I'm currently considering a Palm Centro (on Sprint, as it happens).
All else aside: How does it work as a phone? How well do they acquire
and retain service (connection), particularly in marginal coverage
areas? How's the sound reproduction (clarity, volume level)? How do
you sound to others?
Is there anything wrt to this unit functioning *as* *a* *phone*
that's lacking that I might want to know about? For example: I just
read something in another thread that said the Palm Centro doesn't
have built-in support for voice-command dialing? Is it truly
possible they left this out of a modern wireless *phone*?
Having my Palm data and phone all-in-one would be terrific, but only
if the thing was actually a capable phone. I know that, in the past,
PalmOS-based phones haven't actually been very good *phones*, thus my
questions.
Thanks,
Jim
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:05:03 -0500, Jim Seymour <jseymour@LinxNet.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
>I'm currently considering a Palm Centro (on Sprint, as it happens).
>All else aside: How does it work as a phone? How well do they acquire
>and retain service (connection), particularly in marginal coverage
>areas? How's the sound reproduction (clarity, volume level)? How do
>you sound to others?
It works just fine as a phone. My biggest problem with the phone was that it
isn't a clamshell phone like the phone it replaced, a samsung
sph-i500.
I refuse to be one of those geeks who keep their phone in a holster hanging
off their beltline. I stick it in a pocket. I have to be sure that my keys
are in a different pocket so the screen won't get scratched.
The bigger problem is that the mere act of reaching in and removing it from
my pocket would cancel incoming phone calls. The phone has the option to
disable the touch screen on incoming calls, but the answer/deny buttons are
too easy to accidentally hit when withdrawing the phone. I solved it with
another application, 'butler', which requires a two key sequence to answer
incoming calls.
Back to the subject of it as a phone: the ringer volume can be set to
tremendous and can play any mp3; it works great with bluetooth devices or as
a speakerphone; signal quality is at least as good as any sprint phone I've
had. I actually like the tiny keyboard as it is a huge improvement over using
handwriting recognition (palm graffiti).
The coolest application I have on it now is a full copy of tom-tom navigator.
It connects to a thumsized bluetooth GPS receiver on my keychain that is
sensative enough to be left in the pocket. It is on an 8GB micro-sdhc card
that is half the size of a postage stamp, taking up about a gig, leaving a
useable amount of space for music and audiobooks.
"Jim Seymour" <jseymour@LinxNet.com> wrote in message news:j_ydnavpPeaSPh3VnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d@megapath.net ...
Hi All,
I'm currently considering a Palm Centro (on Sprint, as it happens).
All else aside: How does it work as a phone? How well do they acquire
and retain service (connection), particularly in marginal coverage
areas? How's the sound reproduction (clarity, volume level)? How do
you sound to others?
Is there anything wrt to this unit functioning *as* *a* *phone*
that's lacking that I might want to know about? For example: I just
read something in another thread that said the Palm Centro doesn't
have built-in support for voice-command dialing? Is it truly
possible they left this out of a modern wireless *phone*?
Having my Palm data and phone all-in-one would be terrific, but only
if the thing was actually a capable phone. I know that, in the past,
PalmOS-based phones haven't actually been very good *phones*, thus my
questions.
Thanks,
Jim
--
Jim Seymour | "There is no expedient to which a man will not jseymour@LinxNet.com | go to avoid the labor of thinking." http://jimsun.LinxNet.com | - Thomas A. Edison
I've had experience with the 700p, the 755p, and the centro, which is
essentially a 755p in a different form factor. Great phone. I
haven't had a problem keeping it in my pocket, and my wife, who has a
pink one ;-)...keep it in her purse without problems. Definitely
recommend a screen cover (I hate cases), and keeping your keys in the
other pocket.
>It works just fine as a phone. My biggest problem with the phone was that it
>isn't a clamshell phone like the phone it replaced, a samsung
>sph-i500.
me@privacy.net wrote in news:hv2c84p36b1ldee8cuueklhv6cjf4psovv@4ax.com:
> AZ Nomad <aznomad.3@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote:
>
>>It works just fine as a phone. My biggest problem with the phone was
>>that it isn't a clamshell phone like the phone it replaced, a samsung
>>sph-i500.
