GSM version of Centro leaked

John Chan | Oct 04, 2007

The focus of this post on Gear Diary is the unboxing of the now discontinued Palm Foleo. But the real news is the last picture there, one that shows a black Palm Centro which the author calls the Treo 500P.

Palm launched the Centro last week together with Sprint, a US operator that uses the CDMA network. There was no news of a GSM version, until now. The 500P picture on Gear Diary shows two applications named AT&T Mail and AT&T Music. This implies that it will be released by the famous US iPhone-exclusive GSM carrier. By inference, this 500P will be a GSM device.

So for those who saw the CDMA Palm Centro and liked it, there's hope for a version that will work here. The Centro for Sprint goes for US$99.99 in the US with a two-year contract. Let's hope the GSM will be just as inexpensive, too.

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