Reviews of the Palm Centro - cobalt blue (Verizon Wireless)
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phonedog.com
Review Summary: What's Good: Full-featured, easy to use smartphone for entry-level price; Clear, bright, high-resolution touchscreen; Compact body with rounded edges; Zippy EV-DO data with access to Sprint TV service; A-GPS works with location-based services What's ...
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pocket-lint.com
Review Summary: Everyone wants to do consumer focused smartphones "for the kids", and Palm is the latest company to try and jump on that bandwagon. In the US where the phone launched 6 months ago the marketing spiel seems to have worked, but this isn't the States. Do ...
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crunchgear.com
Review Summary: The Palm Centro for AT&T is one of the better smartphones on the market today for first-time buyers, or so-called "casual smartphone users". Its low price, familiar form factor and full QWERTY keyboard with touchscreen make it ideal for those who aren ...
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trustedreviews.com
Review Summary: The Palm software has always scored big on ease of use in my book, and it does so again here. But the hardware suffers from a cramped keyboard, small screen and proprietary interfaces. Without Wi-Fi or 3G it lags behind the leaders in the Windows ...
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pcmag.com
Review Summary: The Centro for AT&T sacrifices the Sprint version's high-speed data access, but you get more battery life--though not quite enough. Nonetheless, the low price makes it a good first smartphone--or a poor man's iPhone.
Manufacturer: Palm
Part number: Centro
General
- Product Type Smartphone With digital camera / digital player
- Service Provider Verizon Wireless
- Width 2.1 in
- Depth 0.7 in
- Height 4.2 in
- Weight 4.2 oz
- Body Color Cobalt
Cellular
- Technology CDMA2000 1X
- Band CDMA2000 1X 1900/800
- Phone Design Candy bar
- Phone Navigation Buttons Navigation button
- Wireless Interface Bluetooth
- Application Software Memos, Phone, Tasks, Camera, HotSync, Calendar, Contacts, Bluetooth, Camcorder, My Centro, On Demand, Blazer 4.5, Calculator, Quick Tour, Voice Memo, Google Maps, Pics&Videos, World clock, Astraware Sudoku, Palm VersaMail 4.0, Pocket Tunes Deluxe, Nuance Voice Control, DataViz Documents To Go Professional Edition
Communicator Features
- Operating System Palm OS 5.4.9
- User Memory 64 MB
Messaging & Data Services
- Messaging Services Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM), Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)
- Mobile Email Yes
- EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Yes
- HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) Yes
Digital Camera
- Sensor Resolution 1.3 megapixels
- Still Image Resolutions 1280 x 1024
- Digital Zoom 2
- Video Recorder Resolutions 352 x 288 (CIF)
- Features Self-portrait mirror
GPS System
- GPS Navigation None
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Display Resolution 320 x 320 pixels
- Diagonal Size 2.4 in
- Color Depth 16-bit (65000 colors)
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Supported Digital Audio Standards MP3
Memory
- Flash Memory 64 MB
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Headset jack
- Slot Provided 1
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included USB cable
Power
- Type Power adapter
Battery
- Technology - Lithium ion
- Capacity 1150 mAh
- Talk Time Up to 210 min
- Standby Time Up to 300 h
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