| Palm Pre Plus Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
| Brand: Palm
Category: Wireless
List Price: $549.99
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Sales Rank: 8,971
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
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Model: Pre Plus
UPC: 805931049230
Release Date: January 25, 2010
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| • | 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 |
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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-out full QWERTY keyboard puts it all at your fingertips, and the multi-touch screen lets you move back and forth between open applications using natural gestures. With Palm webOS, you can keep multiple activities open and move easily between them--like flipping through a deck of cards, using natural gestures. This allows for easy movement between messaging and e-mail or searching the Web while listening to music, and items are rearranged simply by dragging them. Palm's webOS interface brings together the most important information from your phone, at work or on the Web, into one logical view. In addition to linking information from Google, Facebook, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and LinkedIn, Palm Pre Plus adds Yahoo! integration to Palm Synergy, which offers: - Linked contacts that displays contacts from a variety of sources in a single view.
- Layered calendars that combine all your activities into one view--work, family, friends, sports teams and other interests
- Combined messaging presents all your MMS and IM conversations with the same person in a chat-style view.
You'll stay on course thanks to the VZ Navigator GPS turn-by-turn direction service. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera/camcorder, digital audio player, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, access to personal and corporate e-mail, and up to 5.5 hours of talk time. Key Features - Fast 3G connectivity thanks to the reliable Verizon Wireless EV-DO, Rev A network
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- 3G Mobile Hotspot: The Palm Pre Plus comes travel-ready with a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot--a Wi-Fi hotspot that can be shared among five Wi-Fi-capable devices. The 3G Mobile Hotspot is the perfect family vacation companion, and at $40 for 5 GB and 5 cents per megabyte overage, it provides an allowance big enough for sharing with the entire family for downloading games, Internet access, and more.
- GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service
- 16 GB internal memory (non-expandable) with the ability to work as a USB drive when plugged into a PC. You can simply drag and drop your PC media and documents onto the device.
- Palm's webOS platform lets you manage multiple applications at a time, unlike any other mobile platform today. It lets you keep multiple activities open and instantly flip from one to another using card view.
- Linked contacts: With Palm Synergy, you maintain a single view by linking your contacts from a variety of sources, so accessing them is easier than ever. For example, if you have the same contact listed in your Outlook, Google and Facebook accounts, Synergy recognizes that they're the same person and links the information together, presenting it to you as one listing.
- Layered calendars: Palm Synergy lets you see your calendars can be seen on their own or layered together in a single view--combining work, family, friends, sports teams, or other interests. You can toggle to look at one calendar at a time, or see them all at a glance.
- Combined messaging: See all your conversations with the same person in a chat-style view, even if it started in IM and you want to reply with a text message. You can also see who's active in a buddy list right from contacts, and start a new conversation with just one touch.
- Combined e-mail: Check your Outlook e-mail with Microsoft Direct Push Technology and HTML support. Get wireless e-mail access to popular commercial POP3 and IMAP accounts like AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo! All your e-mail accounts can be viewed together, or separately from one simple application. Synergy even lets you see IM presence directly from an e-mail.
- Instant messaging for Google Talk and AOL
- Document viewer compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents
- Universal search: Simply start typing to begin searching your contacts, applications, Google, Google Maps, Wikipedia and Twitter. Universal search narrows down the possible results as you type, so it's easier to find what you need.
The Palm webOS offers the ability to keep multiple applications open at once with "activity cards," so you can do more than one thing without losing your place. | 
Palm Pre Plus has the ability to pull in your online calendars from places like Facebook, Google and Office Outlook and layer them into one view of your whole day. | 
Each person's contact information is pulled in from places like Facebook, Google, Microsoft Office Outlook, and LinkedIn, and combined under one entry. | - Unobtrusive notifications: When important things come up or new updates arrive, you'll receive notifications at the bottom of your screen. You will know what is going on without being completely interrupted or losing your train of thought.
Turn the Palm Pre Plus comes travel-ready with a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot, enabling up to 5 additional devices to connect to the Web via Wi-Fi (additional charges applicable). | - 3.1-inch multi-touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color, 320x480 resolution HVGA display
- Accelerometer and proximity sensor: An accelerometer automatically orients Web pages and photos to your perspective so you can view them in landscape or portrait mode. Watch videos in landscape mode as well. The proximity sensor automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear.
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard for fast messaging
- Amazon MP3 Store enables you to download stereo-quality non-DRM protected tracks instantly to your wireless phone.
