Palm Centro for Verizon unboxing and hands-on
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fusion Fuzo @ Jun 12th 2008 11:02AM
Last Comment, Fugly, Next!!!
Das Boot @ Jun 12th 2008 11:05AM
It is quite fugly. maybe if you put a paper bag over it, you'll forget it hit every branch as it fell from the fugly tree.
Joseph @ Jun 12th 2008 11:06AM
In Picture 9 can you tell me what the port on the far left hand side is???
I see the connector and power but that left one has me baffled
Ensell Lee @ Jun 12th 2008 11:11AM
Headset?
Z @ Jun 12th 2008 11:14AM
the bottom has headphone, computer and power in that order... or at least, that's what it looks like...
Paul @ Jun 12th 2008 11:28AM
what OS does it run?
Joseph @ Jun 12th 2008 11:32AM
Garnet which is Palms OS
med1320 @ Jun 12th 2008 11:55AM
Piece of CRAP!!!
rednerd @ Jun 12th 2008 12:02PM
I used to love my Treo 650, except for the instability of Garnet that will be fixed with Access Linux... running on top of Duke Nukem Forever.
Have the Palm phones gotten fatter with every iteration since the Treo 650?
Fusion Fuzo @ Jun 12th 2008 12:09PM
i would never take that out of the box
Tobi @ Jun 12th 2008 12:25PM
Is it just me that thinks this is a horrible looking handset?
striggity @ Jun 12th 2008 12:36PM
All I know, is that keyboard stinks. (yes, I've held one in my hand and tried to use it. My friend owns the sprint version)
Miles @ Jun 12th 2008 2:00PM
Its about time VZW. Cant wait to check it out!
backbeat @ Jun 12th 2008 3:10PM
Great keyboard (if you're 10-years-old and only use your thumbnail)!
Cameron @ Jun 12th 2008 3:13PM
Cobalt blue, huh? It's the only cobalt Palm lovers will ever get from the company.
Matt @ Jun 12th 2008 8:26PM
I got a chance to play around with the VZW branded Centro about three and a half months ago in Montana of all places. I was very impressed. I have previously owned the Sprint version, and the Verizon one had much more springy keys on it, and web browsing via EVDO was a pleasure. All in all this will be a very solid phone for Verizon, especially at this price point.
Miles @ Jun 12th 2008 8:49PM
Pictures look great! Cant wait to get it.
Maury @ Jun 13th 2008 12:33AM
The keypad is too freakin small. Too small even for pinky text.
hank @ Jun 14th 2008 2:52PM
Great. My Sony Clie SJ30 has about fifty e-books in it right now, they change all the time (thank you Project Gutenberg and Baen Library)!
My Kyocera Smartphone doesn't have GPS and now Verizon won't let me move its ID to my spare -- the Smartphone plastic starts to crumble after a while around the keypad.
Centro may be the right answer to replace both of them with one device.
How much memory/storage can this thing handle? Memory card?
Does it run all the Palm apps?
Does the screen dim down very low like the SJ30? Or only to "low glare" like some of the other Palm PDAs? Vital for reading in the dark and conserving battery life.
Details please.
Oh, and how hard is it to read holding it in one hand? Vital for reading on BART when standing up. Sony's thumbwheel is perfect; is the Centro able to be handled so PageDown is doable?
Zach @ Jul 13th 2008 9:50PM
I don't know why everyone is bashing this phone.
I own the Glacier White Centro with AT&T, and I have to say that it's been the best phone I've ever had. The battery life is crap, but everything else is amazing. I'll be using mine for quite a while.