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User Submitted Palm Centro Smartphone, Black (Sprint) Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-10-26 Is the bluetooth 2.0 or 1.x? I got this phone for 2 days now and I like the phone so far. I still need to spend some time to play with all the features. When I remove the battery from the phone, I saw the phone has this line: "Bluetooh 2.0 + EDR compliant" Yes, it is "Bluetooh" and not "Bluetooth". I am not sure if that was typo or if that's some other standard. Anyway, my question is: Does this phone support Bluetooth 2.0 or 1.x as some doc said online? I currently do not have any bluetooth device yet to test with the speed etc so I want to ask if anyone already test that out? I am planning to get a bluetooth headset to pair with this phone. Is there any big difference for the bluetooth headset which support 1.x vs 2.x? Date: 2007-10-25 Every phone has a compromise What soooo many reviewers (professional and amateur) seem to fail to realize or even note is that EVERY phone has a compromise if you want something in return. If you want a smaller phone, then there is 100% chance that the battery will be smaller and not last as long as a bigger phone using the same technology with a bigger battery. If you want a smaller phone AND qwerty keyboard, you are going to get a cramped keyboard. No way around that fact. Let's face it, no one who is serious about having an actual PHONE is going to put up with those huge and bulky HTC slide out phones in their pockets. And the hip holster people are just not living in the same world as most people. First, they are bulky as all get out. Second, you need two hands to use the keyboard....which is still small. If you want a comfy keyboard, buy a laptop. But you can't carry around a bulky phone and call yourself serious about having a PDA phone. The only phones on the market right now that meet an acceptable size requirement (and have a keyboard) are the Dash, BB Curve, BB 8800, BB Pearl, Q, BlackJack, and the Centro. I have used them ALL. They all have downsides. As for the Centro, the may downside is this: The Palm OS does not allow multi-tasking. That is it, folks! You don't need Wi-fi on your phone. What is the point if you are paying for a data plan anyway? The only thing that is cool about wi-fi is T-mobile's BB 8320 that can make calls for free (well, $9 more a month for home service) over wi-fi. Now, THAT is a reason to need/want wi-fi! The Palm OS, as out-dated as it may seem, still kicks the snot out of BB and Windows. It is far more intuitive. Hey, folks, the Windows smartphone OS is not much different than it was 5 years ago either..even with the recent version 6 that came out this year. Until Windows 6, you couldn't even edit a document or write a note or cut and paste on most phones. So, why bash Palm OS when it has had that functionality for years?? Bash Palm because it still does those things? The Palm is an OS that requires that the device has touch screen. Is that a bad thing? The Centro phone beats the 755p and the 680 and the 690 for one reason: It is smaller. I mean, this phone feels great in your hand. The only other phones that feel this good are the Dash and the maybe the BB Pearl (and the none-qwerty keyboard on the Pearl is deal-killer for most people). The BB Curve has a nice rubbery backside, like the Dash. If the Centro had that rubbery plastic back and sides, it would be much better. Everyone keeps referring to this phone as a "first time" or "entry level" pda. That is silly. It is no more "first time" or entry level than a 755p. The Centro does EVERYTHING any other Palm OS phone does and it is smaller to boot. And I happen to think smaller is a plus not a minus. Everything is still very usable. Sure, the keyboard is cramped. But, I'll take that compromise to get a smaller overall footprint. The iPhone may be thin, but it is still too large to put in your front pocket and sit down with. The Centro, the Dash, Curve, and Pearl can do that very well. Email: Everyone raves about the BB's email. What is so great about it? Sprint's Email and T-mobile's email (and others, I'm sure) can do the whole "push" thing just as well as BB. And, with BB (depending on your provider) you are going to pay another $40 per month for that push service, compared to $15 for the exact same thing using this Centro with Sprint. Camera: OK, a 1.3meg camera was silly. Why, in October 2007, come out with a 1.3meg camera on ANY phone. Centro losses points here for sure. BB's Curve is a 2.0 and takes great phones consider it is a camera phone AND it has a flash. Love that flash! And it is a true flash, not this poser-flash stuff you see on the HTC products. But BBs have no video. That is very lame of BB because camcorder stuff gets used a lot by folks with camera-phones. Where would YouTube be without at least a cheap camcorder? Centro should have a 2.0 or 3.0 meg camera AND a flash. Now that would make it even more appealing to folks. And no way would it drive up the cost that very much. BTW: I have owned a Dash (liked the phone, horrible volume interface--deal killer, and silly HTC mini-USB headphone thing), HTC 8525 (too big), BB Curve (hated BB interface and horrible web surfing--web surfing was a deal-killer), some older Palm phones, and now I own the Centro. Bottom-line is the Centro feels like a great phone and has a slightly updated format. I would really like multi-tasking (BB's do this well), but if you absolutely need this then you should just get a laptop. The Web surfing is as good as it gets (other the iPhone), especially with Opera Mini loaded. When you factor all the pros and cons of the OTHER phones out there, you realize that the Centro is the best Palm phone around to date. And if you don't mind not have multi-tasking, then Palm is still the best OS out there. BTW 2: Palm is finally going to get rid of its proprietary connectors and just go with the mini-USB connector. This is a great move. Too bad the Centro does not have that. But the Treo 500v does. Date: 2007-10-19 KK I have seen this product in person. It is very small and light weight. Nice product. I would buy it, if I could afford it. I love it. It's different.
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