Date Night – Picking Up My Verizon Palm Pre Plus

We have date night most Fridays. Sometimes we spend it with LB3 and Diva. Sometimes we spend it with TJ. Sometimes it’s just the two of us. That’s how it was on a Friday night, just the two of us. We were on our way to dinner while TJ was at a play and I told RB that I needed to run into the Verizon Wireless store for “just a few minutes”. Can you guess where I’m going with this?

I was going in to the Verizon Wireless store to pick up my new phone, the Palm Pre Plus. While we waited for our turn we spent some time looking at the phones on display, particularly the Palm Pre Plus. It is a very sleek looking phone. It’s rounded edges make it look quite modern and streamlined. The display phone was on one of those tether things that keeps it connected to the display but had enough give on it that I could pick it up and handle it. I was curious how it would look and feel with the sliding keyboard out, and wondered if it would feel heavy. Oops! I set off the alarm and one of the reps immediately came over to be sure I wasn’t trying to steal it. RB walked away, claiming not to know me. I saw him checking out all of the phones. Five minutes later it was our turn.

As it turned out the Palm Pre Plus I was buying was the first one that my sales rep William was selling. William was very friendly and helpful and even checked our plan while we were there, telling us we did not need to upgrade. I love a company that doesn’t always try to sell you something, telling you that you need more than you really need. That’s just one of the reasons I love Verizon wireless. The only hard part about the purchase was waiting to be handed my new phone. After we got the sale squared away I was taken back to the Tech area, so they could move my contacts from my old phone to the Palm Pre Plus. While EJ activated my new phone I tried hard to be patient. (I failed.) Finally I was handed my new phone.

The first thing I thought when handed the phone was “this phone is light!” The Palm Pre Plus weighs less than 5 ounces. I was also surprised how thin it was for a phone with a keyboard, measuring only 0.67 inches in thickness. It’s also pretty small, measuring 2.3 inches wide by 3.9 inches high. I was wondering a bit how I would do with a touch screen. In the past whenever I’ve gotten a new phone before I usually just press things until I know what’s what. The Palm Pre Plus forces the new user to go through a tutorial on how to move around within the phone. It doesn’t take long and it was really a big help. The main way of navigating the phone is with finger gestures. (No, not that kind.) A flick to the left takes you back. A flick upwards hides the current screen. It seemed easy enough but I’ve always had to click buttons for everything so I wondered how this adjustment would go.

Shortly we were ready to leave. I was looking forward to going to the restaurant, so I could feed the bottomless pit that is my husband and so that I could explore my new phone. We weren’t even out of the parking lot when TJ called, the play was over and he needed a ride home. Playing with the phone, as well as dinner, was just going to have to wait.

Verizon Wireless supplied me with the new Palm Pre Plus and are paying for 1 month of service and data plan, in order to facilitate my review. No other compensation was received. Please note that the opinions reflected in this post are based on my own views and opinions and have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.

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