentral Centro forums about the Centro’s poor battery life. Forum member snovvman started a thread...
Palm Centro One of Most Innovative Mobile Designs
I saw this Business Wire article link in my google alerts and thought it was interesting. According to latest buyer behavior report from the Strategy Analytics wireless Device Lab, “Design Labs USA: Palm Centro & Samsung i760 Most Appealing...
Centro Intro: pt 1: Get to Know Your Centro
Centro Intro: pt 1: Get to Know Your Centro - by Jay Gross That new Centro you just got offers many more features and conveniences than first meet the eye. This article introduces newbies to the world of Palm and...
Centro Listed as a Top Smartphone for Holiday Gift Buying Guide
Wireless and Mobile News has written an article in which they list the wireless devices that will make the best gifts this holiday season. They summarize the gift guides as part of their Review of Reviews service. Wireless and...
Centro Listed as One of 10 Ugliest Smartphones Ever
I was just reading an article over at InformationWeek in which writer Eric Zeman lists the Palm Centro among the “Ten Ugliest Smartphones Ever”. Zeman says that the ten smartphones listed should never have made it off the paper...
Centro Sighting?
We’ve all seen Treos popping up on television shows and movies. It’s gotten lately where I see a Treo on 3 out of 7 shows now. I always enjoy spotting one too! And now that I’ve used a BlackBerry...
Shout Postcard Certification for Palm Centro Smartphone
Me Inc., a leading provider of software technology and mobile services, announced on Monday availability of the Shout Postcard application for the new Palm(R) Centro smartphone. Shout Postcard is a multi-media tool that provides mobile phone users with the...
Rumored Pink Centro
Well, I heard a little rumor today that there’s going to be pink Centro in the near future. Dieter mentioned it in the TreoCast. There’s a thread in the TreoCentral forums entitled PINK Centro! that was started by forum...
Centro Makes Time's Gadget of the Year List
I read in the latest Talkin’ Treo column by Annie Latham that Alex Mathews over at Treobits pointed out that in the issue of Time magazine that called out the iPhone as the “Invention of the Year,” the Centro...
Brighthand Compares Centro and Treo 500v
Ed Hardy over at Brighthand has done a comparison of the Palm Centro and the Treo 500v. Ed starts out by saying that the two devices have caused some confusion because at first glance they look quite similar. Boyhowdy,...
San Francisco Chronicle Lists Centro as iPhone Imitator
Ryan Kim of the San Francisco Chronicle has written an article about the iPhone’s success and how it has spawned a generation of imitators. The Palm Centro is listed as one of the imitator/challengers along with the HTC Touch...
Centro #1 on Brighthand's List of Most Popular Smartphones and PDAs of October
Every month Brighthand publishes a list of the most popular handhelds and smartphones. The list indicates the ones that Brighthand readers are most interestedi n learning more about, and doesn’t indicate which models are the best selling. Ed Hardy...
Ruby Red Centro Availability
On Sunday, November 4th, the Palm Centro smartphone priced at $99* will be available in Ruby Red in all Sprint sales channels, Palm stores and online at www.sprint.com and www.palm.com/centro. This new Ruby Red color will accompany the Onyx...
Morning Paper Centro Hands On
The Morning Paper has taken a look at the Palm Centro. After finally holding the long talked about Centro the reviewer said: I believed since the moment I saw the Centro (then Gandolf) that this new device would help...
The Mobile Gadgeteer Looks at the Palm Centro
Matthew Miller over at The Mobile Gadgeteer has written an article on the Palm Centro. I always enjoy reading Matthew’s articles. Matthew said that he wasn’t too impressed with the early rumor photos of the Centro (neither was I,...
Centro Selling Well
According to a Forbes.com article, the Palm Centro is selling well. So well in fact that it helped give a boost Tuesday to part of the sector in early afternoon trading. The articles said that Palm shares rose 20...
Sprint Centro Commercial
Sprint has made a commercial about the Palm Centro. Cool! I read about it in the TreoCentral forums. I was going to go and do a search for the commercial on YouTube and then saw in another thread where...
SanDisk microSDHC 6GB Cards Available
SanDisk has announced their newest format and capacity to the SD card family: microSD High Capacity (microSDHC) 6GB flash card, which is available for $99.99. Palm Centro and Treo 500v owners would sure have plenty of extra memory with...
So Far So Good: Centro Being Received Well
So far, the Centro has been received very well. I don’t have one and haven’t even seen one in person, but I’ve only heard of a couple of negative things such as the battery door being hard to get...
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