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June 23, 2008 3:42 PM PDT

Palm Centro is now available unlocked

by Nicole Lee
Palm Centro, unlocked

Palm Centro, unlocked

(Credit: Palm)

Heretofore only available via carrier (namely Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon), Palm has just made its consumer-level Palm Centro completely carrier-independent by offering an unlocked version. It'll have quad-band GSM support (850/900/1800/900 Mhz) but no 3G (up to EDGE only). It has pretty much the same specs as the AT&T model, but will be slightly more pricey at $299 and sports a gray number pad instead of the green.

Other news coming from Palm is that all Centros (including this unlocked one) will be able to get the new version of Google Maps that has the "My Location" feature (which communicates with cell towers to approximate your current location; a little like a faux GPS). This new version will be available to most Centro owners tomorrow, unless you're a Sprint customer, in which case you'll have to wait until later this summer.

Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole.
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by electronman1999 June 25, 2008 10:53 AM PDT
If they add WiFi like the iPhone, then I'll buy it. What I want is an unlocked phone I can use anywhere n the world ... typically I'd be using a pay by minute plan when I'm in other countries so I don't want to use that network to access the internet when I can login to a wifi network and do that. If this thing had WiFi, then it'd be close to perfect. Add GPS maps like a Nuvi, a language dictionary/translator, and a FM transmitter, and then it's perfect. Adding this to a Palm OS device would make it perfect since I can then download Palm applications. iPhone and other devices like it are so limited in their applications.
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by llaht March 30, 2009 6:57 PM PDT
Is there a FM transmitter in the Centro?
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