HiHo, AT&T Gets a GSM Centro
For those of you who hate the Blackberry and who need more functionality then the iPhone AT&T may have the solution for you.
Today Palm and AT&T have jointly announced the Centro in the GSM flavor. The new GSM Centro, which besides its white shell (and GREEN keys - WTF!), sports a similar feature set with its CDMA brother.
- Palm OS 5.4.9
- 64 MB of on-board memory with expansion potential of up to 4GB
- 2.2″ high-resolution touch screen and QWERTY keyboard
- Push Microsoft Exchange Email
- Integrated multi account IM Client
- WMA and WMV Support via PocketTunes
Unfortunately the GSM Centro uses EDGE for its data service, but considering AT&T’s paltry 3G offerings using an EDGE modem gives the Centro good battery life.
Also the GSM Centro has some interesting additions. The device sports AT&T PTT as well as a native XM application and an application that ID’s any song (trust me - ANY SONG) if you hold your Centro up to the radio.
In my couple days of testing, the device overall is solid and is a serious contender for someone who wants a smartphone that is not as limiting as the Blackberry. Available starting today for $99 with a two year contract.
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Mark Belliveau, VP Marketing and Business Development, NormSoft, Inc.
WMA is indeed supported by Pocket Tunes on the Palm Centro from AT&T, however WMV is not supported by Pocket Tunes as indicated above.
Feb 20th, 2008
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