The Palm Centro is, briefly, a tiny Treo 755p. The specs inside are nearly unchanged and almost beside the point. This is an entry-level smartphone designed for first-time users. As Antoine said in our forums, the Centro is now what the Treo 680 was meant to be. Let’s run down the specs, though, just to get them out of the way:

• Palm OS 5.4.9
• EVDO 3G high speed data
• Bluetooth Version 1.2
• 64MB available user storage plus a microSD clot
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• 3.5 hour talk time, 1150 mAh battery
• 4.22″ (L) x 2.11″ (W) x 0.73″ (D);
• 4.2 oz

The talk time is a little short, but essentially these specs are nothing to write home about. Except those last two: the dimensions and the weight. The Centro is light. More importantly: the Centro feels awesome.

The Centro is due out on October 14th. It will be $99 with a 2-year contract and a mail-in rebate. Buying the phone outright is a hefty $399. I fully expect that it won’t be long before the Centro is free after rebates.

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The HTC Touch Slide, previously known as the HTC Nike—is the slide-out version of the HTC Touch we reviewed back in June. On the inside, there’s 3G HSDPA, 400MHz processor, 2-megapixel camera, and a microSD expansion slot.

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It’s about 3 months after the iPhone launch, and happy with the improvements, I was planning to change our “Wait” verdict to a full-on and rabid “Buy”. That wasn’t because of Apple, but because of the cool apps being offered by independent developers. All that came to an end yesterday after the new Apple firmware 1.1.1 neutered the handset. Sure, unlocked iPhones were broken. But more importantly, Apple wiped away the powerful programs that helped push the iPhone to greatness. With this, I’m going to have to move our recommendation from “Wait” to “Don’t hold your breath.” I’m done with this handset until third-party apps come back.

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It looks like that purported first pic of AT&T’s version of the HTC Kaiser, dubbed the “Tilt,” wasn’t entirely on the mark but, as you can see from the shot of the real deal above, it wasn’t too far off either. One of the most noticeable changes is a new silver dialpad of questionable taste, which sorta matches the seemingly shinier than usual navigation keys on the face of the device. Also, if you squint hard enough you’ll see that there’s an option to “Get TeleNav,” which means that you won’t be getting TomTom, and also likely means that you’ll need a data connection to use it. Hit up the read link below for a few more pics courtesy of HowardForums member “jlczl.”

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