Palm To Sell Centro Smartphone Through Verizon

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Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

June 12, 2008

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More smartphone news: Palm and Verizon have inked a deal for the wireless carrier to sell Palm's $99 Centro smartphone.Centro, already available to Sprint Nextel and AT&T customers, has helped keep Palm in the market while rivals, including Research in Motion with its BlackBerry and Apple with its iPhone, have gained share. Last quarter, Centro sales boosted Palms' share of U.S. smartphone shipments to 13.4 percent from 7.9 percent in Q4 2007, according to research firm IDC.

This has been a big week for smartphones, with announcements about Apple's new iPhone, Samsung's Ominia and Motorola's MC75.

On a related Verizon note, the company has launched an unlimited wireless calling service aimed at small businesses. The plan includes unlimited calls to up to five landline numbers, and a fixed monthly fee per wireless line of $4.99.

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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