- 3-megapixel camera with LED flash, extended depth of field, and geotagging.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.1) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile--enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Incredibly fast Web browser brings you full Web sites the way they were meant to be seen
- Voice dialing capabilities
- Organizer tools including calendar, notes, voice memo, tasks, calculator
- Ringer switch easily silences the device with one touch
- Browse the App Catalog from your phone and download apps right over the air. Choose from a variety of titles designed for Palm webOS, many of which work together with other apps on the phone. Find apps like OpenTable, Yelp, or WHERE, just to name a few... and new ones are being added all the time.
- Palm Services automatically backs up your phone so you have a copy of your important data. You can also remotely erase your data if your phone is lost or stolen. And you get software updates that make it easy to stay up to date with the latest enhancements.
- 3.5mm headset jack
- Bilingual interface: English/Español
- Hearing aid compatibility = M4
Wireless Touchstone Charging
While the Palm Pre Plus comes with a charger included in the box, Palm's optional Touchstone charging dock can recharge the device's batteries without connecting any cords to it. The first inductive charging solution for phones, the Palm Touchstone, along with the Touchstone compatible back cover (both sold separately), allows Pre Plus to be set on top of the dock without worrying about connection, orientation or fit. The device remains active while charging, allowing access to the touch screen, movies or video, or the speakerphone option. Vital Statistics
The Palm Pre Plus weighs 4.89 ounces and measures 3.9 x 2.3 x 0.67 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.5 hours (330 minutes) of talk time, and up to 350 hours (14.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV–DO, Rev A 3G frequencies. What's in the Box
Palm Pre Plus handset, rechargeable battery, AC charger, micro USB cable, quick start guide, gesture guide, self-cleaning carry pouch Verizon Wireless Services - Reliable 3G Network: With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon Wireless multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.)
- VZ Navigator Capable: With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access the Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps.
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 Worst smartphone on the market August 22, 2010
Cheryl B O'Grady
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
1. Breaks easily - replacement cost $89 - 3rd day I had the phone, I dropped it and the face broke. But when I added a cover, the controls (on/off, volume) were hard to access.
2. No voice dialing, no voice activated applications of any kind
3. No sync with desktop - went through all kinds of gyrations to try to use a web-based sync, but it never worked. I finally bought a 3rd-party app to sync with my Outlook on my desktop, and that was just marginal.
4. When I added the face protector, the touch screen only worked half the time.
I specifically asked about the sync feature, and was told I could do it. Yes, a one-way, essentially one-time transfer. I need to link with the contacts and calendar on my desktop, and after two weeks, and an extra $150, I give up. It goes back today.
 Great Phone August 20, 2010
dagumcp
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WebOS is the best phone operating system I have ever used. It's easy the way windows aka "cards" can be arranged and multiple cards can be running at the same time and "gestures" are so intuitive. YouTube has a video of 50 cards being open at the same time! Also, the way it easily syncs with GMail and Yahoo! mail, and even Google calendar makes life so much easier. I can do so much on this phone that in my first week use I only used my laptop for 2 hours, when I'm usually on it all the time. Then with Preware, the ease of installing homebrew applications and customizing makes the phone so much better. Also, considering how Apple locks down the iPhone and users have to "jailbreak" it, Palm has made their system available via a cool Konami lock code. On top of all this the Palm Pre community, especially at [...], is so great. Pure awesomeness!
 You get what you pay for August 13, 2010
Paul C. Laughton (CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Verizon has refused to publish this review on it's Palm Pre review site. I have tried twice.
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I have had my Palm Pre for a little over two months. I have used it in a variety of locations in Northern California and in Tulsa, OK.
3G Speed: This phone is slow. I test the speed of phones on the 3G using the simple test at [...]
On several different occasions I have used this test to compare my Pre with other Smart Phones in Verizon stores. Those other phones are consistently 4 to 5 times faster than the Pre. A recent example was at the Verizon Store in Cupertino, CA. My Pre tested several times at 215 kb/sec. The Droid and the LG Alley both tested consistently at 950 kb/sec.
WiFi Speed. Once again, this phone is slow. I have used the above test to test the WiFi speed of my Pre compared to my iPod Touch and random other Smart Phones as available. Those other devices are inevitably twice as fast as my Pre. Also of note is that the phone turns off WiFi when in Airplane Mode. This means that if your flight provides WiFi, you will not be able to use WiFi.
GPS: My experience is that the GPS function in this phone is horrible. A quick scan with Google tells me that I am not alone with this conclusion. It can take up to 30 minutes to get a GPS fix under clear skies. It does not always take this long but all too often it is just slow to get a fix. This can be a real problem when trying to navigate using Google Maps. If you have a good fix and a tracking well you have to be careful to not let the phone's inactivity times to turn the phone off. When this happens the GPS fix is lost. Once lost, you are facing many minutes, sometimes another 30 minutes, to get another fix. There is not way to make the inactivity timer setting longer than 3 minutes. Note: i have spent hours on the both the Verizon and Palm customer service lines trying to get better GPS performance.
