The Difference Between Palm Centro And Blackberry Curve 8310

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The Difference Between Palm Centro And Blackberry Curve 8310


The Palm Centro and the Blackberry Curve 8310 are aimed directly at the mainstream market, begging to be adopted by the constantly-connected public. Both are fairly exceptional and popular phones, but with the unveiling of Palm's newest operating system, the Centro, and the PalmOS as whole was left in the dust, leaving the Blackberry Curve 8310 the obvious winner.

Smartphone Culture

Smartphones amongst the youth today is as common a sighting as seeing the devices in the hands of corporate executives. The appeal of being constantly connected to message and network amongst peers has been so strong, that price is no longer an obstacle. This was not always the case and it has just been in the past couple years that smartphone manufacturers have taken notice of this trend and began developing sleeker devices aimed more at the average user than the corporate one. The Palm Centro and Blackberry Curve were the initial forays into the mainstream.

Centro vs. Curve

The Centro and Curve 8310 both have fully qwerty keyboards, though the condensed full-qwerty keyboard of the Centro may prove to be too cramped for some, especially those with larger fingers. The Curve has a wider keyboard for easier typing and a slimmer profile. The Centro has a touch screen above the keyboard and comes with a stylus to navigate. The Curve has a trackball used to navigate the system. The touch screen comes in handy over the incessant scrolling of the trackball.The Centro is slightly heavier than the Curve and weighs 4.2 ounces and 3.9 ounces, respectively. The battery life of the Curve is better than that of Centro at nearly 17 days of standby time versus the Pearl's nine. The Curve connects to the Blackberry service and is capable of nearly instant push email notifications. Both phones have Mp3 player capabilities. The Curve sports a 2 megapixel camera and GPS receiver for navigation, while the Centro lacks both.

Operating System

The PalmOS that runs on the Centro has been around for nearly a decade without much of an overhaul, initially developed to run Personal Data Assistants. In the beginning of 2009, Palm unveiled it's new WebOS platform that is light years ahead of PalmOS and upon deployment in middle of 2009, it nearly instantly rendered the PalmOS obsolete. The new operating system is not backwards compatible with previous Palm devices and works only on the new devices, so far only the Pre. The Centro is still being sold, but it sits in the shade of the very large shadow of it's newer, younger, sleeker brother-the WebOS-run Palm Pre. The Blackberry Curve on the other hand, runs Research In Motion's Blackberry OS that is still relevant and being updating today.

Cost

The initial cost of the Blackberry Curve 8310 was $99 USD, with two-year service contract, compared to the Palm Centro at $79. In order to obtain the full experience of these phones, you'll need a data connection, which can run anywhere from $20 to 35 USD a month, in addition to the voice plan.

Winner

Had the Curve and Centro just come out, picking a clear winner would have been a much harder decision. The Centro's touch screen allows for much simpler navigation and application control and there's a wealth of applications already developed for the decade-old operating system. That being said, with the arrival of WebOS and the Palm Pre, older Palms like the Centro are no longer being updated and developed for. The Blackberry on the other hand, continues to thrive and update its Blackberry OS and recently opened up AppWorld, a virtual store of applications that are continually being developed to extend the functionality of the device. It is for this reason alone that the Blackberry Curve 8310 is a much better choice over the Palm Centro.

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