Hands-on with the Palm Centro

Shortly after Ed Colligan himself talked up Palm's latest Palm OS-based handset, we had the opportunity to check it out. It's small, it's bright red (or black, if that's your thing), and it's got a speedy EV-DO connection -- but is it the best Palm OS device ever? Check it out!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2007 4:29PM]

after all the hate this phone got is not sooo bad as it was expected if I didn't have the titan i'd cop it..

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2007 4:38PM]

I didn't like it, I played with it this afternoon at the Digital Life Expo. Its small and thin but the world doesn't need another smartphone.

The best thing Palm ever did was move to WM.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2007 5:30PM]

I actually like the palm os system. I was just wondering if the keyboard is as bad as everyone makes it out to be? Could anyone just tell how manageable the keyboard is to use? Because the phone seems to be the same size as the Blackberry Curve but without the BB data plan.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2007 1:38PM]

Did you see if it has Integrated Wi-fi or not?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 9:51AM]

I beg to differ, on multiple fronts. The world could certainly use another smartphone, if it;s better than WM. WM is a horrible operating system. I've had just about every kind of smartphone OS there is, and Palm has always been the fastest and most reliable overall. I'm shamed to say I am stuck with a Samsung BlackJack at the moment - only because of form factor (with full keyboard), I assure you. WM is a terrible OS, with memory leaks, a crappy browser, S L O W, and overbloated. Before this thing I had Treos - 600 and 650 - but moved on because they were a little on the big side. This will be a nice compromise for Palm, somethign they have been needing for years: a small form-factor Smartphone to replace the aging brick form-factor treo line.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2007 5:29PM]

Is the keyboard as bad as everyone say it is? Because the treo 500v seems just fine.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2007 7:14PM]

ok who's all for calling the number on the sticker in that one picture.. Not it!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2007 8:00PM]

call it. i did earlier and some chick answered. sounded kind of hot lol