Palm Pixi Plus GSM with WebOS, Touch Screen, 2 MP Camera and Wi-Fi - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.4 x 2.2 inches ; 3.2 ounces


• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)


• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.


• ASIN: B005BE0BNQ


• Item model number: Palm Pixi Plus GSM
  

By : Palm
List Price : $199.99
Price : $62.41
You Save : $137.58 (69%)

Product Description

The Palm Pixi Plus weighs 3.26 ounces and measures 4.37 x two.17 x .43 inches. Its 1150 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to five.five hours of speak time, and up to 350 hours (14.five days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as nicely as ATT's dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz HSDPA/UMTS).

 

Palm Pixi Plus GSM with WebOS, Touch Screen, 2 MP Camera and Wi-Fi - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black

 

Technical Details

• This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT;T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported.


• 3G-enabled smartphone with intuitive Palm webOS platform, touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, easy integration with Google, Facebook, LinkedIn


• Compatible with AT;T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions; free access to over 20,000 AT;T Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide


• 8 GB internal memory; 2-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


• It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint

Costumer Evaluations

I bought this unlocked telephone to see me via the rest of my present cell telephone contract just after my simple non-smart phone gave up on life. The main factors that attracted me to this telephone was qwerty keyboard, the price tag tag and the wifi capabilities. I don't at the moment have a data strategy and did not want to get one particular, but reside in a city where there's free of charge wifi readily available just about everywhere.

I've had this telephone for just more than a week and right here are my primary troubles:

Wifi/3G:

The first factor the telephone requires you do to is to set up an Palm profile. The phone will automatically connect to 3G and utilizes data to do this. The phone also often checks for updates and if you set up your e-mail through the telephone it'll frequently check in to give you up to date emails. I bet these are neat functions if you have an unlimited information program, but if you have something less than unlimited you need to be conscious of the frequent updates and backups that will drain your information and cause you to go over. This is apparently a normal dilemma with ATT. You can turn off 3G and set the telephone to wifi which is what I've accomplished.

Alarm clock:

You can't sent alarms to go off on custom days. You can only pick ring when, every day, weekdays or weekends. In the end you have come across an alarm app that will enable you to set custom days if you have any requirements for custom alarms like I do.

The alarm occasionally will not go off but will only vibrate, even when you have it set to make a sound. If you hit snooze the alarm does not sound when it goes off once more but will vibrate only.

When the alarm is set the alarm notification shows up at the bottom suitable of your screen, rather than the prime left, like each other phone I've ever had, so you have to know where to appear. If the screen locks and you unlock it there is a perplexingly massive notification on the bottom of the your screen letting you know there is an upcoming alarm. I do not know why this is essential.

I ended up downloading an app to use as an alarm clock. I feel it's sort of stupid that I have to discover apps to replace the phone's built in functions.

Vibration:

I haven't discovered anywhere to adjust the strenght of the vibration. The vibration can be described as subtle, or discreet. It is weak to the point exactly where I didn't really feel the telephone vibrating when it was on my lap although I was driving. Not becoming able to really feel the phones vibration more than the vibrations of the automobile is really a drawback for me. This also implies that when the telephone is on the bedside table next to me sleeping head, quietly vibrating to let me know my snooze alarm is up, I do not hear it and oversleep for operate. True story.

Contacts:

When you have your e-mail set up and download a facebook app all of your e-mail and facebook contacts will automatically be imported to your speak to list. Instead of having the 30 or so phone numbers of men and women I programmed in prepared to go, I now have a list that is 100s of many people long. The list just alphabetized - you can choose if you want it by first or final name, but it doesn't sub-categorize where the contacts came from. It would have been neat if it just had a small tabs for facebook/gmail/simcard or one thing. If you try to clean up the speak to list by deleting all these extra folks the phone will tell you "facebook profile can't be deleted". You can, when you have the get in touch with card open go to preferences and set it to only show you names saved in your palm profile, or only names saved on your sim. I was seriously annoyed that it did not ask permission or give any sort of notification about this mass importing of contacts. Men and women I have as facebook pals only are there for a reason. If I wanted to call them I would have programmed their numbers into my telephone to begin with. I read up about it and and app named Supercontacts was recommended as a way to manage this overload of consumers. Once again, I consider it really is sort of ridiculous that you need an app to get your phone to be functional.

