Archives for the day Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Palm Centro review


Okay, now we know what you’re thinking. Sure, we (lovingly) raked Palm over the coals in our open letter to the company, and yeah, we haven’t been the sweetest of hearts to the boys from Sunnyvale (with reason, of course). However, If you’ve paid attention to our past good-intentioned prodding, then you’ll know that getting our hands on a new Palm device still gives some of us chills.

After seeing scores of “leaked” photos of the Centro, and hearing enough internet chatter about the device to make your brain vibrate like tightly-wound piano string, actually getting our hands on the phone was honestly a bit of a surprise, both bad and good. We’re going to break it down piece by piece and hopefully give you a rounded impression of the smartphone crown-chaser (or at least princess-in-waiting).

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If you had an inkling that Qualcomm’s legal altercations were finally concluding, you’d be badly mistaken. Reportedly, the chip maker is now feuding with 19 of its own attorneys (or should we say, prior attorneys) over “who should shoulder the blame for what a judge called ‘gross misconduct on a massive scale’ at a past trial.” Apparently, 21 crucial e-mails and some 200,000 pages of documents owned by Qualcomm were withheld until after Broadcom trials, which was unsurprisingly seen as a “carefully orchestrated plan and deadly determination to hold hostage the entire industry.” Now, US Magistrate Judge Barbara Major is “considering sanctions” against the lawyers in question, which has placed their careers in danger and is “prolonging a damaging episode for Qualcomm.” We’re tempted to ask what could possibly happen next, but quite frankly, we’re terrified of the answer.