The New Palm Centro: a Teeny, Tiny Treo

Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:35AM EDT

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Palm's latest smartphone, dubbed the Centro, got a brief, eyes-only showing at a Sprint technology summit yesterday, and word is that this new, "shrunken-down 755p" is pretty small—maybe too small.

Gearlog's Sascha Segan got a brief hands-on with the diminutive phone (Segan wasn't allowed to snap any photos, although he confirms that it looks a lot like these fuzzy pictures from Engadget), and he reports that the Palm OS-packing device has a QWERTY keypad so small that he could barely type. Sprint reps were tight-lipped about actual specifications, although in a press release, Palm conformed that the Centro runs on the Palm OS (not the new Linux-based Palm platform, apparently), boasts 3G EV-DO access, and "targets a younger demographic." Hmmm. No official details on price or availability, although according to Segan, word around the campfire was that the Centro would arrive this fall for $99 with a service agreement. Stay tuned.

Related:
Hands-On With The Sprint Palm Gandolf, HTC Touch and More! [Gearlog]
Palm Centro: Palm's next Treo, er, smartphone [Engadget]

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  • 1 Posted by somebodys_here on Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:00AM EDT Report Abuse

    Doesn't look big enough to be all that useful in a work setting. But who knows, the photos aren't official so we can't be too sure. I prefer the larger phones if it has a full keyboard.

  • 2 Posted by somebodys_here on Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:00AM EDT Report Abuse

    Doesn't look big enough to be all that useful in a work setting. But who knows, the photos aren't official so we can't be too sure. I prefer the larger phones if it has a full keyboard.

  • 3 Posted by businesscalls on Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:07PM EDT Report Abuse

    my dearest group i have seen most od the high tech devices my concern is i had an operation on my ear and you audio is too far for me to hear ehat do i do about this . i want to enjoy the sound of your new innovations

  • 4 Posted by rogueist on Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:38AM EDT Report Abuse

    Oooh - a Palm device for 3 year olds! Great demographics! Now they can text message in nursery school...

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