Palm Apps:

My only frame of reference is the apple app store we use for our Ipod touch. In comparison, this palm app shop is cluttered and clunky and difficult to navigate. You can sort apps into "hottest right now" and "new" and alphabetical, but I seriously miss conveniently becoming in a position to pull up the leading 100 cost-free and paid apps. I miss becoming in a position to group apps into categories like you can on the Iphone/Itouch - rather you just have an endless list of stuff. It's tougher to navigate and not really intuitive. It's difficult to search for apps that do a specific function with no realizing the name - the search doesn't autocomplete and commence pulling up items that you might possibly mean. I had to appear as various over the internet reviews and suggestions and then go back to my phone to look for these apps.

The only other problem I have with this telephone is that I wish I could have programmed it to have the screen wake up if I push any button. At the moment you have to touch the power button to wake the screen and then drag the lock icon upwards to unlock the screen. This is fine, but I miss that additional bit of customizing that my old cheapo cellphone had.

The phone is pretty rapidly, call top quality is great and there is a good collection of preprogrammed ring tones. It really is fairly easy to get made use of to despite the fact that I had to appear up what all the gestures had been plus I did not recognize the black element below the screen was element of the touch screen and where you swipe to the left to go back/minimize.

I'm pleased I got this phone considering that it really is a big step up from what I had (LG Neon - would not advise) but if I got this telephone from a cellphone provider as component of a contract it would be going back for a thing that's a bit way more streamlined and some thing where I can set custom days on an alarm clock. This telephone taught me that not getting in a position to set custom days is pretty considerably a deal breaker.

Update: 01/2012: I've grown use to this telephone and am enjoying it. The alarm function nevertheless sucks - even on the alarm app I downloaded it'll only ring when it very first goes off and all subsequent snoozes are vibrate only. I cannot be the only individual with this issue, proper?

In the comments individuals asked about if it comes with a data cable. The telephone had a cable that is a usb/micro usb in the box, with a wall attachment so you can charge the telephone either by plugging it into the wall or your computer system. It is the precise very same cord the Kindle utilizes, incase you happen to be not familiar with what a micro usb is. I haven't attempted to use this as a data cable, but when you plug it into a computer a message pops up on the screen that asks you "charge only or usb" and you can choose.

My present cell provider is ATT and they did NOT need me to buy a information strategy with the telephone. They call for you to get a data strategy when you get a wise telephone from them but apparently not if you just buy an unlocked one particular. The phone is branded ATT, and my sim card is with ATT, so I can't truly say if the telephone is in fact unlocked. I assume it actually is given that there are critiques on there from folks with distinct cell phone providers.

I would advocate this phone if you happen to be looking for a affordable compact telephone with smart telephone capabilities. I employed the wise phone capabilities pretty infrequently, and I can get away with charging it only just about every other day. A single of my favourite functions is the qwerty keyboard for txting. The only issue I've had with it in all the months I've owned it is that the m of the palm emblem on the back of the telephone peeled off. Nothing else. No complications with it freezing or switching itself off or dropping calls.

I have nothing bad to say about this item. Although it is listed as an unlocked device, the unit cannot be used without having a data program UNLESS the palm account activation is bypassed. Hp/palm offers an activation bypass tool beneath their developer internet pages that does this effortlessly, following running some programs you have to download. This approach took me about an hour, and I was hesitant at 1st because the Hp/palm web-site stated that inactivated devices would shed SMS and Telephone functionality (what wonderful is the device without these?!). Yet, I think that statement only applies to CDMA phone running an older version of webOS I lost neither. The only loss for an inactivated device is access to the webapps, but if you're seeking for a ton of apps, get an android phone or just develop them oneself.

I got this item for $81, and it arrived the Next DAY with my amazon prime account. For that value, exactly where else are you going to get an unlocked smartphone with a 600 mhz processor, 8 gb internal storage, 256 mb ram, and capacitive touch screen? Granted, the camera is lacking and the screen is on the small side, but for the cost, who cares. Battery life is average it went from 92 to 88 percent overnight, and 88 to 76 immediately after four hours of moderate use (texting, brief browsing over wifi).

Beneficial product.

UPDATE:

Just Purchased a further soon after giving a single to my sister and my SE Xperia X10 crashed (Not a phone I would advocate...) For those wishing to use this phone without a information strategy (Like Me), right here is the parent web page for activation bypass:

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Palm Pixi Plus GSM with WebOS, Touch Screen, 2 MP Camera and Wi-Fi - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black