Palm Centro - user opinions and reviews
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8.4
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8.4
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8.4
- Jayaseelraj
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Hi,
The palm centro is a superb mobile. Its different but lots of features, one should know how to use & understand the phone. Its fast & quick no comparison at all. Rarely it hangs, u should try & keep the phone vergine to use with out any problem, even in life also it is same so you can enjoy life without hanging.
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- 2009-11-06 12:55
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- Anonymous
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This phone is great! It has good ratings so dont listen to what people say. I had it for a year and had absolutly no problems at all. sure it may not have a lot of features but neither do a lot of phones.
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- 2009-11-03 09:24
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- Polomolok
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Centro is quite nice. Why in hell is everybody complaining Cantro not having all this "features that you might end up not using anyways?" GPS, 3G, and WIFI are actually monster battery guzzlers and should be avoided.. I mean, why the hell are you going to spend time surfing the net in a small tini-wini screen? Well, those conyos at Starbucks probably, but those guys and gals should be burned at the stake.
Those people who experience problems with keypads, frozen OS. I mean, get real.. isnt that what we are actually getting form SYMBIAN and windows mobiles? I almost tried every one that Nokia have gush out in the market and all off the gave me "icing" every once in a while and battery life are pain in the neck. Win Mo, while productive, is dangerous.. you know what I mean..
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- 2009-10-26 03:24
- jW$J
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- Palm suck
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> In reply to guest @ 2009-10-15 12:29 from ujj1Don't buy it, Palm OS is dying. If you use this phone, you will not able to use new medical softwares.
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- 2009-10-18 13:00
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- guest
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Hi all, i have just read all of your opinions. I'm a medical student. Should I buy this Palm Centro ? I'm so embarrassed after read all opinions T_T
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- 2009-10-15 12:29
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- Anonymous
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I bought a Palm Centro about a year and a half ago now and it was amazing.
(yes, you keen readers will notice i just used past-tense)
It WAS amazing.
For about the first 12 months my phone was flawless, i thought it was brilliant.
But just after the first year, the keyboard broke. (which is conveniently just after my warranty ran out)
Now, it didn't completely stop working, but the 'u' 'j' 'n' and 'enter' buttons simply do not work anymore, so my text messages are a jumbled mess and have been for the past 6 months.
You might think this is because i didnt treat my phone right, but my friend is having the same issues with her Palm Centro.
Another thing my friend and I have both noticed, is that whenever we press the 'answer call' button on the screen for an incoming call, the screen freezes and we are forced to take out the battery and re-start the phone.
Now i don't have anything against the Palm brand, but i thought i should just warn you about these things.
I do not know if me and my friend were just unlucky or if they are all like this.
But i thought i should let any future Palm buyers know.
But for the first 12 months, it was brilliant.
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- 2009-10-12 14:12
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- Anonymous
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Palm OS is great if you can use it! Sometimes you need to be geek to solve some problems. I suggest to use backup app to backup your data periodical, it can be very useful sometimes. Its great OS, today I install TOMTOM, and I use it with separated GPS receiver.
Centro is small, light, nice and high technology in small package. Thanks god I purchased some very useful software like Chatter, Treo launcher, usb modem, usb card reader, 2TweetMe, Chatopus... U am with palm os since Treo 600, 650, 680 and now Centro. I am not sure should I buy next Palm phone with web OS, but maybe I will give them try...
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- 2009-09-25 23:59
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- X-Man
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Listen very carefully...do not get any palm phone. I've used them all. Palm makes great PDAs but they are way behind in phone technology. Save your money and get something else. I am going to try Blackberry. Sorry Palm, I gave you too many chances.
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- 2009-09-18 02:38
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- bored
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> In reply to Dev @ 2009-07-05 09:41 from vGhaYou sure tried your best to sound smart in that post--and made a heel of yourself.
Research a phone before you buy. Almost anyone knows the phone has no Wifi.
And not being able to rename files with touchscreen only. Really? You're going to nitpick on that? REALLY?
You make me giggle. :)
Please, please do some research before you buy a phone in the future!
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- 2009-08-18 18:22
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- Frans
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This phone is simple and the os unbeatable. The extra apps u can download or buy are incredible. The games are brilliant (even though theyre dated). I use garmin gps software witha small bluetooth module and it works great. The phone is 1000 times more better than any windows based phone.....ive had every possible make of phone for the last 10 years, i keep getting back to palm...Cant wait to get my Pre in December...
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- 2009-08-17 19:03
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- Nestor
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is it true that the Palm Centro is blackberry connect?
please i really need to know
thank you
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- 2009-08-17 16:17
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- Susan
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Loved this phone when it was new in a few months it froze up then deleted everything on it and now you can not talk on it for the dropped calls tired of saying "I'm here can you hear me now". My 2 daughters also have this phone same problem. Warrenty sent new phone today the first call was dropped 3 times called warrenty sending another, like its gonna do any good. I'm stuck in contract with AT&t till Jan 2010 can't wait to get rid of this phone. they have tried to help and really have worked with us but the phone still drops calls.
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- 2009-08-14 05:27
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- Anonymous
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Dear commenters, we get it already. There's no wifi, later bluetooth & other features that a phone today already has, but get this, this phone was made to be simple and to not have all the features that is suppose to compete with other phones. Palm OS is lightweight and a lot more customizable than Windows Mobile in my opinion, the bluetooth was only intentional for headsets, nothing more really, the lack of wifi doesn't degrade the overall experience of a Palm. If you don't like the phone, then you should of brought another phone, Palm didn't force you to buy their phone now did they?
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- 2009-08-10 16:28
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- Brittany
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I just ordered this phone for my husband for his birthday--He used to use my spare Treo 650, and enjoyed alot of the features. But he didn't make use of many of the business functions of the phone.
I'm thinking that this Centro may be exactly what we need for him, its a little more of an entertainment device, looks very simple, but if outdated OS (which shouldn't be an issue for my husband at all). Will provide feedback at a later time.
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- 2009-08-07 18:42
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- Anonymous
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> In reply to Dev @ 2009-07-05 09:41 from vGhaHave you ever heard of researching something before you buy it!
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- 2009-07-30 15:15
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- Rafael
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I forgot to mention that when you are trying to make calls it DOESN'T respond. Sometimes I have to press the call button 10 times so the call can go through. If I have luck, it works, if not I have to remove the battery to restart it.
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- 2009-07-24 18:06
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- Rafael
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Hello!
I've had the palm centro for a year and at first I was amazed by this phone. Aftera few moonths(and a lot of headaches) I didn't like as much this phone.
Disadvantage #1: IT DOES NOT LET YOU USE MP3 TONES UNLESS YOU PASS THEM THROUGH RINGOMO and YOU HAVE A MEMORY CHIP. The internal memory sucks! I bought Ringomo but, it never worked. Aside from that, I had to download Minitones in order to use my mp3 tones.
Disadvantege#2: The phone doesn't sync with your computer. It includes HotSync,which isn't so Hot, which doesn't work.
Disadvantage #3: The camera is really bad! Coming from a Sony Ericsson, the quality of their cameras is uncomparabale. The Centro's camera takes dark pictures and doesn't have a flash and the video cam is HORRIBLE! The video quality is just like a vga camera and has just 2x zoom.
Aside from that, ever since I took it to Honduras, the phone has been acting up and freezing (not for long periods).
However, it is easy to use and easy to text. I am dying to get a new phone (an LG)!!!! I wouldn't recommend this phone because it was expensive and I don't use all the features it has and many of them just dont work or are very slow.
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- 2009-07-24 18:02
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