
Palm Centro
Release year: 2008
Launch price: 231 € July 2008
Palm Centro is a Gsm Palmtop-Phone with Tri-band operation with a color touchscreen display, capable of displaying up to 65000 colors, and an integrated 1.3 mpixel camera with zoom and video recording capability. In addition, the user has the ability to personalize images, sounds, backgrounds, and applications. The Palm Centro offers hours of great music through the built-in speaker and, thanks to Pocket Office, allows viewing of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF. The palmtop allows you to capture video clips or take photos to attach to contacts. Operating system: Palm OS 5.4.9. It also features Bluetooth, SMS, MMS, Email, Java MIDP 2.0, WAP 2.0/ HTML (Blazer 4.5), and polyphonic ringtones.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Tri-band GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz |
| Dimensions | 107 x 53.5 x 18.6 mm |
| Weight with battery | 124 g |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1050 mAh |
| Standby time | 300 h |
| Talk time | 4 h |
| Operating system | Palm OS 5.4.9 |
In the box: Battery, manual, charger
Messaging
| SMS | |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |
Design and display
| Display | TFT touchscreen, 65K colors, 320 x 320 pixels. QWERTY keyboard. |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 65K |
| Display size | 320 x 320 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Memory | 64 MB expandable with microSD (TransFlash) |
Feature notes: Thanks to the built-in MP3 player, you can listen to your songs anywhere. With 64 MB of memory (up to 4 GB more can be added with a microSD2 card), there is enough space for your playlists. The device also allows video recording and is particularly handy and quick when you want to show a fun night out at the disco to your friends.
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
| Bluetooth | |
| USB |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 1.3 MP |
| Image resolution | 1280 x 1024 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | No |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment |
Video
| Video recording |
Price history
231 € → 194 € (-16%) · minimum 157 €, maximum 309 € · 16 readings, Jul 2008 – Feb 2010