According to the announcement on Palm’s blog, AT&T’s Centro will be available in electric blue color, the third color after the glacier white and obsidian black. This color scheme will be exclusive available starting this Friday in AT&T and www.palm.com/centro.
Palm has also hinted a possible price cut on the Palm Centro and will be more affordable than ever for back-to-schoolers from July 11 to September 20, 2008.
Palm has just released the first ROM software update for Treo 755p users. The Treo 755p is available on Verizon Wireless in US. The software update will upgrade the software version to v1.08.
Accordingn to Palm, the software update is a tune-up that improves the phone application, stability and device usability. Check out more detail here
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Palm Centro smartphone is now available unlocked for U.S. customers. Palm also announced that Google Maps for mobile with My Location on Centro is available for Centro starting tomorrow, giving customers faster access to local maps and driving directions.
The unlocked Palm Centro retains the smartphone’s compact, modern design and is dressed in a new white color with grey accents. Centro offers customers more choices to stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers by using voice, text messaging, email or the web.
Google Maps for mobile with My Location makes it easier and faster for Centro customers to get mapping and direction information by approximating the user’s current location on the map. This saves time and keystrokes for people trying to find where they are, what’s around them, and how to get there.
In addition to My Location, Google Maps offers:
The unlocked Centro smartphone is available online at http://www.palm.com/centro for $299. Google Maps for mobile with My Location will be available tomorrow free of charge for Palm Centro smartphones at http://www.google.com/gmm.
Palm and Rogers Wireless today announced the Canadian launch of the Palm Centro smartphone available at Rogers Wireless. The Centro is Palm’s smallest and lightest smartphone and has sold more than one million units worldwide.
“Traditional cell phone users are stepping up the Palm Centro in droves because of its cool design, full keyboard and ease of use,” said Brodie Keast, senior vice president of marketing for Palm, Inc. “More and more people need voice, text, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities all wrapped in one compact device so they can stay connected with everyone who is important to them. Centro delivers all that and more.”
Centro has a modern, stylish look that feels comfortable in the hand, and discreetly fits in a pocket or clutch. Centro helps users manage email and text messaging, keep track of their schedules, stay up-to-date on the latest news, capture and share pictures, and get maps and directions with Google Maps. Its full keyboard also makes it easy to quickly type text messages and emails with complete thoughts and ideas.
Verizon Wireless and Palm today announced that the Palm Centro smartphone will be available online beginning June 13. Dressed in a crisp cobalt blue, the Centro provides customers with the perfect tool to manage the busiest of lifestyles with voice, text messaging, e-mail and the Web. Centro’s built-in Google Maps application delivers quick, reliable directions and lets users perform local searches and view moveable/scalable maps, satellite imagery and traffic updates. Customers can also map a contact’s address directly from the contact application simply by selecting the “maps” button.
Customers using the stylish Centro will get access to VersaMail 4.0 with built-in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support for Microsoft Direct Push Technology to deliver e-mail and calendar updates from a home or office PC using Outlook directly to their handsets. Centro users also have the option of using Wireless Sync, Verizon Wireless’ proprietary e-mail solution, for quick and easy access to personal or corporate e-mail, contacts, calendar and tasks from their home or office PC. Wireless Sync supports POP3 or IMAP e-mail accounts and it supports Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino.
The Palm Centro also includes the following features and capabilities:
The Palm Centro smartphone will be available for $99.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers may want to pair their Centro voice plan with Verizon Wireless’ E-mail and Web for Smartphone service for $29.99.