I love you, Palm Pre

My husband and I recently bought new cell phones. To me, this was life changing.

You see, I lost my cell phone awhile back (which to be honest, has happened a few times) and instead of buying a pricy new phone I ordered a simple, used one off of Ebay.

And it’s served me well. But it’s so boring. And the camera doesn’t work properly. And our bill seems so high for what little services we have. Plus, we’ve been wanting to leave Verizon for awhile. (To be fair I should mention I love our Verizon Fios Internet and cable services at home. And their cell coverage is very good here – we’ve just had some customer service issues.)

Anyway, I’ve researched and researched for months. Comparing prices, talking to people, stopping at phone stores. And finally, I convinced the hubby it was TIME.

One of the biggest decision was whether we wanted Data services or not – Internet and email on our phone. Well, of course we wanted it. The real question was, how much were we willing to pay for it?

We finally settled on Palm Pre phones from Sprint, both with Data plans. Our bill is only $15 more per month then it had been. And we have more minutes, Internet, Email, really good cameras, touchtone screens, unlimited texting, a full keyboard, and insurance on our phones (did I mention I’ve lost a few?) Anyway … they are AWESOME.

It’s very similar to the iPhone, actually, (and this is mainly for my sister, Emily, who refuses to believe any other phone but the iPhone exists) however they

A. have a cheaper plan

B. allow you to have multiple applications open at once in a really neat format

C. have a real keyboard, instead of a touchscreen one

D. have a rounder, smaller shape

I will admit one major plus with the iPhone. The iPhone has tons of apps and the Palm Pre only has 30. But they’re working on more!

And there is one other thing, and I’d love to hear if the iPhone is better on this. I have noticed some spots where I can’t access Internet. Like traveling on a country road near Auburn the other day and actually in my home (although we can connect to WiFi there and still get it). Does this happen with iPhones?

Anyway, I just wanted to give this shout out to my new Palm Pre. It’s so much fun. And as soon as I figure it out I can do some blogging and photos from it.

Isn’t she cute?