Centro Intro: pt 2: The Shopping Experience - by Jay Gross

In this on-going series of articles (read Part 1), we’re exploring, you and I, the new Palm Centro, that sweet little powerhouse you just got to organize your life with. Or not. What? You’re reading this because you want a Centro and don’t have one yet? Sweet! We’ll start by going shopping.

The Centro is currently the exclusive domain of Sprint, so although you can buy one directly from Palm or other sources, in order to be useful as a phone it must hook up to Sprint’s cellular network. That will eventually change, so if you’re reading this a few months or more from the date it was posted, interpolate as necessary.

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Centro Intro: pt 1: Get to Know Your Centro

Centro Intro: pt 1: Get to Know Your Centro - by Jay Gross

That new Centro you just got offers many more features and conveniences than first meet the eye. This article introduces newbies to the world of Palm and Centro.

Centro does it all, or most of it, at least. It doesn’t pour your Wheaties, or bake your bread, but that little powerhouse you just got will let you browse the web, send and receive e-mail, IM’s and SMS’s, listen to MP3’s, and a whole lot more. Oh yeah, it’s a phone, too.

It looks great while doing all of that, and it doesn’t weigh you down. Maybe you’ve already figured out how to use some or all of the sweet features, but come with me and let’s explore Centro.

First things first. Fashion! What color is your Centro? I held out for the daring red model, naturally. I appropriated a white cloth lanyard that I got with a Smartphone Experts case for one of my other cellphones. When I go out, I wear the Centro like a necklace, daring all who approach to admire its beauty. So far, so good. The phone is admirably small and sleek, and it does so much I hardly know where to start, but here goes.

For the record, I’m writing this for Newbies, the market that Palm is hoping to reach with the Centro, so we’ll try to keep the verbiage in this series simple and avoid complicated references to Things Beyond Human Understanding - like operating systems and marketing. This is the first of several articles, so if there’s some burning question on your mind, send me an e-mail (click the byline) and I’ll try to answer in the next installment, or in the TreoCentral Centro forum. In fact, for a great experience, you can post a question to the forum and probably get a quick answer from someone who hangs out there. In fact, do a search before you post, and you might find that your question’s already been asked and answered and you don’t even have to look any further. TreoCentral’s forums are open to everyone. You don’t have to be a customer to view them.

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