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Palm's "Centro" is a "shrunk-down" version of the 755p

Damian Koh | Aug 17, 2007

Rumors about the new Palm handheld never seem to die, but a media event held by Sprint in Northern Virginia has shed some light on the upcoming device.

According to Gearlog's Sascha Segan who was at the event, the Palm Centro, better known as the Gandolf to most Palm followers, has such a tiny QWERTY keyboard that "it's actually impossible to type on this thing with two thumbs". A Palm representative at the event told Gearlog that the handheld is targeted at the youth.

However, it's not clear to us whether the Centro will run on the Garnet OS or the newer Linux-based version from Access or Palm. As usual, Palm wasn't forthcoming with details.

Via Gearlog
Pictured is the Palm Treo 750

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Entire Ultimate series still on track

John Chan | Aug 16, 2007

Earlier today, various reports indicated that i-mate was axing all but two of its Ultimate series, the 6150 and 8150. This originated from Clove Technology, an online retailer based in the UK. In its news post, Clove said it "can now confirm, of the original five handhelds that were intended, only two will remain". It then went on to say which were the ones that have been axed, followed by suggesting alternatives that linked to the site's shopping pages.

CNET Asia contacted i-mate Asia Pacific and the official word is the company still plans to launch all models, but will do so in a staggered fashion starting with the 8150 and 6150.

So there we go. Those eyeing the 5150, 7150 and 9150 models can breathe easy. Sure, we understand that nothing's really for sure until we have it in our hands. But between Clove and i-mate, we'll take the latter's word for now.

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