http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/ Engadget Comments for Palm Centro heads to Verizon, in stores tomorrow for $99 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/No Touch Pro....



NO CARE.]]>Jun 12th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/It's really simple to use
It's got a ton of applications
It crashes less than Windows
It's outdated
It's poorly supported
It has a moderately OK web browser
It has no speaker independent voice dialing
(not even equivalent to my $10 Motorola E815, a deal breaker for me)
The Centro sure is ugly compared to the TX
It has the best organizer I've ever used
It's very responsive on a slow CPU so it can be frugal with the juice
It's inexpensive
Some of them (TX) make a great universal remote control

Please Palm, make updates to Garnet (or a Linux that behaves the same) and add speaker independent voice dialing that works flawlessly on a headset.]]>Jun 12th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
Palm will never sell more than 50 of these stupid white ipods wannabe Centra.

Nintendo sucks

Nintendo will never sell more than 50 of these stupid white ipod wannabe Wiis.

Engadget is a Palm Fanboy!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Jun 12th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
Right now Nintendo Wii is the best selling of the 3 game consoles, check NPD numbers or vgcharzt.com.

Palm centro is selling incredibly well and it has been posted before even here on Engadget.

Third Engadget a Palm fanboy LOL. Engadget seem to absolutely hate and bash Palm and also Nintendo too.

Just search for palm and you will see how much Engadget has bashed them.]]>Jun 12th 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
youre a fucking moron.]]>Jun 12th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/obviously it worked.]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/]]>Jun 12th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
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this should take them up until they release the new OS]]>Jun 12th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
I give them a 40-60 chance of success.

With the iPhone blazing and now it's easy application distribution paradigm built into every single iPhone 2.0, the iPhone platform in the next 3 years could be an industry changer. It would be difficult for Palm to find a niche to compete against it.]]>Jun 12th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
Palm 700p
Pro's: Solid construction and intuitive interface. Keyboard is responsive and easy to type on. Applications respond quickly and third party applications have some of the best user interfaces available to a phone. 3G supports streaming media and I use the Treo as a portable XM radio. With Audible and Napster/Rhapsody To Go support, it is every bit as good a PMP that you are going to get. Sound quality of the phone is best that I have ever had. SHORTCUT Keys!
Con's: The thing is a brick! Web browsing is not as pretty as on the iPhone but much quicker, allowing you to scroll and select hyperlinks before the entire page has loaded.

Blackberry 8830
Pro's: Thin and light design. The trackball allows for quick navigation. Only Verizon phone that supports international roaming. Enterprise support for email, chat, etc. Lots of third party application support.
Con's: Application interfaces are worse than Palm's. The browser is slow and doesn't render web pages anything like the actual pages. Very short battery life when in use. Difficult to see keyboard in low light. Non-conventional keyboard. *'s and #'s are not where you expect them to be.

iPhone
Pro's: Wow factor. Beautiful UI. Touchscreen is more responsive than I expected. Battery life is very good. Wifi. Available accessories.
Con's: Virtual keyboard. After a year of owning this, I am faster at typing but this the lack of tactile response on top of the predictive spelling drives me up the wall. Browser is slow when loading some page (i.e. ESPN) even on WiFi networks. Entire page must load before navigating the site.

These are just some of my comments.]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
Do you work with Apple?]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
I don't work for Palm and of all the phones I own, the Palm is still the most functional. Not the prettiest, but by far the most functional.

If Palm can update their UI, support multi-tasking and include WiFi, it will be the platform to beat. Apple makes a pretty product but definitely not business tools. Blackberry is very functional but misses a lot of fun extras.

What are overwhelming complaints against Palm? The fact they haven't updated their OS. However, their OS is still almost as functional as anything coming out today.]]>Jun 12th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
I seriously didn't think that Palm was still actively making new products. How many times have they gone through buy-outs and bankruptcy in the past 9 years? I think it happened twice while I was an active Palm user.]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
There is a separate company Palmsource that makes the palm OS that got bought by Acess.

Palm Inc. makes phones using Palm OS and also Windows Mobile.]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
This is quite easy to solve and for free.

Install opera mini wich includes full page preview (a la iPhone) and is the best mobile browser available.

Install a modern looking skin, there are free and paid skinning programs:

http://www.palmpowerups.com/readarticle.php?article_id=2

http://www.3gxsoft.com/skins/skins.php

]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
Verizon still doesn't have the iPhone. Move along.]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/(or a HTC would be a nice Touch(Pro!))
also verizon customers are sick of the high costs for their smartphones]]>Jun 12th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/
It it can directly upload photos and video straight to your Facebook page - two things that Engadget's favorite and rather more expensive phone can't even manage!]]>Jun 12th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/I want a 6x low ranked combo dammit!]]>Jun 12th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 12th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/palm-centro-heads-to-verizon-in-stores-tomorrow-for-99/Jun 19th 2008 1:44PM