[Interesting Findings From the Centro FCC Docs]

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Despite the fact that the Centro CDMA version has hit the ground running as one of the most popular new Palm OS devices in quite some time, the GSM version of Palm’s Centro smartphone only became available last week. Sprint enjoyed a period of exclusivity for the Centro that lasted more than three months, only ending in this month’s announcement of unlocked Centro (http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9618/gsm-palm-centro-comes-to-europe/) sales commencing in Europe as well as a version for AT&T wireless (http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9621/att-palm-centro-now-available/) in the United States. Some light can possible be shed on the reasons for the tardy GSM Centro in some recently-released FCC filings. As posted by Engadget Mobile (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/21/palms-gsm-centro-tested-for-fcc-a-long-long-time-ago/), these filings reveal some rather interesting details. First of all, the Centro’s internal name is the Treo 685, which is exactly what some earlier rumors had suggested and we discussed in a December report (http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8077/fcc-hints-to-upcoming-treos-in-2008/). This comes as no surprise whatsoever since the CDMA version is coined the "Treo 690" (presumably the EVDO radio gives the CDMA version the advantage of a higher model number!).

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