- 3G-enabled smartphone with intuitive Palm webOS platform, touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; easy integration with Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and more
- Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions; free access to over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide
- 16 GB internal memory; 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music streaming; Wi-Fi-enabled
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 350 hours (14.5 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, inductive back, USB cable, stereo headphones, self-cleaning pouch, quick start guide, user manual
Amazon.com Product Description
Running on the Palm webOS mobile platform, the 3G-enabled Palm Pre Plus for AT&T 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 AT&T’s lightning quick HSPDA 3G network, the phone’s memory has been doubled to 16 GB. Additionally, with AT&T’s 3G network, you can make a call while simultaneously receiving … More >>
Its always a pleasure dealing with Amazon. They do exactly as they promise. The phone is really nice too. The problem is with AT&T. Their coverage is no better than the cheaper GSM alternative. I had frequent 0-2 bars of signal flip-flopping between 3g and edge. For the price their plans are, this is completely unacceptable.
Rating: 3 / 5
I received the Pre 10 days ago and I’m done. Amazon and AT&T were not the problem, Palm is. Fortunately, I only paid a penny with no shipping or activation charges, so there’s no sense in sending it back or asking for a refund
As a longtime Palm user, the calendar is entirely inadequate. It does not have color coded categories and I spent about $45 downloading software that would transfer my entire calendar into separate Google calendars by category. Palm displays multiple calendars in one view which sounds great, and the conversion to Google calendars seemed to solve my problem. Then, after spending that money, I discovered during a chat with tech support that there is no way to search the calendars for specific events. So if a client of mine asks when her next appointment it, there is no way to find it except to search day by day, and if I wanted to generate a list of past appointments, forget it. My Palm Treo can do those things just fine.
Other non-calendar gripes: The USB cord sticks out at a right angle when charging so talking on the phone while charging is a pain. Even if you use touchstone, you have to be on speakerphone which is not always appropriate. Battery life is less than my 3-year old Treo battery. Selecting text is cumbersome. It doesn’t have separate setting options for different system sounds. When I answer a call, I have to tap/drag multiple times before it will answer. The keyboard is tiny and flimsy feeling even for my very small fingers.
The final straw came today when the hardware malfunctioned and people on the other end of phone calls could no longer hear me. The online chat person took me through several rounds of troubleshooting and concluded it was a hardware problem and that I should return it for a replacement. No thanks!
Rating: 1 / 5
This phone is still cooking! I love it and the next Operating system update is going to bring even more goodness and coolness to the phone that no reviews have mentioned. There are some apps to load to further tweak the phone and manage it but its not hard. This phone has a fierce community backing it up and after 2 WEEKS dumping my old Blackberry curve, I have been very happy with how it works during my busy days running service calls and getting email from dispatch. One star off just because it data viz hasnt perfected the the PDF file app. Any PDF file made with adobe 4.0 will not open. 4.0 can be in computer program and used to send documents through email. I hope support is added soon for older acrobat 4.0 needs in the wild. I think there is an app that is supposed to help with this, and I am told Palm is working on it.
Accesories have also gotten cheap with the end in site for this hardware, thats great because we could all use a break. The next Palm phone might be a year away????? I seriously dont have a problem using this phone for the next two years. So far its been fast and a pleasure to use. My old phone was 2 1/2 years old and not a toughscreen but I am a power computer user and the like so if it makes me happy, well….. The typical demanding person should find it well done too. Keep it up Palm!
Rating: 4 / 5
I researched this phone for a while before buying.
Reviews on the verizon website make it look like the worst phone ever. technical problems like screen freezing.
The AT&T website has mostly positive reviews, so I was not sure what to do. I bought it on Amazon bc of the great price.
I love the phone. works great and the ease of use with applications is awesome. was easy to transfer all my contacts and calendars from previous version of the Palm (treo) to this phone. screen is good. camera is good. works great as a phone. internet works well. keyboard small but not hard to use at all, prefer to i phone keyboard and crazy blackberry storm. an extra charger at work or car is helpful. easy to find cheap accessories.
love this phone
as for the screen, it froze the first day whenever a call was made/recieved. i called palm help and there was an easy fix. if you use a screen protector and its not on flat and even, the screen will assume there is pressure against it and will go blank when making a call, and wont turn on until the pressure is gone. so you think it blanked out, but the phone is just waiting for you to hang up.
simple fix – remove/replace the screen protector. the one i had on was pulled up and bent in the corner. the phone works great now.
Rating: 5 / 5
I ordered this phone via Amazon Wireless as an upgrade from my Palm Centro and the shipment was prompt. My husband has the new iPhone 4 but is envious about the ease in which multitasking can be done on this phone. The notifications are top notch and Palm did a great job. The screen, the keyboard, the OS, and call quality all make this smartphone one of the best out there. Sadly, Palm isn’t marketing this phone enough. I would highly recommend this phone after using it for over 4 weeks.
Rating: 5 / 5