Palm Offers Unlocked Centro Smartphone

Shogun · 24th June 2008, 23:16

Palm unveiled its well-received, inexpensive Centro smartphone with Sprint in September 2007, with the handset launching on AT&T in February and Verizon offering it just this month. Now, Palm is offering an unlocked version of the device without a service plan—and it's priced at $299, rather than the $99 users have been paying for a version tied to a mobile provider.

The unlocked version of the Palm Centro resembles the version offered through AT&T, albeit without the obnoxious electric green keypad. The unit offers a 320 by 320 pixel LCD display, GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, and runs Palm OS 5.4.9. The Centro sports a 1.3 megapixel camera, 64 MB of onboard memory (with additional storage available via microSD cards), and offers BlueTooth 1.2 wireless connectivity for pairing with computers and peripherals. The unit ships with Documents To Go Professional Edition (so you'll still be able to open up Office documents even without Windows Mobile).

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24th June 2008, 23:16	#1
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	Palm Offers Unlocked Centro Smartphone Palm unveiled its well-received, inexpensive Centro smartphone with Sprint in September 2007, with the handset launching on AT&T in February and Verizon offering it just this month. Now, Palm is offering an unlocked version of the device without a service plan—and it's priced at $299, rather than the $99 users have been paying for a version tied to a mobile provider. The unlocked version of the Palm Centro resembles the version offered through AT&T, albeit without the obnoxious electric green keypad. The unit offers a 320 by 320 pixel LCD display, GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, and runs Palm OS 5.4.9. The Centro sports a 1.3 megapixel camera, 64 MB of onboard memory (with additional storage available via microSD cards), and offers BlueTooth 1.2 wireless connectivity for pairing with computers and peripherals. The unit ships with Documents To Go Professional Edition (so you'll still be able to open up Office documents even without Windows Mobile). http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-a...tro-smartphone

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