As per information on the internet Palm’s “Obsidian Black” version of the Centro is now officially available through AT&T retail stores and online at Palm.com. The Centro sells for $99 after a 2-year service agreement and mail-in rebate from AT&T. The Centro is also available in pink and red from Sprint.
Palm Inc. announced that 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.
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 Inc. 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.
As per source of slipperybrick.com 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.
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.
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.
According to recent report from ChangeWave Research into cellphone customer satisfaction has ranked Palm last position. In a January 2008 survey of 4,182 customers, only 30% of respondents using a Palm phone reported being very satisfied with their device. By contrast, first-place winner Apple’s customers came back with a stratospheric 72% and RIM a respectable 55%.
This trend has been apparent since two surveys previous, beginning with the ChangeWave report from July ‘07 that ranked Palm second-last. Most troubling for Palm, however, is that the popularity of the new Centro - available for two-and-a-half months prior to the survey - does not seem to be reflected in the satisfaction ranking.
Palm has announced the official release of the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for Palm Treo 750 owners in the U.S. Visit Palm for the free download along instructions on how to upgrade your Treo 750.
Palm has posted a new ROM update for the Sprint Treo 755p on their web site. The Palm site says the update ” is a tune-up that improves audio, stability, software quality and device usability.”The update is for the Sprint version of the Palm Treo 755p only.
Click for more details : Palm updates Sprint Treo 755p Software
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