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Oh, that'll be you, imacmatt09!

Why don't you at least wait to see what the phone is like before acting like a 5yr old h8r?]]>Sep 27th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
Damn near KILLED her!

HAR HAR HAR]]>Sep 27th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.twitter.com

It's kinda like mini-blogging. Each entry can only be 143 characters (or something like that) long, so they tend to be of the "I'm at a really great restaurant" type. Not that there's anything wrong with that ...]]>Sep 27th 2007 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
In case you hadn't notice, Engadget Person, the phone is not a competitor to the iPhone, it costs a whole load less and - funnily enough - will no doubt do a whole load more.

You know, cover the unglamorous basics like video, MMS, cut and paste, removable battery etc etc etc.

Still, I'm sure that won't stop you drawing lots more irrelevant comparisons! Go, iPhone Boy!]]>Sep 27th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
Regardless, the Centro is still Palm's last-ditch effort to stay afloat in the cellphone sea. Personally, I think they need to start kicking a hell of a lot harder if they really want to survive.

]]>Sep 27th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Palm better have more mojo in the lab or they are toast.]]>Sep 27th 2007 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp

Also, Sprint just launched the Centro website:
http://www.moreyous.com/]]>Sep 27th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
The features shown at the top level are MP3, email, SMS, IM, Bluetooth, syncing calendars and contacts, and viewers for Office and PDF. Phones with all this have been around for years.]]>Sep 27th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
a-AH!]]>Sep 27th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/09/sprint-palm-centro-red-440.jpg
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http://www.sprint.com/islandoffer

It's hilarious (sorry for being a bit OT)]]>Sep 27th 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
Then has this mini marvel a HUGE load of useful functions, that as example iPhone doesn't have and even if some other smartphones also have it - is this the most handy "package" with all vital functions and that's a GREAT combination!!]]>Sep 27th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/They use to deliver cutting edge products.
Now they get spanked by products running on EDGE.
*I know that was lame :-)]]>Sep 27th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/-- 7-11 clerk, Bloom County

(just before a cockroach comes in riding on a basselope and orders a lifetime supply of rancid ding-dongs to go)]]>Sep 27th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
But if it's only costing Palm 4$ to make one of these then why not? Any more would be absurd.]]>Sep 27th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
So why release it on Sprint!?? Huge mistake. I know a lot of kids and not one of them has Sprint.

Wow.
]]>Sep 27th 2007 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Now, in 2007,can you just add WiFi to your outmoded smartphone?
I love palm,but you killed it T_T]]>Sep 27th 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
Sorry Ed. Centro isn't news, much less "exciting". The cat was out of the bag well before today's show-and-tell, and it's a ]]>Sep 27th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/-CMD ]]>Sep 27th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/Sep 27th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/
*yawn*

Sorry Ed. Centro isn't news, much less "exciting". The cat was out of the bag well before today's show-and-tell, and it's a lackluster offering. Spec for spec, it’s a Treo 680 with 3G CDMA, and a smaller form factor (and consequently a physically smaller screen, too). Whoopty-do...

I used to be a strong supporter of Palm, but it’s becoming clear that they think they can continue their just-good-enough incremental updates philosophy. Don’t get me wrong, their current offerings are decent; but that’s also the problem. In a growing market with competition from the likes of RIM, Apple, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, and so on (and you can bet there will be a Zune phone eventually, too), just-good-enough won’t cut it for much longer. Hell, next month (provided it launches on time) the consumer version of the Openmoko Neo 1973 will be released, which at this point is a hell of a lot more interesting than anything even rumored to be coming from Palm.

It’s like Palm is on life support and they’re too blind (or stubborn) to realize it. Long time Palm fans are frustrated. We’re waiting for a company who used to make cool new gadgets to release anything worth even blogging about (other than to express how disappointed we are). At this rate, it wouldn’t surprise me if Palms market share (and stock) start sliding off into oblivion within maybe another product cycle or two. I realize they need entry level products, but it’s time to deliver on long-overdue improvements.

What I think Palm really needs (and fast) is a make-or-break bleeding-edge device. It would require a serious OS update (read: Palm-flavored Linux, with a slick, usable interface, a *real* web browser with flash support, and serious multi-media capabilities), and top of the line hardware (think: 3G, “g” or “n” wifi, 2 or 3 MP camera w/ 640x480 mpeg4 video recording, bluetooth 2.0, A2DP, GPS, storage measured in GIGAbytes, full SDHC compatibility, 3.5mm audio jack, and at least a 640x480 screen, and good battery life).

What really baffles me is why formerly slider-obsessed Palm hasn’t yet figured out it would be a great solution to the keyboard vs. screen size debate. A slide-out, or even slide-over, keyboard would allow the user to have their full QWERTY, and a good size screen too. Or, here’s another thought: why don’t they implement that folding screen design they filed a patent for over 2 years ago?

But hey, I’m only a consumer. What do *I* know?
]]>Sep 27th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/live-from-the-palm-press-conference-at-digitallife/He's carrying a mic though .... can't get over it - wow LMAO]]>Sep 27th 2007 6:22PM