We’re not really sure where to begin…It’s the Palm Centro on AT&T. You know the Centro, right? Outdated OS, tiny, miniscule puke-lime-green keyboard, EDGE, camera, and phone. We didn’t get a solid feel for pricing when it launches on February 19th, but we’ve heard $99 and $149 for a 2-year agreement. We’d wager it being $99 (how could it be more than Sprint’s?). If you want more Garnet madness, we suggest you don your favorite sunglasses and grab one of those airline-style puke bags. You’re going to need it!

Click on over to our AT&T Palm Centro gallery!

As if anyone actually cares…Nevertheless, we’re here to bring everything we know to you, and what we do know, is that the Treo 755p will be making the rounds to Verizon Wireless on December, 17th. That’s going to be an online and telesales only affair, with the full release for brick-and-mortar stores happening on January, 7th. Doesn’t it feel like yesterday when we were eagerly awaiting the Treo 700w on Verizon? You ready for the price? I said, are you ready for the price? A whopping $449.99 with a 2-year agreement! Wowbawuah! The 1-year price is $519.99, and retail pricing is $569.99. For that kind of pricing you’re better off buying some plane tickets to the VZW headquarters and slapping them upside they heads. At least you’ll actually be satisfied. Click on for the SKUs and pricing for all the accessories, if you dare!

Thanks, Omie!

 
Standard Battery- $49.99 PALM755BAT
Leather Fitted- $24.99 PALM755CAS
Holster- $9.97 TREHOL-2
Stylus-$9.99 PALM755STY
Car Charger-$29.99 TRE650VPC
Rapid Charger-$29.99 TRTTVL-1
SYNC cable- $29.99 TRE650CBL
Desktop Kit-$49.99 TRE650DTC

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Anyone still rocking an AT&T-branded Treo 680? Oh, hi. You’re going to be quite thankful today, as AT&T and Palm have just dropped a rather sizeable update to the aging handset. There’s quite a collection of changes and enhancements here, so if you do own a Treo 680, you’ll probably want to hook this up with the quickness. Among the most significant changes include Push-To-Talk support, Microsoft Direct Push, native IM client, support for SD cards up to 4GB, and much more. Oh, and every Cingular badge will finally be replaced with the new AT&T branding. It’s about damn time! The bad news, however, is that this update appears to disable support for BlackBerry Connect, so if you’re dependent on that feature, this is probably not the right move at this time. The update is available right now from Palm’s site. It’s currently only offered for AT&T-branded devices, but expect a version for unlocked / unbranded handsets in the near future.

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Google’s recent introduction of its "My Location" non-GPS geo-locater system was a fantastic development for anyone sporting a handset not equipped with a GPS chip. One glaring omission from the announcement, however, was the lack of support for Palm OS-based devices. While this could have stood a yet another reason not to purchase a Garnet-based device, it seems that there may be some relief in sight for the Palm faithful. Apparently, the API needed to identify cell towers (a necessary component of the My Location service) does exist, it just simply hasn’t been made public. Realizing the error of their ways, Palm is planning on releasing that API to developers sometime next month, which should clear the way for My Location support in future revisions of Google Maps for Palm. Phew.

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Yeah, you read that correctly. It is now possible to run a version of Palm’s Garnet operating system on your favorite N-Series internet tablet device. We have no idea why anyone would want to go and ruin a perfectly good OS by slapping the Palm software on top of it, but hey, different strokes, right? To be fair, this is only possible by way of a clever bit of coding that allows for a virtual system to be installed on top of your N770, N800, or N810. This is an offical Access release, though. Making it even more appealing is the fact that it is completely free. Currently available as a beta product, the software should hit a full-scale release by the end of the year. With the impending release of the oh-so-nice N810, we could really see this this turning into a viable alternative to anyone that relies on the Palm OS but can’t take another Treo. Enjoy!

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Whoa, whoa, whoa! What is going on here? Sprint’s holiday phone guide online lists the usual phones we know about like the Palm Centro, BlackBerry 8130, and all that jazz, but what in the hell is a picture of the Motorola Q2 running Palm OS doing in there? Anyone up for a Palm-powered Moto, ’cause we’re not…Would you actually buy this?

Thanks, Marc!

UPDATE: As our sneaky readers pointed out, the full specs on the Sprint page for the Motorola Q2 list Windows Mobile. Looks like one of their web guys got extra excited with the screen shot!

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While Digital Life is set up to celebrate lifestyle technology from all walks of life, you know we had to hit up the cell phones and mobile handsets first! There’s not a whole lot of breaking stuff here, but it’s always nice to see hotly anticipated handsets in the same place. Nokia was out in full force, demoing the N81 8GB, N95, E65, E90, and the N95 8GB. They also had a ton of N800 tablets on hand, which seems strange given the device’s relative age, but who are we to judge them? Palm brought the heat with their Centro handheld. That phone has been reviewed to death, but we’d like to point out that the keyboard is absolutely terrible. It feels like it was designed for 6 year olds (which might not be so off base, given the youth-centric appearence of Palm’s expo booth). Microsoft had a number of handsets on display, most notably the HTC TyTN II aka Tilt/Kaiser. All we say about this one, is that AT&T better get their act together. It’s that good. Hit the jump for more hands-on pics!

