The folks at PalmInfoCenter’s have just managed to get their hands onto one of Palm’s new Centros: you may recall Sprint releasing pink and green versions with more RAM a few weeks ago.
Anyways, the devices appear to be overhauled significantly. The changes are as following:
- Soft-touch rubber on case (Zire 72, anyone?)
- Keyboard texture improved to feel less “smooth”
- 124MB of RAM free after hard reset
- Improved Google Maps, Facebook client and AstraWare Sudoku in ROM
Sprint will replace their existing Centros on the 19th (aka a few days ago); Palm themselves will start to peddle the box on their web site on the 2nd of November. The devices will cost 80$ after a 100$ mail-in rebate…
Further information and a bunch of images can be had at the URL below:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7346/a-look-at-the-olive-green-centro/
wow, those are good specs, but why? Does a palm Os needs such amount of ram? Or are they making it nova upgradable? 128mb of ram is quite a lot for a palm device! Still that rubbery finish is a deterrent, every single gadget I had with that kind of finish sooner or later ended up peeling (thinkpad, nokia dumphone, blue zire72 that ended looking like a special edtion one)
Hi zub,
to be honest: I like the rubbery finish, as I suffer from very heavy hyperhydroxy…
As for the RAM: that’s a good idea!!
All the best
Tam Hanna