Palm Centro just $199

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Who ever thought that Palm could release a $199 (contract free) that has a GPS, Touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard ?

Centro “Touchscreen + keyboard + text + web + email + Facebook” for Palm. It’s amazing what a little Centro can do.

Keep in touch by phone, text, IM,2 email, web, and Facebook for Palm. Centro makes it easy with a touchscreen and a full keyboard, so you can say L8R to those tricky keys on your old cell phone. Carry names and numbers, shoot photos and video, and meet up with friends. And it comes in cool, fun colors, too.

Centro. Let’s go.
Dial up a friend. Fire off a text. IM your buddy lists on AIM, Windows Live Messenger, or Yahoo!.
And send and receive email from personal accounts like Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo!.
With a full keyboard and comfortable gel-soft keys, typing messages is fast and easy.
The touchscreen makes reading, viewing and navigating pages a breeze. Search for restaurants or get movie tickets.
Connect with Friends on Facebook for Palm.
Even get maps, turn-by-turn directions, and traffic updates from Google Maps with My Location,4 or full GPS navigation with AT&T Navigator.

Carry phone numbers, addresses and your calendar wherever you go. Make to-do lists and store notes. Then back them up to your computer just in case. And if you have to work outside the office, Centro lets you access Microsoft Outlook email,3 sync your Contacts and Calendar even view documents.

Shoot pictures and videos and send them to friends.1 Create photo slideshows. Use the built-in MP3 player and take your tunes to go. With 64MB of storage there’s plenty of room for your media files. And you can add up to 4GB more with a microSD card.

Palm Centro full specifications :

  • Display 320×320 pixel Transflective colour touchscreen, supports 16-bit color (up to 65K colors)
  • Radio GSM/GPRS/EDGE class 10 radio, quad band world phone (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
  • Platform Palm OS by ACCESS 5.4.9
  • Bluetooth Version: 1.2
  • Memory 64MB available user storage
  • Camera 1.3 megapixels with 2x digital zoom and video capture
  • Battery Removable 1150mAh, lithium-ion
  • Up to 4 hours talk time, or up to 300 hours standby time
  • Expansion microSD card (up to 4GB supported)
  • Connector Multi-connector
  • Dimensions 107.2 mm (L) x 53.5 mm (W) x 18.6 mm (D); 124 grams; 4.22″ (L) x 2.11″ (W) x 0.73″ (D); 4.4 oz

What is included

  1. Palm Centro smartphone with touchscreen
  2. Rechargeable, removable battery
  3. AC charger
  4. USB sync cable
  5. User documentation
  6. Palm Desktop software CD
  7. Headset

Software built into the device
Bluetooth, Calculator, Calendar, Camcorder, Camera, Contacts, Documents to Go Professional Edition 10, Email (VersaMail 4.0), Google Maps for Mobile,1 HotSync, Memos, Messaging, My Centro, Phone, Pics and Video, PocketTunes, Quick Tour, Tasks, Voice Dial, Voice Memo, Web (Blazer 4.5), World Clock

Download full specifications Palm Centro Brochure here.

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