Wow, this is pretty incredible. TealOS incorporates a lot of the navigation and UI components of Palm’s new WebOS, but as an all-encompassing skin for older Palm phones. Check out the impressive video below.
Palm Infocenter has “heard from a seemingly reliable firsthand source” that Palm’s working on the Centro 2, which’ll run the Pre’s slobber-inducing WebOS and hit Sprint this fall.
Apparently the Centro is going to be stupid cheap on AT&T starting July 11, and it’ll come in “electric blue.” Palm is being coy about exactly how much cheaper, but we figure it’ll be a decent discount–maybe down to US$49, like the BlackBerry Kickstart will be. We’re sure it’ll have people lining up at AT&T stores this Friday. [Palm]
Already available on the three biggest US carriers, the only way to make the Centro a bigger hit is to sell it unlocked–and that’s what Palm is doing, for US$299. It’s only in white, though. You can pick it up online at Palm’s site. Also, starting tomorrow, they’ll be offering Google Maps with My Location for Centros, which locates you with GPS or triangulation. Details:
Palm’s savior Centro, long cozy on Sprint and more recently AT&T, has finally moseyed its way over to Verizon (as expected.) In blue.
Talking to APC, Palm CEO Ed Colligan revealed some of the broader strokes of its next-gen OS, upon which the company’s hopes for relevance are inexorably pinned. Due in ’09, it’ll be “a new prosumer brand” that fits “in between the Centro and Treo lines.” He refers to the OS as “Palm 2.0″ at one point—as in Web 2.0—noting that it’s “driven around the Internet and Web-based applications,” which APC says it like “a very modern take on the original OS.”
Released just yesterday, the Palm Centro has our eyes for a few reasons. First, their Treo smartphones have some of the highest ratings in smartphone history on review sites like CNET. So when Palm essentially shrinks their famous Treo and drops the price to $US99 with contract, we have to take a closer look.
So hit the jump for our Frankenreview on the Palm Centro—seven takes that will let you know the whole story. More »
The black Palm Centro is available on Sprint’s site now for $US99 with contract. [sprint via crunchgear] More »
An e-mail from Palm tells us that the Onyx (black) $US99 Palm Centro will be in Sprint stores this Sunday, but the coveted Ruby Red Centro won’t be available until November. That makes for a tough decision, now don’t it? [Palm Centro Review] More »