VZNavigator: The implementation of VZNavigator for the Pre leaves something to be desired. First there are the problems with device's GPS. The other big problem is that you are not given map detail. The only map view you get is of your entire trip. You can not zoom in on any part of the trip map. Other implementation of VZNavigator on other phones do allow zooming in on the maps. Those other implementations also have more and better freatures.
Battery life: Like all Smart Phones, the battery life of the Pre is poor. Six hours off the charger without using 3G, WiFi, GPS, any Aps or making a phone call leaves me with 45% battery.
Music Playlists: There is no way to make or edit playlists on the phone. Palm supplies no applications for making playlists. Palm does point you to third party aps to do the job. I have tried all the free ones. They do not work very well. I have finally figured out how manually make playlists using a text editor. It is a pain.
Flash Videos: Like the iPhone, Pre does not do Flash. There was once a promise from Plam that the Pre would have Flash in the first half of 2010. That has date come and gone.
The keyboard is usable for one finger typists. If you want to type a number you have to press the Green Key before typing a number. If you have a series of numbers to type, press the Green Key twice.
Speaker Volume: The speaker phone volume is more than adequate. The same is not true for ring tones. I do not know why the phone can not give the same high level of volume for ring tones as they do for the speaker phone.
The bottom line is that I paid $45 for this phone. I got what I paid for. I could have paid more for one of the higher end phones and got more. Speaking of paid for...
Insurance: Verizon or some company associated with Verizon offers loss/damage insurance for this phone. The want you to pay around $9/mo and there is some sort of deductible. I was able to get a rider on my home insurance policy for $30/year with no deductible.
 Great phone August 4, 2010
S. Jacobson (Los Angeles, California USA)
I've had this phone for about three weeks and I am amazed that it isn't Verizon's best selling phone. It is certainly the best I've ever had by far. When I went to the Verizon store in Los Angeles I had to ask for it since it wasn't on display; I was actually discouraged from buying it by the store personnel. I bought it anyway mainly because of the WiFI hotspot; for all the reasons listed in the reviews it is fabulous!
The best phone I've ever had, great design and fun to use August 1, 2010
OrlandoAlex
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had the Palm Pre Plus a week now, and have enjoyed it thoroughly. I have trouble putting it down because of how feature-rich it is.
The instant messaging function is the real highlight -- I can have conversations with friends and family via text, GMail Chat, Facebook Chat, e-mail and more, all in the same program, on the same screen. All of my contacts are integrated -- if someone I know has a cell phone, Facebook account and an e-mail address, when I look them up in the contacts book it's all there, and if they send me anything it's sorted under the same name. It's so easy to use.
The slide-out keyboard has good-sized rubberized keys that give you the feel you want, without being too stiff or slick. Typing on it is easy, much faster than typing on a touch-screen keyboard.
It's also got the amazing wireless hotspot feature so I can connect my computer to the Internet through the phone, and it's as easy and tapping a couple buttons on the screen. I really enjoy being able to share Internet access with my friends. I've gotten quite a few surprised "It can do THAT?" questions when they see me surfing.
The menus are so easy to use, very intuitively designed. The touch-screen is just sensitive enough that you don't have to repeat gestures, but not so sensitive that it accepts accidental commands.
The app store for WebOS phones is growing, but what's probably cooler is the unofficial app library that's out there.
It has great integration with GPS that you can use through multiple apps, including Google Maps. You'll easily be able to find where you are, which is nice for using Foursquare to check in to new places. Yep, there's an app for that!
The camera takes pretty sharp pictures for being a phone, records videos and both pics and vids can be easily uploaded to Facebook, e-mail or wherever you're connected, right after you take the shot, with a couple of taps on the screen. It's really that easy.
Battery life is an issue for this phone, but it's understandable considering how powerful it is. You'll probably want a car charger or a charger at work to make the most of the phone. That's one of the features that makes this phone really cool, though: the charger. It's called "Touchstone" -- it's a little black pad you sit the phone on to charge it. You just sit it there, no wire couplers or connections to make.
The stuff you can expect a smart phone to have these days is included too, of course:
Accelerometer that rotates the screen when you rotate the phone
Proximity sensor locks and darkens the screen when the phone is to your ear
Camera flash using an LED that doubles as a flashlight
Has a 3.5mm headphone jack to use standard headphones with
Speakerphone that's loud and clear
Calendar, mp3 player, themes to customize your screen, too much to list.
It's just a great phone, and it's only $50 at Verizon right now. I couldn't resist.
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