Modified Enfora Wi-Fi Sled working with Palm Centro

As usual, when a new Palm smartphone comes out, people want to know if there is some way to get Wi-Fi on the device since no Palm smartphone as of yet has built-in Wi-Fi. So of course this question was asked about the Palm Centro when it was released. TreoCentral forum member FlawIe55 asked how to access Wi-Fi with the Centro in this thread. Several people replied and talked about WiFi cards. I replied also and mentioned the Enfora Wi-Fi Sled that was popular with the Treo 650. Then forum member webdave said that he had gotten an Enfora sled off of Ebay that day and that he’d report back if he could get it to work with the beta drivers/firmware.

Webdave started another thread four days later and he tells how he modified the Enfora sled to work with his Centro:

I picked up an Enfora 650 Wi-Fi sled on Ebay last week. I received it yesterday. I was initially unable to connect the two due to the fit between the Centro and the sled. The device was never able to see the sled. I don’t think the metals contacts on the sled were hitting the Centro. I decided to remove the electronics from the plastic sled. I removed one screw on the sled and was able to open the sled and remove the electronics and battery. Everything is in one piece when you remove it. Once removed from the plastic I was able to connect the two and upgrade the sled’s firmware to the beta version posted in these forums. After that I was able to scan and connect to access points.

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2000mAh Battery Available for Centro

The Palm Centro ships with a removable 1150mAh lithium-ion battery. That’s probably the right capacity for many Centro owners, but power users would most likely prefer a higher capacity battery.

Palm has a replacement 1150mAh battery for the Centro that costs $49.99. You can get it here for $44.95 when in stock. Until now, we hadn’t seen a higher capacity battery available for the Centro. Sprint currently has a 2000mAh extended Centro battery available at the Sprint-Nextel online store for $49.99.

This high capacity battery is thicker than the original Palm battery so you’ll need to purchase a new battery door. The battery door that Sprint sells only comes in Black and costs $7.99.

Seidio will most likey come out with an extended battery and different colored battery doors for the Centro. I’m sure that when I get my Centro, if it’s not a Black Centro, I’ll be wanting a battery door that matches the color of my device, not a Black replacement door.