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Verizon Palm Pre Plus Post #4: The Apps

Image and video hosting by TinyPic In this post, I’m going to focus on the mobile applications available on the Palm Pre Plus.

As a seasoned ipod Touch user, I love browsing through iTunes and downloading different apps– and yes, I do go for the free apps mostly. Palm offers the App Catalog. While it’s got some good applications, it could be improved.

I did like the many specific categories. Offered on the Palm Mobile Apps are Books, Business, Education, Entertainment, Finance, Food, Games, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Music, Navigation, News, Photography, Productivity, Reference, Social Networking, Sports, Travel and Weather.

While there is the official Facebook App and a few Twitter Apps (some free, most retail for around $0.99 – $2.99), I feel that the Facebook App and Twitter Apps weren’t as easy to navigate, once downloaded and installed, as similar apps on iTunes. I would like to see a version of TweetDeck for the Palm Pre Plus, because I love the version on the iPod Touch.

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The Books category is a winner. For $0.99, you can download classics like Pride and Prejudice, The Art of War, and Treasure Island. In this category, the Palm Apps Catalog shines.

Unfortunately, there are only 6 Preschool Apps for the Palm Pre Plus– which was too bad, because my two year old loves playing with the free games I can download on my ipod Touch. When she gets bored, I can download new ones. I would like to see the same thing on the Palm Pre Plus. New apps are being added every day, so I think things are going to get much better!

Disclosure: I am taking part in the Verizon Palm® Pre™ Plus Mommy Blogger Program and will be testing out the phone for the rest of this month on Mommies With Style.

Verizon Palm Pre Plus Post #2: Review

I picked up the Palm® Pre Plus last week at the Verizon Store and was really wowed. I am taking part in the Verizon Palm® Pre™ Plus Mommy Blogger Program and will be testing out the phone for the next month for Mommies With Style. While the phone is Image and video hosting by TinyPic terrific, I admit I’m little overwhelmed.

They’re called smartphones for a reason — and I was so excited I was able to turn my phone on and automatically see my missed calls, email, twitter and Facebook notifications at the bottom of my screen. It makes this SAHM feel in touch with the world! I love the touchscreen and also like that it also has a slide out keyboard. It also features multiple calendar syncing and a 3 mega-pixel camera with a flash.

Phone: I was impressed with the quality of the sound. It was much better than my basic Motorola Flip Phone model. The speakerphone can be accessed right from the touchscreen. In future posts, I will test it out with a bluetooth headset.

Use the touchscreen to select your contacts and to dial numbers. The cool thing is when you take the phone from your ear to hang up, the screen lights up and you can touch the screen to end your call. The phone locks when it’s not in use, so when you get a call, slide your finger up the touchscreen to unlock and answer.
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Verizon Palm Pre Plus Post #4: The Apps

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