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Have you looked at the new Palm phone? [1] It looks like an ideal small phone, with a camera that, judging at least by the marketing copy, should be quite good.

Have you looked at the new Palm phone? [1] It looks like an ideal small phone, with a camera that, judging at least by the marketing copy, should be quite good. It's advertised as Verizon's exclusive, but at least in Europe you can get an unlocked version on Amazon. [1] https://palm.com/pages/product https://palm.com/pages/product

camelNotation 7y ago
Not only is it Verizon exclusive (or was, up until recently), it is not considered a primary phone, so you have to have a separate, regular phone on a normal line just to use it.
- nobodyshere 7y ago
  Wrong on both accounts. It is a stand-alone phone now.
- gregoryl 7y ago
  This might have changed recently as well; from the marketing copy: Unlocked Palm is a standalone device that works as a normal phone with supported carriers. However, Palm is also enjoyed by many users as a secondary device.
  - jachee 7y ago
    Please don't use code blocks for quoting. (Unless you also hard-wrap the quote at ~50 columns. The blocks themselves don't wrap long lines but rather are horizontal-scrolling, cut off, and annoying.)
    - Stratoscope 7y ago
      Don't hard wrap either. There is no fixed line length that works well on multiple devices. Instead, just use italics, perhaps with ">" prefixes: > Unlocked Palm is a standalone device that works as a normal phone with supported carriers. > However, Palm is also enjoyed by many users as a secondary device.
- dangus 7y ago
  That’s actually a weird quirk of this phone, even the Verizon one is not locked. The SIM card slot is still there but they make it weird to eject, too. You can use it with any old SIM but you’ll want to adb uninstall Verizon apps. I think they wanted the Verizon exclusivity money but know that the tinkerer type is more of their market. I did try this phone for a while and it was far too much of a toy. Even for the intended purpose the battery life isn’t enough to take away dead phone anxiety. The screen was sharp and surprisingly readable. Text was very, very hard to input. It’d truly be a good device if it was literally the size of the iPhone 4 instead of something smaller. At the time I couldn’t find any sort of convenient way to root the phone.
snthd 7y ago
32GB :-(
Arelius 7y ago
I bought one, tried to use it as a primary phone for a while, Super cute, everyone laughs when I spoke on it... it's just a little too little phone. My biggest complaint was the battery, It has much too little battery to be used as a primary phone, and the "secondary phone" idea is just a stupid one. Also, as far as features I do use my phone for, camera is important for me personally. And the palm palm camera is much to bad to be useful. I'm ok with how small it is, but I'd be happy with something quite a bit bigger, but Battery and Camera would be essential for me to use it.
bontaq 7y ago
I wish they'd do a new palm pre, it still is to me the best cellphone made.
hedora 7y ago
Has anyone had luck with the Unihertz Atom (2.45” screen, bulky due to the battery) https://www.unihertz.com/atom https://www.unihertz.com/atom It gets better reviews than the Palm. From what I can tell, Unihertz’s previous model (the jelly pro) was smaller, with battery problems similar to the Palm.

camelNotation 7y ago

Not only is it Verizon exclusive (or was, up until recently), it is not considered a primary phone, so you have to have a separate, regular phone on a normal line just to use it.

nobodyshere 7y ago
Wrong on both accounts. It is a stand-alone phone now.
gregoryl 7y ago
This might have changed recently as well; from the marketing copy: Unlocked Palm is a standalone device that works as a normal phone with supported carriers. However, Palm is also enjoyed by many users as a secondary device.
- jachee 7y ago
  Please don't use code blocks for quoting. (Unless you also hard-wrap the quote at ~50 columns. The blocks themselves don't wrap long lines but rather are horizontal-scrolling, cut off, and annoying.)
  - Stratoscope 7y ago
    Don't hard wrap either. There is no fixed line length that works well on multiple devices. Instead, just use italics, perhaps with ">" prefixes: > Unlocked Palm is a standalone device that works as a normal phone with supported carriers. > However, Palm is also enjoyed by many users as a secondary device.
dangus 7y ago
That’s actually a weird quirk of this phone, even the Verizon one is not locked. The SIM card slot is still there but they make it weird to eject, too. You can use it with any old SIM but you’ll want to adb uninstall Verizon apps. I think they wanted the Verizon exclusivity money but know that the tinkerer type is more of their market. I did try this phone for a while and it was far too much of a toy. Even for the intended purpose the battery life isn’t enough to take away dead phone anxiety. The screen was sharp and surprisingly readable. Text was very, very hard to input. It’d truly be a good device if it was literally the size of the iPhone 4 instead of something smaller. At the time I couldn’t find any sort of convenient way to root the phone.

snthd 7y ago

32GB :-(

Arelius 7y ago

I bought one, tried to use it as a primary phone for a while, Super cute, everyone laughs when I spoke on it... it's just a little too little phone. My biggest complaint was the battery, It has much too little battery to be used as a primary phone, and the "secondary phone" idea is just a stupid one. Also, as far as features I do use my phone for, camera is important for me personally. And the palm palm camera is much to bad to be useful. I'm ok with how small it is, but I'd be happy with something quite a bit bigger, but Battery and Camera would be essential for me to use it.

bontaq 7y ago

I wish they'd do a new palm pre, it still is to me the best cellphone made.

hedora 7y ago

Has anyone had luck with the Unihertz Atom (2.45” screen, bulky due to the battery) https://www.unihertz.com/atom https://www.unihertz.com/atom It gets better reviews than the Palm. From what I can tell, Unihertz’s previous model (the jelly pro) was smaller, with battery problems similar to the Palm.