Palm’s newest smartphone offering is also their smallest – of course we’re talking about the Palm Centro. The smartphone maker has taken the wraps off its Palm Centro teaser site, with the tag-line “Do you wish there were more of you?”
It looks like Palm is banking on the entry-level demographic that’s looking to boost their productivity as if there were indeed more than one of them. The teaser site shows the Palm Centro clad in Candy Apple Red. The Centro will be toting features like a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD card, instant messaging support, and an updated Palm OS (remember, this is an entry-level device, and as such will get nothing more than an entry-level OS). The Palm Centro takes design cues from the recently released Palm Treo 500v, but sports a narrower profile and smaller QWERTY keyboard.
Look for Palm to drop the Palm Centro on October 14 for a buck shy of $100 (contract and rebate required, of course).
It’s just too bad Palm doesn’t move on from their antiquated Palm OS – which is, by itself, a deal killer for us (update be damned). Come on Palm, let’s just kill Palm OS and go with Windows Mobile, or at least get your new Linux-based OS out of the R&D labs AFAP (as fast as possible).
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