Palm Centro On Way To Europe
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Europe : The Palm Centro will appear in Europe before the end of February, 2008. It has already been launched in the US. This is Palm's lightest and slimmest smartphone so far and has a full "QWERTY" style keyboard and a full colour screen, email, organiser, 1.3-megapixel digital camera, Palm OS software, 64MB dedicated user storage with support for up to a 4GB microSD card.
| Display |
320x240-pixel Transflective colour screen; supports 16-bit colour (up to 65K colours) |
| Radio |
Quad band (850/900-1800/1900) GSM/GPRS/EDGE Class 10 |
| Platform |
Palm OS 5.4.9 |
| Bluetooth® Wireless Technology |
Version 1.2 |
| Memory |
64MB available user storage |
| Camera |
1.3 megapixels with 2 x digital zoom and
video capture |
| Battery |
Removable 1150mAh, lithium-ion up to 4 hours talk time, up to 300 hours standby time |
| Expansion |
microSD card (up to 4GB supported, sold separately) |
| Connector |
Multi-connector |
| Dimensions |
4.22" (L) x 2.11" (W) x 0.73" (D); 4.2 oz |
| Colors |
Black |
| System Requirements |
Windows® XP
Windows Vista™
Mac OS X v10.2-10.4 |
Details of some useful applications follow :
Blazer® mobile web browser
With a fast, built-in web browser, you can buy books on Amazon or see what your friends are up to on Facebook. Even check out photos on Flickr.1
Free software
Did you know that you can download FREE bonus software right from the MyCentro application on your device? The bonus software includes applications like Astraware Solitaire, Sudoku and Palm® Files, a file manager which makes it easy to manage content on your microSD card.
Google Maps
Look up the location of the closest Thai place, get directions, or see which freeways are clear and which ones are parking lots.1 Google Maps shows you red, yellow, or green traffic routes in actual time
Camera
Shoot pictures and send them to friends1. Or store digital albums right on your Palm Centro. It shoots video, too, which comes in pretty handy when you want to show your friend the hilarious move he busted at the club last night.
Music
Use the built-in MP3 player and take your tunes to go. With 64MB of storage (add up to 4GB more with a microSD card2), there's plenty of room for your playlists.
It will only be avialble in
"black onyx" in the UK and will cost under £200.
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