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John Brownlee

AT 3:45 AM
Monday August 11, 2008

Phones and Wireless

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Leaked Palm Centro 2 ad reveals attractive new smart phone

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This rather striking ad is purported to be a leaked copy of Palm's upcoming Centro 2 smartphone. There's no official confirmation — although an Engadget commenter aptly notes that "if this is a fake, Palm's advertising department should hire this fanboy."

Also interesting is this first peak at the Centro 2: a QWERTY-less affair with dedicated media keys and an Opera browser. Perhaps not an iPhone killer, but certainly a very attractive phone with a great advertising campaign. If the device is half as good as the ad, maybe this will bring Palm back into the game?

Possible Palm Centro 2 Ad [Palm Addict via Engadget]

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8 Comments

technogeek

#1 – 7:08 AM August 11, 2008

First question: Which OS? If it's a Windows box I have zero interest.

The absence of thumb-keyboard is a distinct negative for me. I presume it cuts costs, so I can't blame them,,, but having used a palm for many years I Really Want a less typo-prone way of taking extended notes than the gesture recognition system.

I've gotta admit, I also want to hear that they've improved the touchscreen calibration routines. Three points is not enough as the device ages.

hohum

#2 – 8:45 AM August 11, 2008

Engadget is now linking to the creator's deviantart, a confirmation that this is fake. Kind of a shame.

muteboy

#3 – 5:23 PM August 11, 2008

I like my Centro's keyboard. That set the Centro apart. I hope they leave it.

I've tried an iPhone, but I didn't like the keyboard, and I'd need to jailbreak it to make it work with my home computer anyway.

Thinkerer

#4 – 4:57 AM August 12, 2008

I'll side with the commenter: Palm needs to do *something* since they're becoming a footnote -- and how hard would it be to have a popout thumb keyboard?

Matthew Miller

#5 – 12:22 PM August 12, 2008

I have a Centro; my wife has an iPhone. Even with some practice on the Centro, it is much faster to enter text on the iPhone.

Tina B

#6 – 4:38 PM August 12, 2008

The only reason I picked a Palm Centro was because it had a QWERTY keyboard. So I guess I switch to something else if I have to next phone.

But this one is easy. I looked in the book ONCE for something specific, but that was all.

Daemon

#7 – 8:44 AM August 15, 2008

It's somebody's Marketing class project - was featured yesterday on deviantArt:

http://koreansensation.deviantart.com/art/Palm-Centro-Magazine-Ad-70375854

Anonymous Anonymous

#8 – 8:22 AM September 4, 2009

I hate the keyboard, love my Centro, and always lusted after the virtual kb of the iPhone. The physical keyboard of the Centro is almost unusable with my fat fingers. If the reports are true that the Centro 2 has a virtual kb, I can't wait.

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