Sprint Centro Update Now Available

What are your initial usage impressions? Is anything faster/more stable than before?

How is Google Mobile Maps location working for you?

Do you still not use Bluetooth?

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

1. What are your initial usage impressions?

no changes other than listed in #2 below.

2. Is anything faster/more stable than before?

Blazer seems 2X faster. stability seems the same for all apps. although each time i start it, i now get "Processing" for about 1-2 seconds before Blazer starts. It's worth it because now Blazer is much faster. Unless it's "just my imagination" as there was no documentation of such an improvement yet this "Processing..." thing is new. Blazer is now v4.5.8. what's yours? i dont have Outlook Exchange EAS hooked up yet so not sure what improvements are there. My RAM is back to 66-70% free and no crashes yet anywhere. i did microSD card update.

3. How is Google Mobile Maps location working for you?

kind of cool but i'm not sure how useful. i mean 1,100 meters range doesn't exactly pinpoint you. i have a touchscreen widescreen Lexus OEM Navigation system in my car that blows everything else away so i'm spoiled when it comes to GPS/NAV.

4. Do you still not use Bluetooth?

what for? i can't bring myself to use those Klingon earpieces and my car is 2004 so i missed BT by 1-2 model years. i use it for the occasional "send file" to another palm.

CAN I PLEASE HAVE SOME REPLIES TO THIS MESSAGE? Thanks.

The Centro can tout a "real " QWERTY keyboard (albeit a tiny one), 320x320 touchscreen (albeit a tiny one), decent gaming capabilities, and lots of add-on software.

The Pearl is one of the most atrociously-styled, nigh-unusable, overhyped devices I've ever used. That crummy old BB font looks like some archaic relic from the early 90s. The Pearl's keyboard is beyond horrible IMOs, and its wacky shape/layout looks like something Dali might have come up with on a bad day. And a device the size of the Pearl is simply too small too fiddle with a tiny trackball IMO. Now, the BB Bold looks to be a superb device, as does the Thunder, but I'm still fairly unimpresed by the current-gen BB lineup, despite RIM making HUGE strides in the consumer space and in their devices' multimedia capabilities.

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

We're just winding you up, lad.

The Centro is a Real Nice Phone. Well, once they come out with that fancy Playskool Deluxe Edition.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7xNnRBksvOU

Gekko will want that one!

Card readers are cheap as dirt nowdays. You can get a decent generic USB 2.0 fullsize/mini/micro SDHC card drive at Wal-Mart for <$10. Go get one and enjoy the flexibility it offers. You won't regret it, especially when you move a gig or two of media from your PC to your microSD card and bypass the tedious Hotsync speeds.

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

Get a 21st Century car, Gekko. Geez!

http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/fugly-mini-cooper-vs-cutie-smart-fortwo/

So Palm's policy of not trying to save everyone a few precious megabytes of internal storage continues with nothing updated in ROM.

I haven't seen any reports that VM, PTunes or DTG have had their ROM versions updater either-I would highly, highly doubt it.

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

Blazer: 4.5 (I believe all that 4.5.8 adds is more aggressive caching & slightly improved streaming media via the embedded Kinoma player)

VersaMail 3.5.5 is supposed to come w/ the 755p, I've got the Centro-specific 4.01 Built 77 version installed and it works great.

Messaging 2.7

Phone 2.5

The VZW ROM update didn't update GMM, Ptunes or DTG (still at 8.02) and even if it did, I still downloaded the latest versions immediately to my device.

No doubt about it, the Centro is pulling away from the Garnet Treos in regards to updated software versions (but at this point, what's the difference?).

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

And....maybe......Access (pun intended) to whatever Hawkins & co. are cooking up in the Numenta lab?

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

PALM is $400 million in debt.

Seriously, the Palm & Treo (and to a far lesser degree, Centro) copyrights/IP do retain some tremendous brand equity. Aside from the carrier agreements (specifically the US CDMA giants that the Scandinavian handset manufacturers have traditionally shunned due to their GSM0-centric lineups), there's little to offer anyone at the moment...unless, again "someone" is privvy to some master plan that all of us have NO idea about.

It might be fun to work up the '08 version of the "Who could realistically buy Palm" list. TVoR long maintained that the potential Palm suitor of '06/'07 had 6 letters in their name. I'll throw Garmin into the mix to start things off.

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p