Yeah, its pretty small (107 x 53.5 x 18.5mm), and yeah, the 320 x 320 pixel touch-screen is good for such a pint-sized phone, but aside from that and its EvDO networking (3G in the US), Palm’s latest addition to its US range, the Centro, offers little to get excited about. Such as?
Try a 1.3MP camera, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth 1.3, 64MB of memory… And that’s your lot. The Centro does run Palm OS 5.4.9, which is more appealing than the Windows Mobile that Europe is getting in the Treo 500v. But there’s no sign of even a 3.5mm headphone jack, which is frankly backward.
Check out the Centro on Palm’s US site, and hit the jump for more pics from us.
Typing on that tiny keyboard looks painful. The Centro is slightly shorter and less wide than the iPhone, but much thicker, at 18.5mm versus 11.5mm.
Fitting a 1.3-megapixel camera is just rubbish these days. The Treo 500v comes with a 2MP shooter, which is more acceptable for a 2008-spec handset.
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