Say what you will about Palm but they have proven that a $99 smartphone can sell millions. Palm shook things up a bit with it’s full-featured low-cost Centro and millions have picked them up world-wide. Palm Addicts has uncovered what looks like a legitimate advertisement for the next generation Centro and while only Palm can say if this is legit (and they’re not talking) it certainly looks like it could be. The Centro 2 pictured in the ad has a larger screen and no keyboard on the front of the device leading one to believe there must surely be a sliding keyboard in there somewhere. Of course, Palm could be putting an on-screen keyboard like many other phones. Folks who have analyzed this advert in depth feel it is running Windows Mobile instead of the Palm OS. If that’s true when you couple that with the larger screen it’s no safe bet the Centro 2 will be anywhere near $99.
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