One Million Palm Centro Sells
As per Palm Inc. announcement it has sold its one millition Palm Centro smartphone. Palm is now shipping Centro in 10 countries worldwide, including Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the UK, Germany, Spain, Ireland, France and Italy, and its already-rapid momentum is set to grow as Palm debuts the product in additional countries around the globe. Palm says that the strong sales track demonstrates the $99 product’s mass appeal to customers ready to get all the power of a smartphone at the price of a traditional mobile phone.
Black AT&T Centro Now Available !!!
As per TreoCentral forum sources members are confirming sporadic retail availability at AT&T corporate stores of the anticipated black version of Palm’s newest Palm OS smartphone. At last As predicted, reports of the availability of the Obsidian black AT&T GSM Centro are finally making the rounds online.
Palm Centro Launched in India
According to news reports, Palm has launched the Centro smartphone in India. The Cento is priced at Rs13,990, and will be available at IT retail stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Pune, and Chandigarh. TechTree reports, Palm has associated with mobile networks like Vodafone and Airtel in India to widen its reach in the country.
Palm Centro indicates Strong Sales | Palm Reports Q3 FY08 Results
Palm Inc. today reported that total revenue in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, ended Feb. 29, was $312.1 million. Driven by strong demand for the Palm Centro, smartphone sell-through for the quarter reached a company record high, totaling 833,000 units, up 13 percent year over year. Smartphone revenue was $275.4 million.
The new Centro smartphone has proven to be a winner for Palm. The low-cost smartphone has help Palm boost their sales to 833,000 units and US$275.4 million revenue in the last quarter. However, since the margins are lower for the Centro, Palm still made a loss of US$31.5 million during the same period.
iPhone like Keyguard Released for Palm OS
According to MetaViewSoft information Henk Jonas has released a cool iPhone-like keyguard replacement for Palm OS devices. The app simply replaces the standard Treo or Centro keyguard, with a nicer looking transparent slip screen showing the time and system vitals. When you click the center button to dismiss the keyguard, it does a graceful slide away animation. You can also dismiss the keyguard by clicking on the window with a finger. It is available as a free download with a GPL open source license. The source code is available for prc-tools. It should work on all high resolution Treo’s, Tungsten’s. Source:http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7854/iphonelike-keyguard-released-for-palm-os/
Otterbox Launches Treo Cases
Lot of costomers out there rocking the Treo models, even though newer and cooler devices like the iPhone are available. Otterbox has launches Treo cases with pair designed for different Treo models, the 1920 fits the Palm Treo 650 and 750 and the 1921 fits the Treo 680, 750, and 755p devices. The Treo cases are designed to keep your beloved phone safe from rain, dust, dirt and hopefully 3-year olds– the bane of all smartphone’s existence.
The cases protect the entire phone including the keypad, touch screen, volume and program buttons while maintaining the functionality of the phone. Construction for the case is polycarbonate/ABS with a rubber overmold for grip and drop protection. The protective LCD cover flips up for interactive screen access.
Source: http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/03/otterbox-launches-treo-cases/
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Centro Variety of Colors
An official Palm online training guide shows the Palm Centro in a variety of colors, many of which have yet to be announced or released.
According to source Palm InfoCenter with the Treo 680, Palm released unlocked versions in a variety of colors, so many are speculating that Palm will do the same with the Centro. Unlocked smartphones allow owners to use their phone on any GSM network worldwide. The new colors as shown below include glacier white (with grey numeric keys), obsidian black, ruby red and a navy blue variant.
Palm Centro Official Now on AT&T
We knew this is coming and now it’s official. After the long rumored GSM cut of the Palm Centro is now officially available on AT&T for your $99 on with 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD slot, Bluetooth 1.2, support for AT&T’s push-to-talk service, and a full albeit miniaturized QWERTY keypad. That’s the Glacier White color combo, and in a month there’ll be an Obsidian Black version. It’s essentially the same phone that Sprint offers, but this is a quad band GSM version with EDGE no 3G.
