Now that the Centro review is over, it’s time to ask developers about their Centro-related feelings. Ever-talkative Jan Slodicka from Resco was willing to share his knowledge and feelings with you - tune in for an interesting look at the Centro’s effects on software sales!
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After a few delays, the editorial part of our Centro review has finally come to an end. In case anyone of you missed any parts, here’s a quick overview:
Centro unlocked GSM review - unboxing
Centro unlocked GSM review - physical
Centro unlocked GSM review - size
Centro unlocked GSM review - screen
Centro unlocked GSM review - system and […]

Palm has recently announced that it plans to end it’s “Minimum Advertised Price(MAP)” policy effective June the 1st. Cutting a long story short, an MEP is a manufacturer’s policy that aims to hinder retailers to sell devices at price points lower than a specific point(to prevent price battles).
Apparently, the orange folks never did too good […]

The Austrian branch of Expansys currently does a blowout on b-stock of a special edition of the original
Palm Zire(the DragonBall-powered one):

In case anyone of you still needs such a box for his PDA collection, it can be had for 23€ via this web site…
P.S. In case you do get your hands on one: PLEASE send […]

Long gone are the days of Palm’s classic TV ads(anyone remember the one for the Palm V). Nevertheless, sometimes, a carrier helps Palm’s products to get on TV - and Sprint apparently plans to do just that!
The folks at BrightHand’s managed to get their hands on a film that they claim is made […]

Over the years, two types of screen protectors have been developed: reflecting and non-reflecting ones. Like with laptop screens, reflecting(glossy) screens offer better contrast, while matte screens are better outdoors. Unlike most other manufacturers, Proporta never entered the market for glossy screen protectors - can their matte offering stack up?
The screen protector ships in a […]

Palm’s phones never were famous for their imaging capabilities - in fact, the Treo 600 was almost universally loathed due to its gruesomely bad VGA “noiseograph”…but nobody really cares about the camera on a business smartphone anyways. Palm’s Centro is targeted at consumers who do care about cams…is it worth it?
The Centro’s camera has […]

The German c’t magazine reports that Asus has begun to replace the 5200mAh battery in its eee device with a smaller battery having a capacvity of just 4400mAh. This is said to reduce the endurance to 2.8h from 3.3h - Asus claims that the reduction is due to a fire at its battery supplier LG […]

The folks at Opera’s have updated their Opera Mini browser once again. The latest update is said to bring the improvements shown below:

The Opera Mini 4 servers have been upgraded with quite a few improvements. To begin with the servers should now be nicer to phones that are low on available memory. but what we […]

A Palm insider has given us access to information that definitely and finally confirms the existance of two Palm devices currently codenamed Zeppelin and Skywriter.
The document that we are looking at covers a developer program that allows Palm’s favorite developers to make their applications ready for the two new devices AND maybe even comarket them […]

Usually, the EFF’s newsletter is a rather boring, legalese thing that one reads to stay current. However, their last issue contained the gem below:
A bit of explanation: in Austria, a weird sect called Watchtower Society/Jehova’s Witnesses has plastered the streets with critters who hand out weird free “newspapers” called Watchtower and Wake Up! The funny […]

After having looked at the Centro’s hardware, it’s now time to move over to the device’s interior… . Do we see a completely overhauled box, or just a tiny incremental upgrade?
Looking at the Centro’s launcher, one can see that little has changed. The Camcorder app known from the Treo 650 is back, and PocketTunes […]

Just in case anyone of you wonders about what became of Aceeca’s Windows Mobile-powered Meazuras - the MEZ1500 is now starting field trials with a few nice special offers.
Please head over to our sister site TamsPPC for the full scoop!

Use the discount code CHEAPYPUS to get 20% off the product in the TamsShop! This discount code is also valid for the PPC and WMS versions of the game!
AstraWare’s side-scroller Zap2000 remains one of the most popular Palm OS action games ever - it was bundled with some versions of the Treo 600 and […]

This one could be very important for all Treo 700p/755p/6xx CDMA users - from today onwards, your travels to Australia will be graced by permanent “No Signal” alerts of your Treo.
PocketPCThoughts quotes Telstra Country Wide Director Gary Goldsworthy as follows:

The old CDMA mobile network would shut down across the country at midnight tonight, closing a […]