The phone is a quality piece. It is well built. They saved some money in the casing, the stylus. The keys are manufacturered as a single sheet of keys versus separate keys all of these reduce the piece cost and labor costs.
The money is to be made (hopefully) by quantity. Selling 500,000 Treos at $499 is $249,500,000 million, but 4,000,000 Centros at $199 is 796,000,000. They hope to sell more because of the price. I wouldn't buy another Treo, if it continue to have the same functions that are in a Centro. The next Treo should have WIFI, GPS or both in order to get me to buy one. Hopefully Palm is drawing a line in the sand: what we have today goes into a Centro and everything we wanted 5 years ago goes into the future Treos. Thanks, I'll see you on the web! Carl W. Brooks http://www.Palmloyal.com Palm Podcasts, Daily News, Software, Hardware, Mobile Email Services and More! -----Original Message----- From: "Roger Prokic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, Oct 25, 2007 6:35 am Subject: RE: [Treo] Re: Treo Centro Cases To: <[email protected]>Reply-To: [email protected] But at 99 dollars vs. 450 or so for the 755p, I'm wondering what's going to happen to it. The keys will fall out, letters wear out, or what... Are the keys backlit? --- Roger Prokic Baltimore, Maryland USA -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 smartphone using ChatterEmail v3.0.8]=- -----Original Message----- From: Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 10:39 pm Subject: RE: [Treo] Re: Treo Centro Cases To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [email protected] .Entire package at least as capable as the 755p. .Smaller size really does seem to matter to me. .Seems a little zippier even though the processor is, I think, the same. .Speakerphone is FINALLY loud enough (even though the earpiece still could be louder, as always with Treos). .Versamail is much improved. Smaller screen and keyboard don't slow me down at all compared to the 755p. While I do like the texture of the exterior of the 755p, I don't miss it all that much, and egrips will pretty much equalize the two. There is NO cheap feel to the build of the Centro, although the 755p does feel a bit more solid (also HEAVY, after getting used to the Centro). Battery is smaller, as discussed before. I think I may be leaving some things out, but can't recall right now. I've listed some of these in previous posts. Cheers, Don -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Prokic Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Treo] Re: Treo Centro Cases Tell me why you like the Cwntro over the Treo. --- Roger Prokic Baltimore, Maryland USA -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 smartphone using ChatterEmail v3.0.8]=-
