New Olive Green and Vibrant Rose colored Palm Centro smartphones are coming. They’re available (after rebates and contracts) as low as $79.99 starting October 19. While I’m an iPhone addict, I look at these as a cute upgrade choice for my Mom who is a Facebook addict and would enjoy sending texts on the keyboard instead of her current cramped Sanyo 8400. In my area of the country Sprint’s coverage is pretty good and their pricing plans which include all the data and texting you can consume are among the most reasonable in the industry.

The holidays are always a busy time, and Centro lets users keep in touch with friends and family with voice, text, IM, email, web — even using Facebook for Palm, which is pre-installed on the new Centro holiday colors. Facebook for Palm lets users connect with friends, respond to messages, upload photos and videos, receive status updates, browse friends’ profiles and send out new friend requests — all right from their Centro. And with Google Maps’ new My Location feature, Centro knows where the user is and what’s close by, so customers can find nearby restaurants, get directions, or see updated traffic reports.

Users can shoot pictures or videos and send them to friends, or use the built-in MP3 player and take tunes to go. The new Olive green and Vibrant rose Centro smartphones have 128MB of available memory (twice the storage of the original Centro for Sprint) and the ability to add up to 4GB more with a microSD card (sold separately), so there’s plenty of room for playlists, photos and videos. Users can also watch Sprint TV channels, such as CNN mobile, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel and Disney Channel.

Sprint Centro

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