Comments on: Palm Centro Black Phone http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone The Perfect Spot to Shop Cell Phones Online Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Philippe G. Fossier http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone/comment-page-1#comment-646 Philippe G. Fossier Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:54:49 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone#comment-646 I have used and liked the Palm PDAs over many years. <br />My work gave me a Palm Centro. <br />The device is nice - fits in short or trouser pocket easily. <br />The Palm OS is frustrating - freezes regularly for 2-3 seconds when <br /> accessing commands or navigating the menus. This is by far the biggest <br /> annoyance with this phone. I'll tr to navigate to a manu or function <br /> and the phone freezes for several seconds and then catches up. <br />Keyboard is small. <br />Web browsing is acceptable. <br />The device is ok as a phone but you really need a bluetooth to make it <br />usable. <br /> <br />Would certainly not be the device of my choice if I had to buy one. <br /> <br /> <br /> Rating: 3 / 5 I have used and liked the Palm PDAs over many years.

My work gave me a Palm Centro.

The device is nice – fits in short or trouser pocket easily.

The Palm OS is frustrating – freezes regularly for 2-3 seconds when

accessing commands or navigating the menus. This is by far the biggest

annoyance with this phone. I’ll tr to navigate to a manu or function

and the phone freezes for several seconds and then catches up.

Keyboard is small.

Web browsing is acceptable.

The device is ok as a phone but you really need a bluetooth to make it

usable.

Would certainly not be the device of my choice if I had to buy one.

Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Music of All Types http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone/comment-page-1#comment-645 Music of All Types Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:54:37 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone#comment-645 Cons: Cheaply constructed buttons. Long delays after button presses, etc. Can't sync email, etc unless connected the 'Sprint' network <br /> <br />Pros: I liked the included ring tones/sound, battery life decent <br /> <br />I was excited to get a new Palm OS based phone at a great price. However, the phone's cheaply constructed tin-foil buttons caught on on the corner of my pants pocket just after the 30 day exchange policy. It was all over after that, as the bent buttons just kept getting worse, then the center button fell out making it impossible to use. Palm offered to fix the phone at a gracious 50% off for $150. So it can break again? No thanks! <br /> <br />Some might get lucky and not see these problems until months after purchase - just be forewarned. Rating: 1 / 5 Cons: Cheaply constructed buttons. Long delays after button presses, etc. Can’t sync email, etc unless connected the ‘Sprint’ network

Pros: I liked the included ring tones/sound, battery life decent

I was excited to get a new Palm OS based phone at a great price. However, the phone’s cheaply constructed tin-foil buttons caught on on the corner of my pants pocket just after the 30 day exchange policy. It was all over after that, as the bent buttons just kept getting worse, then the center button fell out making it impossible to use. Palm offered to fix the phone at a gracious 50% off for $150. So it can break again? No thanks!

Some might get lucky and not see these problems until months after purchase – just be forewarned.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: J. Burris http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone/comment-page-1#comment-644 J. Burris Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:58:22 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone#comment-644 I had been serching for months to find a phone that was reasonably priced and did a little bit of everything....Found it! This phone is essentially a PDA that makes calls! I LOVE IT and you should too! Rating: 5 / 5 I had been serching for months to find a phone that was reasonably priced and did a little bit of everything….Found it! This phone is essentially a PDA that makes calls! I LOVE IT and you should too!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: B. Furnish http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone/comment-page-1#comment-643 B. Furnish Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:31:05 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone#comment-643 We bought the phone for my wife and after 90 days - The ear piece on the phone has stopped working. We took it back to Sprint who would not fix it without an additional $55 fee (because we didn't buy the insurance - but a better question is should you insure something that should work without defect when you buy it?) So after being told to pay or they wouldn't fix it, we contacted Palm who said they would repair it for free but we would have to send it in and be without a phone for 3 weeks. This isn't an acceptable solution when you use your phone for business. Also if they couldn't fix the problem they would replace the phone and charge us a replacement fee for a replacement phone which would not be new, but refurbed also. Buyer beware - I have had many other phones and never had the quality problems that I have had with 2 different Palm phones. I won't buy another Palm phone. If you like the features, look for a higher quality product, maybe Samsung, Nokia, or ?? - but avoid Palm unless you want to pay extra for insurance when their manufacturing process can't mass produce a quality product. Rating: 2 / 5 We bought the phone for my wife and after 90 days – The ear piece on the phone has stopped working. We took it back to Sprint who would not fix it without an additional $55 fee (because we didn’t buy the insurance – but a better question is should you insure something that should work without defect when you buy it?) So after being told to pay or they wouldn’t fix it, we contacted Palm who said they would repair it for free but we would have to send it in and be without a phone for 3 weeks. This isn’t an acceptable solution when you use your phone for business. Also if they couldn’t fix the problem they would replace the phone and charge us a replacement fee for a replacement phone which would not be new, but refurbed also. Buyer beware – I have had many other phones and never had the quality problems that I have had with 2 different Palm phones. I won’t buy another Palm phone. If you like the features, look for a higher quality product, maybe Samsung, Nokia, or ?? – but avoid Palm unless you want to pay extra for insurance when their manufacturing process can’t mass produce a quality product.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: I. Burshteyn http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone/comment-page-1#comment-642 I. Burshteyn Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:47:17 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-centro-black-phone#comment-642 This phone is well suited for a high school girl. Anyone expecting something comparable to HTC tilt or any 3G internet speed (not included on the unlocked GSM phone that palm sells) needs to look elsewhere. I made the mistake of buying this, the shortcomings are more then the strengths restrictive and expensive stereo blue tooth support (be prepared to spend a minimum of $70-$100 for that functionality $20 software from softick (audio gateway) and stero blue tooth headset. Palm support claimed it would only support the $80 (Samsung sbh700), I found it supports any stereo blue tooth headset, so If you want something more flexible and unassuming look into the (Plantronics Voyager 855 Bluetooth Headset with AudioIQ) they have an in-ear gel cap and convert to a one ear hands free by simply removing the second earpiece. <br /> <br />The the device is sensitive, a good bump will crack the digitizer (perhaps I was spoiled by my old Nokia 6126 or Motorola mpx-200 both of which had taken unreasonable amounts of abuse with out any problems). My friends 800W has 3G and the internet just flies on his phone, I swapped sim cards with him, and my phone crawled. Not having any built in Wi-Fy support also puts this device a step behind the competition. Rating: 1 / 5 This phone is well suited for a high school girl. Anyone expecting something comparable to HTC tilt or any 3G internet speed (not included on the unlocked GSM phone that palm sells) needs to look elsewhere. I made the mistake of buying this, the shortcomings are more then the strengths restrictive and expensive stereo blue tooth support (be prepared to spend a minimum of $70-$100 for that functionality $20 software from softick (audio gateway) and stero blue tooth headset. Palm support claimed it would only support the $80 (Samsung sbh700), I found it supports any stereo blue tooth headset, so If you want something more flexible and unassuming look into the (Plantronics Voyager 855 Bluetooth Headset with AudioIQ) they have an in-ear gel cap and convert to a one ear hands free by simply removing the second earpiece.

The the device is sensitive, a good bump will crack the digitizer (perhaps I was spoiled by my old Nokia 6126 or Motorola mpx-200 both of which had taken unreasonable amounts of abuse with out any problems). My friends 800W has 3G and the internet just flies on his phone, I swapped sim cards with him, and my phone crawled. Not having any built in Wi-Fy support also puts this device a step behind the competition.
Rating: 1 / 5

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