Palm Pre Plus Phone
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
- 3G-enabled smartphone with intuitive Palm webOS platform, touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; easy integration with Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and more
- GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; can be used as a 3G Mobile Hotspot for up to five Wi-Fi connected devices
- 16 GB internal memory; 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music streaming; Wi-Fi-enabled
- Up to 5.5 hours of talk time, up to 350 hours (14.5 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, AC charger, micro USB cable, quick start guide, gesture guide, self-cleaning carry pouch
Amazon.com Product Description
Running on the Palm webOS mobile platform, the 3G-enabled Palm Pre Plus for Verizon Wireless brings together all of your important information from where it resides–on your phone, at your workplace, at home, or on the Web–into a single mobile device. In addition to high-speed connectivity on the fast and reliable Verizon Wireless 3G network, the phone’s memory has been doubled to 16 GB and it comes with a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot that can be shared via Wi-Fi among five devices–laptop, another phone, MP3 player, and more.
The Palm Pre Plus features the Palm webOS platform, a vibrantly colorful touchscreen-enabled display, and slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. The phone’s slide-ou… More >>
R. Salisch says:
February 4th, 2010
12:28 pm
I am very impressed with the multitasking functions. Great phone easy to use. I am verry happy with it. I would strongly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Annette Marie says:
February 4th, 2010
3:13 pm
First, Let me say that I am a die hard Apple fan. I got the first Iphone, then the 3g, then the 3gs. I love the iPhone.
However, I have been reading about the Pre for over a year. I looked at the first one on Sprint but decided to wait for the next generation to come out. Now I have the Pre Plus and I can tell you. It’s Great! I love it. You can open so many different apps and have them running in the background. You can listen to music while still using other functioins.
The charger rocks also!
Hello Pre, good bye iPhone
Rating: 5 / 5
J. D. Christa says:
February 4th, 2010
6:10 pm
Based on 3 days with substantial use:
Pros: The UI is excellent, very intuitive, crisp and classy. Display is gorgeous. Call quality is very good…friends commented how clear I sound while driving (both with mic and included stereo head/earphones). Processor is fast and multi-tasking is flawless. Web browser is excellent. Email client with 2 Gmail accounts is very good. Migrating my i760’s contacts with Google Sync (through my Gmail account, then to my Pre) was easy. SMS and IM are well-integrated. Pre can function as a USB drive which makes transferring music/etc simple. 3MP flash camera is decent. Subjectively, the Pre is fun to use. But…
Cons: Battery life drains at up to 1% per minute of heavy 3G activity (rapid page browsing, email activity/syncing, or streaming music/video), and 1% for every 3 minutes of talk time. (Verizon claims that an OS update in Feb will reduce battery consumption.) Music player sounds & looks great, but you cannot create playlists on the device (there are some PIA ways to create them on your PC and then transfer to Pre which I haven’t attempted yet). The QWERTY is tiny, at only 2 1/4″ wide. The keys are raised, rounded, and rubbery, but it still requires a lot of focus to type (it’s not driver-friendly) and the unit becomes top-heavy when QWERTY is slid down. Stock document viewer does not allow editing or new doc creation, and Docs2Go isn’t yet available for Pre.
In summary: SWEET device, great browser, feels good in your hand… but it’s presently lacking as a true music player or PDA. Pray for more apps. I like spending time with Pre, yet I’m still daydreaming about Droid.
Rating: 4 / 5