The Palm Pre Plus, a review…

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Posted by Liz on Mar 29, 2010 in Cosas Interesantes/Interesting Stuff, Product Review | 5 comments

I have been given the opportunity to review the Palm Pre plus from Verizon Wireless.  If you’ve seen the comercials, they are advertising it as being “Smart” enough for moms.  Well, let’s see how smart it really is!

I’ve had a cell phone without an actual keyboard for SO long, I found it a bit of a challenge to get used to pressing buttons. It’s not too small, and not too big.  I love the fact the the screen slides up to reveal the keyboard, then closes to cover it up.  It helps to keep little fingers from touching anything!

Another thing that did concern me was that the buttons are small (again, I may just have to get used to it).  I’ve had a Smart Phone (with no keyboard) for the past 2 years, so I have to acknowledge that the Palm Pre gives you the best of both worlds.  And that Amigas, is A-ok with me. It has a pretty good screen size, and the touch pad is easily managed…I like that.

In the following months, I will provide reviews on the many uses that the Palm Pre has to provide for us, the busy mom. If you already own a Palm Pre, let me know what you like or don’t like.  If you want to know about a certain app, that you would like for me to try out… leave a comment letting me know and we’ll try to check things out for you.  This is for you, my readers.

Some specs…

• Palm webOS™ platform
• Touch screen with slide out QWERTY keyboard
• Wi–Fi Ready (802.11 b/g)
• 3G Mobile Hot Spot Capable
• HTML Web Browser
• Palm Synergy™ –See contacts, calendars, or conversations from multiple sources in one view
• Memory: 16GB Flash/512 RAM
• Bluetooth® Wireless Technology–(V 2.1+EDR)
• Music Player for MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, AMR, QCELP
• Gesture area –enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
• Universal search –Automatically start searching the phone or the web just by typing on the keyboard
• Email –Exchange ActiveSync support for corporate email, as well as personal email support (Google push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP)
• Instant Messaging for Google Talk and AOL
• VZ Navigator^sm Capable
• Assisted & Standalone GPS
• View Microsoft Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, and PDF documents
• Palm Over the Air Updates
• 3 Megapixel camera with flash
• Wi–Fi Ready (802.11 b/g)
• Music Player for MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, AMR, QCELP
• Download MP3’s from Amazon Music Store
• Speakerphone
• Total Equipment Coverage is Available

Stay tuned for more.

Disclaimer: I was contacted by Verizon Wireless to see if I wanted to review the Palm Pre Plus phone.  I accepted and received a phone to review for 6 months only.  Other than that, ALL these thoughts are my own.  They are in no way fabricated to promote the product. Other than getting a temporary phone, I am NOT receiving any kind of compensation.