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Pink Centro Rumored for Release on Sprint Wireless

It's being widely speculated that Palm and Sprint Wireless will release a pink Palm Centro early next year.

The Palm Centro has been a suprising success for Palm, no doubt buyoed by the aggressive ad campaigns of Sprint Wireless. The attractive price point coupled with a host of features has made the pint-sized smartphone an attractive to new smartphone owners. When I met with executives from Palm to discuss the Treo 680, the informed me that colors are in large part a carrier decision. To paraphrase, "If they want a polka-dot Treo, then we're happy to make it for them." Clearly, Sprint is looking to capitalize on the early success of the Centro with a release of a Pink Centro. The release is reportedly set for January 6th, but it's unclear if this will be for online and telesales or if the Pink Centro will be available in retail locations on this date.

Sprint has an exclusive on the Palm Centro that expires in January. In addition to the Pink Centro, you can expect Palm to announce a GSM version for release on AT&T Wireless. No word on the color that will ship for AT&T Wireless. The popular BlackBerry Curve on AT&T released in both titanium and red, so it's quite possible the GSM Centro will have some sort of color variant outside of black or silver.

Source: SprintUsers via Treonauts