Yeah! We finally got a model number to go with Palm’s upcoming device. The one that will be the nail in their coffin. It’s called the Palm 690, but since it’s rumored to be a part of the Treo line, we’ll call it the Palm Treo 690. This one supposedly has keys the size of Tobiko. Again, Sprint Palm Treo 690 debuting on their "target" launch date of October 14th. Oh, and Sprint? Try not to get conned into accepting crappy devices anymore, mmmkay? Full shot after the jumpage!

• Naming convention will be Treo 5XX
• One version with Windows Mobile 6 Standard, the other is a new non-touchscreen edition of the Palm OS
• Multiple colors
• 135 grams; 117 x 65 x 13.8 mm
• 2.4 inch QVGA screen with 65k colors
• 2 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth 2.0 w/ A2DP support
• 3G + HSDPA
• 256 MB on board memory with 64 MB of RAM

Design foibles aside, these aren’t too shabby. The inclusion of 3G is a huge step in the right direction, and everything else seems to be about on par with their current Treos, with the exception of a marginally improved camera. One thing worth noting is that while Windows Mobile has proven itself useful without touchscreen support, the Palm OS has no such track record. It will be interesting to see how well they’re able to tweak the existing (and aging) platform to do away with touchscreen input. Only time will tell, we suppose.

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Ok, so we’re live on the Palm Foleo Webinar getting a detailed overview of how Palm is "advancing mobile computing". Am I the only one that just doesn’t think so? After all, you have to have your Treo paired to the Foleo to use the internet while on the move. It does have WiFi built in but come on! It’s small, light, based on Linux, but I personally just don’t see how this is going to sell. It is basically an extension of your device, and for all intents and purposes you’d be better off with a full laptop, let alone a fake UMPC. The one advantage Palm has going for their new Foleo is the pricing. It starts at around $499 and will launch this summer in Palm’s retail stores. After all the hype, the crippling — not to mention what, 5 years too late? Palm is going to have to try another way to scam me; I’m done falling for their mind tricks. Anyone agree that this won’t be the device to save Palm?

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If you live in the UK, that is. Some countries get all the luck. Regardless, if you happen to be a resident of the United Kingdom, this deal is too good to pass up. Palm is offering a free TomTom GPS to anyone who purchases a Treo 680, or Treo 750 between now and the 30th of June. The deal includes a Plug-and-Go GPS expansion card, preloaded with TomTom Navigator 6 and region specific maps of the United Kingdom. You’ll also get a Bluetooth GPS receiver, car power adapter, and vehicle "device cradle." All told, this offer should save you something in the neighborhood of 150 pounds. Not too shabby. If you’ve been considering a new Treo, now might just be the time to jump into Palm’s twisted world. I guess they are trying to move as many units as possible to compensate for the forseeable lack of sales with their Sprint Treo 755p model. Cheap shot, I know.

Sprint has finally taken the veil off of the worst kept secret in the industry, officially launching the Treo 755p. The specs have been out in the wild for a while, and as such aren’t anything too surprising. The 755p is a souped up Treo 700p with an internal antenna. The feature set is relatively unchanged, sporting a 312 MHz XScale processor, EV-DO Rev. 0 (no Rev. A), miniSD slot, 320×320 display, and 128MB of RAM. Still, the lack of an external antenna certainly makes it a bit more appealing than its predecessor, and if you’re looking for a high speed wireless Treo running the Palm OS, this is pretty much the only game in town. It will be available in two colors, burgundy and blue, and retail for $279.99 with a 2-year contract. The Treo 755p should be available withing the next week or two. on Sprint

[Via Engadget]

For smartphone users, your choice of handset becomes a point of pride and personal identity. Whatever your mobile OS pleasure may be, the handset you choose often dictates the type of third-party software you’ll have access to. Handango, one of the wireless industry’s biggest software retailers, recently released its 1st quarter reports for application sales. The numbers of newly added apps are broken down by platform for easy digestion.

1. Windows Mobile Pocket PC - 843 adds
2. Symbian - 825 adds
3. Windows Mobile Smartphone - 273 adds
4. Palm OS - 253 adds
5. RIM - 203 adds

This list, in many ways, confirms what we already know: The Palm OS is dying out and Windows Mobile/Symbian users like to play with new applications. The top Windows Mobile application: MobiTV.

[Via Gearlog]

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Leave it up to you know who to come through with the latest leaked docs! Yes that’s right baby, BGR is here! If you saw the leaked Sprint roadmap on Engadget a couple days and wanted some clarification, you don’t have to look much further than this. The Treo 755p, and PPC-6800 should be launching on the same day, May 14th, with a lot of older devices getting the boot.

• Motorola i560 (I560Y) – Yellow only, April.
• Blackberry 7520 (RIM7520) – Discontinued in May
• Treo 700P (PTR700PHK) – Discontinued in May
• Sanyo M1 (SCPM1KIT) – May/June

The extremely long, and full detailed product list is available over at Engadget Mobile. Whatcha’ waitin’ for? Get to clickin’!

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