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Well, it's getting up there in age. $30 is awfully cheap though.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
don't forget the ridiculous 375 etf
I'd be afraid to switch to vzw.
webos web browser blows.. sorry.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/

It aint no iPhone...but 30$?!! hmmm...kinds sad.



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yes, it does. have u actually used them both?
the webos browser cannot handle scrolling as well and as smoothly as the iPhone.
i guess if u don't mind choppy screen with gray and white squares everytime u scroll, it's perfectly fine.
]]>May 3rd 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Overpriced. It should be free with a two-year contract. Better yet, they should give you $30 just for using it.]]>May 4th 2010 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
How old is this design now and hardware now?]]>May 3rd 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
I really like the design. Feels nice to hold in your hand. What they need is better internals, eg. faster processor, more memory, etc.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/While I agree with you, it's still a badass phone.
I would have liked a bigger screen and TV out \ better camera with SD card support but it's speed, ram, and software make up for not having those features.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Meh, I'd be happy enough if the original Pre "Coming soon!" claim on Palm's European site wasn't such a joke.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/ It's not even close to being as old as an iPhone 2G. The Pre on Sprint became available in June 2009 (iPhone 2G was a 2007 era phone). The internals for the original Pre are comparable to an iPhone 3GS. The Pre Plus discussed here has double the memory and storage space of the original Pre making it even more capable. Twenty-nine bucks for a great smartphone like the Pre Plus is just a steal especially with free mobile hotspot! ]]>May 3rd 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
The internals (CPU/RAM) on the Pre Plus are very high end. 512 MB RAM, fast CPU. Trumps the iPhone 3GS and is very slightly behind the high end Android handsets (Nexus One + Incredible have slightly faster CPU but same RAM).

WebOS is really good, the Pre Plus hardware is great, but given the choice, the new Android handsets seem to have more exciting features.

I can't believe Sprint is still stuck with the non-Plus Pre.]]>May 3rd 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/Yeah, its far better then the iPhone 3gs, btw how many did they sell, and just whats the difference in cpu?? And almost as fast as the N1 and other snapdragon Android phones? You're kidding right?]]>May 3rd 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Just to clarify, I don't have the EVO *yet*]]>May 3rd 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 4th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
so... yea]]>May 3rd 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
*20]]>May 3rd 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
well its 40/mo because you are looking at 10 for the line and 30 for the data. But 40/mo isnt bad at all for that i agree.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Nope, mobile hotspot is free on a palm pre plus or pixi plus!
See:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/01/verizon-mobile-hotspot-on-webos-devices-now-free/]]>May 3rd 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
right... but you still have to pay 10 for the line and 30 for the data fee... You just don't have to pay for hotspot anymore. ]]>May 3rd 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
I see. I am wrong. Not as good of a deal as I thought, but still pretty good.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Sadly, the markup is only about 50 bucks or so on most of these smartphones for the outright price. For the retailers that is. So if Verizon pays 550 for the phone they will charge 599 for the outright typically.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Nope, mobile hotspot is free on a palm pre plus or pixi plus!
See:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/01/verizon-mobile-hotspot-on-webos-devices-now-free/]]>May 3rd 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
But a $375 ETF....not so much.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
what's "ETF"? What if I buy a Pre Plus off Craigslist, do you know if I'm still looking at the same monthly VZN charges?]]>May 3rd 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/However, for those of us who don't talk a lot, and are broke, there is a verizon plan that sprint doesn't have: $55 a month for unlimited data and texting, with no voice minutes. Best you can do with sprint is the $10 SERO discount of the above sprint plan, so that's $60 a month. Which doesn't seem like a lot but even $5 over the course of 2 years builds up.]]>May 3rd 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/
Sprint has better plans than any other carrier PERIOD. Oh did I mention that Premiere customers can get upgrades every year instead of every 2 years....no thanks Verizon...I'll stick with Sprint.]]>May 3rd 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/]]>May 3rd 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/May 3rd 2010 8:23PM