Palm® Centro™
Introducing the Palm® Centro™ with EDGE and Bluetooth® technologies
The AT&T Palm OS portfolio includes the new Palm Centro—the lightest, most affordable Palm OS PDA available. The Centro incorporates Bluetooth® wireless connectivity, enhanced user interface, user-replaceable battery, onboard MP3 player, and web browser with support for streaming audio.
The Centro unites voice calling, text and picture messaging, wireless email, and web access with the power of a Palm OS organizer. The Centro also works with popular applications like Microsoft® Outlook®, Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®.* With over 30,000 Palm OS applications to choose from, the Centro is easily customizable to a wide range of personal or professional needs.
*Wireless access to Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, Lotus® Domino® or Novell® GroupWise® requires corporate IT assistance. Additional software, hardware, service, and/or charges may be required.
How Your Company Can Benefit from Palm OS Handhelds
| Palm Centro | |
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OS |
Palm OS 5.4.9 |
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Communication |
EDGE/GSM/GPRS Quad-Band Class 10 |
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Processor |
Intel PXA270 312 MHz |
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ROM/RAM |
128 MB (64 MB user-accessible) ROM/64 MB RAM |
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Interface/Data |
IRDA, Bluetooth 1.2 |
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Expansion |
microSD™ |
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QWERTY Keyboard |
Backlit, with distinct Send/End keys for phone operation |
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Camera |
VGA with low-light capability and video record Non-camera version available |
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MP3 Player |
Built-in, with stereo audio output to headset and dual-speaker audio architecture |
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Battery |
User-replaceable; 3 hrs talk/240 hrs standby** |
** Estimates only. Actual battery life and standby times will vary due to usage patterns.
Email and Messaging
- Microsoft Direct Push from AT&T is a scalable and cost-effective wireless email solution that enables mobile professionals to easily stay connected to their Microsoft Outlook and Office information while on the go. AT&T's Direct Push service is designed specifically for companies with Microsoft Exchange Server.
- Good™ Mobile Messaging from Good Technology provides Palm users with real-time, push email/PIM and the most end-users features available. IT managers benefit from Good Mobile Messaging deployments due to enhanced easy remote device management; enhanced security features such as AES encryption, FIPS 140-2 certification, remote password policy changes; and remote data kill capabilities. Good Mobile Messaging supports wireless access to IBM® Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange.
- Xpress Mail lets you access your work email including Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, pushed automatically to your device. Receive personal email on your device from Gmail™, Yahoo!® Mail, Windows Live™/Hotmail®, Comcast®, EarthLink®, and others. You can also access your work calendar, view MS Office and PDF attachments, and search for addresses in your corporate address book.
Mobile Software Store
Palm Centro downloads—search, purchase and download third-party applications for Centro.
Palm Centro Key Benefits
- EDGE high-speed wireless data technology—access email and the Web over the largest national wireless data network.
- Access corporate or personal email—with leading enterprise email solutions such as Good Mobile Messaging™ and XpressMail for personal email.
- Built-in Bluetooth technology—lets you connect wirelessly to other Bluetooth-enabled devices.
- Palm ease of use—Palm OS is consistently recognized as the most user-friendly handheld operating system. The Palm Centro offers all the traditional advantages and features of a Palm OS PDA, such as Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Memos organized and available wherever you are. Centro also offers speakerphone, 3-way conference calling, and voice memo capability.
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS world phone—supports voice coverage in more than 200 GSM countries and data roaming in over 160.
- Enhanced user interface—Palm Centro features a unique, enhanced user interface that puts all the device functionality within a few clicks of the Navigation key. Distinct SEND/END keys let you answer/end phone calls just like a standard mobile phone. Full QWERTY keyboard makes text entry quick and comfortable. On-screen central navigation point displays incoming messages, next calendar entry, and favorites buttons at a glance.
- High resolution, 65K color screen—vivid, high definition screen is great for reading text or viewing images.
- Powerful Intel® 312 MHz processor—all the processing power you'll need for running corporate applications.
- User-replaceable battery—swap batteries when you're on the go to keep calling and sending email without a break.
- microSD expansion slot—add memory, applications, or peripheral devices.
- 64 MB user-available memory—lots of space to run robust enterprise applications.

