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Palm Centro hits Manila and Disappoints

The most anticipated $99 Palm Centro has arrived in Philippine stores. It’s supposed to be a cheap full-featured smartphone that will revive Palm’s dying foothold of the market. The announcement yesterday sparked some excitement among avid Palm followers only to be doused soon after the price was revealed.

The supposedly inexpensive smartphone turned out to be super-expensive. How did a 99-dollar device ended up costing Php17,490 after landing in the Philippines? That’s more than 4 times the original price!

Palm Centro

The specs are just okay — 320×320 16-bit touch screen, quad-band GPRS/EDGE, bluetooth, 64Mb internal plus up to 4GB external SD card, 1.3 megapixel camera. No 3G or even WiFi.

I guess that hyped up $99.99 price in the US was because the unit will come with a 2-year lock-in contract from Sprint. mAYBE you can get the same if it comes bundled with a Smart or Globe Postpaid plan.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

27 Responses

  1. Avatar for robert munar robert munar says:

    jun martin: do you have any idea wer i can buy d accessories for my palm centro…

    • Avatar for jun martin jun martin says:

      I bought my faux leather case from amazon and had someone bring it over to the Philippines. :D

  2. Avatar for robert munar robert munar says:

    jun martin: do you any idea wer i can buy d accessories for my palm centro…

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  4. Avatar for lawrence lawrence says:

    It looks smart though the selling price won’t be favourable putting in mind that most Philippines are low income earners.

  5. Avatar for Jun Martin Jun Martin says:

    Jhiro Gonzales: For how much are you selling it?

  6. Avatar for jhiro gonzales jhiro gonzales says:

    I have a PALM CENTRO that was sent to me my Aunt in US. I can’t use it here coz it is blocked by the carrier AT&T. Does anyone interested to buy it?

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