Tag Archive: Palm Centro


Now that I’ve had the Palm Pre for a few weeks I’ve found some items quite annoying:

  • Undo Button – this weekend I decided to write something up in the “Memo” application so I could copy it out later.  The writing went OK – but when I went to copy the text over I clicked on the wrong thing and wiped out the whole memo.  That’s when I discovered there really isn’t an undo button (I even tried rebooting hoping it wouldn’t save…)
  • Copy and Paste is pretty rough – you can’t select text – it’s kinda all or nothing – like a URL,  the whole text of an e-mail, etc.  Doing more advanced editing isn’t very easy – something I miss from the old Palm OS
  • The battery life is not so great – as I sometimes have to charge during the day….
  • I occasionally get a “too many cards” error – even when I don’t have that many cards open…
  • The app store is decent – but not as robust as I had hoped – it looks like some developers are choosing not to release for WebOS….

Overall it’s still a good device with potential – and a major step up from my Palm Centro.

Recently I’ve been playing around with remote desktop tools – to get back to my home network.  It’s great having access back to your home PC from out of town -as that avoids the mess of trying to keep things synchronized.  I try to put things on my laptop but it’s just more efficient to put keep things on the home PC as that’s where I keep all my data.

I’ve tried and used a few services and here’s what I’ve found:

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Is it just me or is Verizon really going after AT&T – I’m seeing quite a few ads now that malign the 3G coverage of AT&T – and the iPhone as part of that.  Verizon now has their Droid – a Android (Google) based phone – that from what I hear is quite a nice handset.  Now those are some ads – they’re quite strange – kinda edgy.  But what I see more of is that coverage map of Verizon vs. AT&T.

I’m actually on Sprint – maybe because I live in their home area – but mainly because it’s affordable.  I’ve got my trusty Palm Centro that I only pay between $15-40 a month ($40 is if I’m tethering).  They’re costs are pretty reasonable overall – Verizon or AT&T would cost me more.  I think even if I upgraded my handset it would cost me more.  Ironically I think when I travel I may roam onto Verizon’s network anyway….

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