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I've got more phones than fingers
You may already be experienced, but I wouldn't buy anything you might have difficulty returning. Use of credit card helps, too, as you can dispute the charges. I had a good impression of phonestore.com on ebay. Still want to get an E815.Originally Posted by Scabbard
Phone Collector
Not a smartphone? Works on Wi-Fi, has Bluetooth, takes and makes calls, sends and receives texts/SMS, sends and receives emails, takes and stores/sends pictures and video, surfs the net, plays music, sells for 30 odd dollars brand new, three of them fit in your shirt pocket, OEM accessories are dirt cheap, plus there's free apps for Angry Birds and solitaire.
Phone Collector
I would suggest the palm pixi plus. My whole family had it at one point and now 2 out of the 6 still have it for page plus. My parents got windows phones for page plus lol. As for me I use go phone with the iPhone so yeah I'm the only stubborn one in the family. but yeah all services work with the palm pixi plus. Idk about the other phone
Phone fan
chasham, I also noticed that the OEM accessories are cheap at Amazon. The PPP IS a steal.
Phone fan
I am thinking I will grab one these for my gal - her birthday is coming soon and I think this would be perfect.I would suggest the palm pixi plus. My whole family had it at one point and now 2 out of the 6 still have it for page plus. My parents got windows phones for page plus lol. As for me I use go phone with the iPhone so yeah I'm the only stubborn one in the family
Phone fan
Thanks to everyone for offering opinions here - I really appreciate it.
What I am going to do is find a Droid 2 for me, and get a Palm Pixi Plus for my gal.
You guys are great, this discussion really fixed me up.
Phone Collector
Well I have used the Pixi Plus for several months.
Pros:
-Small and pocketable
-Keyboard works surprisingly well
-Palm touchstone charging accessories available cheaply (I wish more phones supported this!)
Cons:
-SLOW! It takes 5 minutes to boot! Apps take forever to launch.
-Freezes often
-Errors sometimes when trying to download MMS (happened on multiple pixies). A reboot fixes the issue, but the MMS is lost.
-No current apps/useful apps available.
-Uses a lot of background data without explanation. I almost used all of my 100MB data just with the background data usage.
I really cannot recommend this phone based on my experience.
Phone Collector
There wasn't an option to just turn data off?
I've got more phones than fingers
Okay, few problems here.
1. You are exaggerating slightly. Boot is slow, not five minutes. Should be no need to frequently boot.
3. Memory full will slow down EVERY phone. This phone's memory is small. Just requires managing it and does limit what you can do. It will also cause many strange errors and freezing.
4. The apps situation is correct. Depends on the user.
5. Background, syncing, and/or data can all be turned off. Data management is required on any phone, including Droid 2.
Phone Collector
I am not exaggerating about the phone being slow. One time I had to wait a full 2 minutes just to get the camera app to launch!
Actually, I did need to reboot the phone frequently in order to 'fix' the problem that I was having with receiving MMS.
As far as turning off the data: Yes you can do this, but it is a pain and I don't want to have to remember to turn it back on when I want to use it. Besides, if data is off, then MMS won't work, right?
Also, I tried out the Yelp app to search for local restaurants and all of a sudden 10MB of data was gone! I really just don't think that the apps for this phone use data efficiently! When I used this phone, I would be very close to my data cap and would barely use any apps!
I currently use an iPhone now. I use it WAY more than I ever did the Palm Pixi and I use about 60MB of data per month....
Everyone has a different expectation from their phone. I was just posting mine. I see people disagree. This is fine, but what I posted above was my experience with the phone. As always, YMMV.
Phone Collector
Yeah it can be a pain with turning data on and off. I did it with my Samsung Fascinate and Droid Eris. And yes data has to be turned on for MMS. It's a pain but I always turned it on for MMS and when the message sent or I received a message I turned it back off.
I don't know how much data apps take up because I always had data turned off and most of the apps I had didn't require data. I'm assuming the "yelp" app was a "data" app. That's why it drained 10 MB of data. As for the phone freezing up 9 times out of 10 it's because your memory is full. Happened to me on numerous occasions. Had to delete some apps and it stopped.
I've got more phones than fingers
The phone is older, smaller, and slower than newer phones. But memory full can cause this problem.
Having too many saved messages can cause this problem.
Yes. I don't have the phone now but there may be a setting to disable background data only instead of all data.
May be background again. Also, Palm will backup your profile. I don't remember settings.
That's good. iphone's settings must better fit you. Pixi was not made to compete with iphone; doesn't mean it's no good.
Absolutely, and no one's experience can be contradicted. Yours wil be helpful to the OP.
Phone Collector
As far as the memory issue, I had several GB of free space left. I really did not have very much stored on the phone, so I doubt that the lack of memory was the cause of the slowness of the phone for me. My wife has the same issue with slowness and she only has the apps that came with the phone stored on there. If is just an old, slow phone!
Phone fan
Great thread. I'll keep the droid 2 in mind for down the line. Just bought 3 palm pixi plus. We aren't smartphone users. But, I have a feeling that my daughter and I could get in to it. I plan to keep data off on all 3 phones. That will keep my daughter from going crazy. I have always downloaded games/ringtones for her (she's a pre teen). Happy to hear about the two free apps, angry birds (or whatever it's called) and solitaire. She'd like that.
Mobile Pro
In response to the original post, here is my opinion based on experience:
The Palm Pixi Plus is an extremely popular phone on Page Plus service as it is fully functional and is tagged at such an affordable price.
The LG Ally is a decent phone overall, but nothing compared to the many other Android operating devices available. Plus, if you plan on purchasing an Android dated back to the Ally generation, you can snag a Droid X or Droid 2 for a comparable cost. Both the Droid X and Droid 2 will outperform the Ally on any given day. If the physical keyboard is a must - Droid 2 is your friend.
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