>
>
> Does the Centro do wifi?
>
>>It works just fine as a phone. My biggest problem with the phone was that it
>>isn't a clamshell phone like the phone it replaced, a samsung
>>sph-i500.
In article <0b366ab6-bab3-40f3-9b38-ea6c4dfff217@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
prepaidwirelessguy <prepaidwirelessguy@gmail.com> writes:
> I've had experience with the 700p, the 755p, and the centro, which is
> essentially a 755p in a different form factor. Great phone. I
> haven't had a problem keeping it in my pocket, and my wife, who has a
> pink one ;-)...keep it in her purse without problems. Definitely
> recommend a screen cover (I hate cases), and keeping your keys in the
> other pocket.
Resolution:
I read up on the Centro at PhoneScoop. Very positive there. Then a
friend of mine who's an 8-year "Palm phone" user and whose opinion I
value highly bought one. After two weeks he we liking it. So I
pulled the trigger a couple days ago.
Battery life seems a bit short, but I've been beating the heck out of
it, so time will tell. Overall, so far I quite like it. Again: Time
will tell.
Thanks for the follow-ups, everybody.
Btw: I went with the case. Don't like screen covers.
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:51:35 -0500, Jim Seymour <jseymour@LinxNet.com> wrote:
>In article <0b366ab6-bab3-40f3-9b38-ea6c4dfff217@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
>Battery life seems a bit short, but I've been beating the heck out of
>it, so time will tell. Overall, so far I quite like it. Again: Time
>will tell.
I have a third party "extended battery" that help immensly. My
battery life w/ the phone is OK, but I wanted more battery for when I
play mp3s or use a bluetooth gps and gps map software.
>Thanks for the follow-ups, everybody.
>Btw: I went with the case. Don't like screen covers.
love mine.
coming from a treo 650 woth docs to go. i use the spreadsheet stuff....
audio is louder, and coverage is better. it cleared some dead spots for
me.
only down is the lack of a standard sd plug, although the internal
micro-sd is there, it's not easy to change.
good phone...
\sam
"Jim Seymour" <jseymour@LinxNet.com> wrote in message
news:YaOdnafNGakKuTvVnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@megapath.net ...
> In article
> <0b366ab6-bab3-40f3-9b38-ea6c4dfff217@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
> prepaidwirelessguy <prepaidwirelessguy@gmail.com> writes:
>> I've had experience with the 700p, the 755p, and the centro, which is
>> essentially a 755p in a different form factor. Great phone. I
>> haven't had a problem keeping it in my pocket, and my wife, who has a
>> pink one ;-)...keep it in her purse without problems. Definitely
>> recommend a screen cover (I hate cases), and keeping your keys in the
>> other pocket.
>
> Resolution:
>
> I read up on the Centro at PhoneScoop. Very positive there. Then a
> friend of mine who's an 8-year "Palm phone" user and whose opinion I
> value highly bought one. After two weeks he we liking it. So I
> pulled the trigger a couple days ago.
>
> Battery life seems a bit short, but I've been beating the heck out of
> it, so time will tell. Overall, so far I quite like it. Again: Time
> will tell.
>
> Thanks for the follow-ups, everybody.
>
> Btw: I went with the case. Don't like screen covers.
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Seymour | "There is no expedient to which a man will
> not
> jseymour@LinxNet.com | go to avoid the labor of thinking."
> http://jimsun.LinxNet.com | - Thomas A.
> Edison
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:47:24 -0400, SAMMMM <zammy12@comcast.net> wrote:
>love mine.
>coming from a treo 650 woth docs to go. i use the spreadsheet stuff....
>audio is louder, and coverage is better. it cleared some dead spots for
>me.
>only down is the lack of a standard sd plug, although the internal
>micro-sd is there, it's not easy to change.
>good phone...
To avoid R&Ring the card, I use a product to export the card so that
the phone on usb looks like a memory stick. Downside is that it
is very slow. Downloading a gig takes 30 minutes. It's
something to be started while one does something else. If I don't
want to wait, then I pop the card into a microsd card reader barely
larger than a usb plug.
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