Palm tries for a smartphone rebound with Centro

http://www.betanews.com/article/Palm_tries_for_a_smartphone_rebound_with_Centro/1213655517

With new device releases and firmware upgrades, Palm is clearly paying much less attention recently to its older Treo platform than to its newer and cheaper Centro, perhaps in an effort to maintain its own existence.
Palm Inc. seems to be carving out a lower-end niche for itself in the smartphone market. Statistics from industry analyst firms have strongly suggested that Palm needs to do something about revamping its platform in order to regain market share, particularly in light of competition from Apple's iPhone.
As for the Treo updates, the Treo 700wx will receive an upgrade from its current support for Windows Mobile 4 -- but only to Mobile 6, as opposed to 6.1, and not until this summer. The upgrade will work on 700wx only, and not on the 700w.
Reportedly, the new firmware for the Treo 755p will mostly include a minor bugfix for improving the phone application, stability, and "device usability."
The lower-cost smartphone does seem to be shoring up Palm's fortunes at last, with research from IDC giving Palm a 13.4 percent share of the smartphone market for the first quarter of 2008. In Q4 2007, Palm devices captured only a 7.9 percent market share, down drastically from a share of 23 percent in Q1 of that year, prior to the launch of the original iPhone. Also according to IDC's numbers, 70 percent of all Centro users are brand new to smartphones.

Plam vs. iPhone... Who wins? ^^