Palm InfoCenter reviews the Palm Centro: “The Palm Centro is initially available in a choice of two colors from Sprint, onyx black and ruby red. The casing is a smooth plastic with silver trim accents that wrap around the sides, back and front buttons. The cases colors have a nice subtle sparkle finish to them when viewed up close. Overall the new design is a good refinement of the classic Treo form factor, though the Centro does have a much more plasticy feel to it than previous Palm devices. Palm still can’t seem to make it much thinner, but the compactness and pleasantly symmetrical rounded design of the Palm Centro provides a positively smaller impression.

To the new user, the Palm Centro is a feature packed, powerful phone that offers much more functionality than the standard run of the mill 12-key cell phone. Because of the Centro’s positioning and lower price target you have to overlook the omission of certain features. After all, even with its ripe age, tired look and intermittent faults the Palm OS still remains one of the most intuitive smartphone experiences. By no means is the Palm Centro perfect device but the smaller size and updated software bundle combined with the low price provide a decent value for a capable smartphone.

It debuts for $99 with a two-year service agreement and an additional $50 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate.”

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