Hot Phones, Hot Hotspot

Today’s the day. Go to www.verizonwireless.com or your local Verizon Wireless Communications Store to get a Palm Pre Plus for $149.99 or Palm Pixi Plus for just $99.99. Or better yet, get both. Through Feb. 14, buy a Palm Pre Plus or a Palm Pixi Plus and get a Palm Pixi Plus free (after a mail-in rebate).

There’s already some great buzz about the phones -- NYT’s David Pogue says “The polish and panache of both phones are phenomenal” -- but there’s one new feature that Pogue calls “a breakthrough”: the Palm mobile hotspot. It’s super-simple to use -- just one tap turns Palm Pre Plus or Palm Pixi Plus into your own personal Wi-Fi cloud. No need to look for a hotspot when you’re out and about, and no need for a USB connection. For $40 a month (on top of your Verizon Wireless voice and data plans) you can get up to five Wi-Fi-capable devices online at the same time.

Take Palm Pre Plus or Palm Pixi Plus for a test drive at your local Verizon Wireless store and see for yourself why Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky calls Palm webOS “a brilliant platform with huge potential to change the way you work and live with your phone...”

Paul Araquistain, Palm PR