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Palm Centro Brings Palm Ease of Use to Traditional Mobile Phone Users for HK$2,880
New Compact Design Available in Glacier White
HONG KONG, Feb. 27, 2008 – Designed for individuals and traditional mobile phone users looking for a better way to manage their social and professional lives, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today introduced the Palm® Centro™ smartphone, for HK$2,880. With voice, text, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities, a full-colour touch screen and full keyboard, Centro brings Palm simplicity and organisation to customers who want to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues.(1)
With Centro, users will find texting easier than ever before and managing email effortless. They can keep track of social engagements, check stock quotes, stay on top of the latest news, and get directions on Google™ Maps— all in one small, compact phone.(1)
Fresh Design for New Customers
With a fun, new compact design, Centro is the smallest and lightest Palm phone to date. Centro has a modern, stylish look that feels comfortable in the hand, and discreetly fits in a pocket or clutch.
Centro was designed as a superior phone, messaging, and organisational device, and is incredibly easy to use. It allows users to effortlessly connect with friends, family and colleagues by voice, email or text. And with its full keyboard, Centro makes it easy to quickly and efficiently type text messages and respond to emails. Since Centro comes with the Palm OS®, it offers all of the great organiser functionality for which Palm is renowned, such as a detailed and integrated contacts list. What’s more, the calendar makes it easier to manage increasingly busy lives, whether it’s juggling business meetings or keeping track of drinks with friends.
Olivier Rozay, Palm’s managing director for Asia Pacific, said, "People looking to have all their contacts and calendar at the touch of a button, plus access to the Internet, can now get it in a small, cool design with Palm’s trademark ease of use and a very affordable price. For those thinking about stepping up to a smartphone, Palm Centro is the perfect choice."
Additional Palm Centro Features and Benefits
- Superior Phone – Centro's touch screen and keyboard, combined with the simplicity of Palm OS, make it easy to use, with key features such as one-touch speakerphone, conference calling, ignore a call with text messaging, and Bluetooth® connectivity.
- Easy Messaging – Centro's full keyboard makes typing complete messages fast and easy when sending text, pictures, audio and video clips. Plus, Centro keeps all conversations in a chat-style view, just like Instant Messaging, so you can see the entire conversation unfold.
- Personal and Corporate Email – New users to the smartphone category now have an easy mobile email solution. Personal email, such as Gmail and Yahoo!, is simple to access right out of the box. And, if users have to check their work email, Microsoft Direct Push Technology gives users access to their corporate email, the ability to automatically update work calendars, and accept or decline meeting invites, on the go.(2)
- Web Browsing – Fast and easy web access. The full keyboard and touch screen provide quick access to online information. The built-in Google Maps application offers fast access to directions and local search.
- Multimedia – Pocket Tunes on Centro lets users "sideload" songs and manage music, audio books and videos easily.(3) Users can also shoot pictures or videos with the built-in digital camera and share them with friends.
Pricing and Availability
The Palm Centro smartphone has a recommended retail price of HK$2,880 and will be available in Hong Kong from 1 March 2008 at all major IT retailers.
For sales enquiries, please contact Synergy Technologies (Asia) Limited at tel. +852-2485-6321.
About Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc. is a global leader and innovator of easy-to-use mobile products that simplify people’s lives and help them stay connected on the go. The company offers a range of products -- including Palm® Treo™ and Centro™ smartphones, Palm handhelds, services and accessories -- to meet the needs of consumers, mobile professionals and businesses.
Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).
More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com/hk.
