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| Palm Centro White Smartphone (AT&T) | 
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| Brand: Palm
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 1972
Color: White
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: Centro
UPC: 805931028792
ASIN: B0013KMQNU
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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 great for what it is March 20, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
if you're looking for a smartphone that's cheap, with no bells and whistles, this is it. its easy to use, and can chat happily with my macbook. aesthetically, the palm centro is the perfect fit for small adult hands (like mine). if you're going from a numeric keypad to a QWERTY pad expect minor adjustment issues (nothing like driving a stick shift after cruising around in an automatic) but these should sort themselves out after a while.
i wouldn't give a phone this pricey to a tweenie (having paid for an unlocked quadband GSM model), but its perfect as a starter smartphone for teens or adults who aren't willing to shell out large amounts of money for an iPhone-- yet.
Great Phone and Palm - Small Keyboard March 18, 2008
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
I bought this phone a few weeks ago when I was eligible for an upgrade. I decided to get the Centro because I find myself texting sometimes and wanting to write e-mails on my phone. (I used to have a Nokia 6030, and it's a good phone, but it's got a standard cell phone number keypad.)
My favorite thing about the phone is the Palm OS. If you've got another Palm, and you don't want to spend the money on a Treo 755p, then trust me -- this should be your phone.
Most, but not all Palm apps will transfer nicely over to the Centro. This is a huge benefit if you've got a bunch of Palm apps already, like I do. Out of the box, you can put all those apps on it, and have a phone more useful than any iPhone or BlackBerry out there. And if you've got a wireless keyboard, that'll work with the Centro, too, meaning you can use it for larger e-mails and working on Word documents (Oh, did I mention that Documents to Go is included in the box? :))
So here are the main advantages:
1) QWERTY keyboard
2) Tons of apps (and lots more free apps out there, if you look).
3) Simple Palm UI. Palm has always been the master of the intuitive UI, and this is no exception.
4) Pocket Tunes Deluxe included, which means that (preferably with an unlimited data plan) you can stream music from sites like shoutcast.com.
5) Free voice dialing included (with AT&T Centro -- NOT Sprint).
Some things not to like about the phone:
1) It's got Bluetooth, but you can't voice dial from a Bluetooth headset (at least, not natively -- there might be an app fix, but I don't know of one).
2) The keyboard is designed for tween/teen fingers. If you've got larger fingers, you'll have some trouble adjusting. Adjusting is possible, though. After about 3 weeks, I can type pretty proficiently (though I still look at the keys).
3) It doesn't come with any kind of micro-SD card. I know this might not sound like much of an omission, but when you've only got 64MB to play with, you'll start feeling that pretty fast -- especially if you're moving from a device like a Palm TX, that's got more memory. on board. Get yourself a decent-sized micro-SD card as soon as you can.
If the Centro had larger keys for the keyboard and the ability to voice dial over Bluetooth, I would've given it 5 stars. But as it is, it's almost perfect!
Really like it! March 14, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've only had the phone for a couple days, and it's my first PDA phone. It's different, but I'm a texter, so it's way easier (even though the keyboard is super small). It did go blank to a white screen for a second, but hopefully that was a minor glitch?? I purchased a skin cover for it and a screen protecter, and my only qualm is that it gets lint all over it!
I definitely recommend the phone....it's sleek & classy looking, and the white/green color combo makes it different than all the other phones out there!
 Perfect for Tween to Teen Texters March 10, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
We got this phone for our 12 year old middle schooler and she absolutely loves it. She fell in love with it at first sight, loves the white and green color combo. She says texting is so quick now with the keyboard and she loves all the applications and extras. In fact I'm a bit jealous of all it's features compared to my Balckberry Pearl. For your money it's packed and good buy compared to more spendy phones like the iphone and the Pantech Duo she was also looking at. My only complaint is the lack of accesories such as cases right now.....but it's new and I'm sure we will start seeing them.
Very Nice Phone March 9, 2008
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
First, to the critical review - to insert the SIM card you should have taken the stylus out... or take phone to any store and ask for HELP.
The pros: light, good fit, cool look. Nice screen, very decent sound quality. Excellent for chat and messaging! Decent picture quality for 1.3 M. All standard PDA functions from an old industry leader - PALM.
The only drawback is actually small QWERTY buttons, but - (1) the phone is smaller than those "monsters" with big buttons, and (2) after 1 day I got used to it. Teens would be absolutely OK with that size.
Overall: perfect job for this price.
Own phone for 3 weeks.
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