I’m nearing my 2 month anniversary with my phone and I thought that since I’ve had some time to really get to know it, I would tell you some of my favorite features.

I’ve mentioned the apps before, but now I want to talk about the phone itself.

1. Google Maps- this came already on the phone and I am so glad that I have this. I purchased a GPS for my husband last year for Valentines Day and it stayed in my van for almost a year. Then one day, he took it away from me. (insert sad face) No more than a week later, I got lost and had to call him to help get back to somewhere I knew. But now that I have this on my phone, I think that I’ll be able to navigate things myself without having to call my husband to the rescue.

2. The Touch Screen Keypad-I love the touch screen. But I love the touch screen even more when it comes to the dialing. It’s easy, quick, and stylish.

3. Text- I absolutely LOVE how the texts come in IM form. You no longer have to open previous text messages to remember what you and the person were having a conversation about.

4. Email-When I was purchasing the phone, one of the first questions I had was if the phone worked with Yahoo because most of my accounts are from Yahoo. I had heard that the DROID wasn’t compatible (or didn’t like Yahoo) so I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to have to switch my emails over. Thankfully, it worked with Yahoo and even synced up my folders from each account. I also love how organized the email inboxes are. It’s so easy to check each individual email without worrying that your getting things mixed up.

Honestly, I could go on and on and on about this phone. With most phones, there’s a honeymoon phase where you absolutely love it. Then as time goes on, you start disliking it bit by bit until you are no longer satisfied and are looking for a new phone.

Not with the Palm Pre Plus. It is such a great, user-friendly, sleek, stylish, and functional phone. It truly makes my life easier and even a little more enjoyable. Instead of being stuck in doctors offices with nothing to do, I can whip out my phone and check emails, facebook, twitter, or even play a game.

In a nutshell, I would recommend this phone to anyone. I LOVE IT and I know you would too!

*Note- I received the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon free of charge, along with one month data service so that I could review and blog my opinions about the phone. However, all opinions and views are SOLELY mine and 100% truthful. The love I have for this phone may not be the same love that you would have for this phone but I definitely recommend you give it a try if your looking for a new phone.*

It’s no secret that I love to play on my new Palm Pre Plus.

Playing on Twitter, Facebook, Games, Reading Blogs, etc.

But one thing that I LOVE LOVE LOVE about my new phone is that unlike my old piece of JUNK, my Palm Pre Plus can not only receive the severe weather text messages with live links in them, it also allows me to view them.

I know what your thinking, why is that important to you?

Well, being from the South, severe weather is a big part of my life. Especially during this time of year. And when I say this time of year, I mean today.

My sister and our kids were sitting around after dinner, watching it rain and watching Spongebob, when I received a text message

stating that Shelby County was under a tornado warning. About that same time, the power went off. Had that happened when I had my old phone, I would have went in panic mode trying to figure out where in Shelby Co. the tornado was.

But thanks to my Palm Pre Plus, I was able to click on the link and go straight to the website telling me where in Shelby Co. it was. And guess what, it was right in my back yard.

So as you can see, the Palm Pre Plus is not only a great toy for Mom, it’s also a great tool to help mom keep her family safe. And seeing as how I live in a place that gets tons of Tornado Warnings, I’ll be using this feature a lot, along with my Accuweather app.

*Note- I received the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon free of charge, along with one month data service so that I could review and blog my opinions about the phone. However, all opinions and views are SOLELY mine and 100% truthful. The love I have for this phone may not be the same love that you would have for this phone but I definitely recommend you give it a try if your looking for a new phone.*

Did you know that not only is the Palm Pre Plus the most amazing phone I’ve ever had my hands on, but it’s also an MP3 player too?

Yup, it is!

I no longer have to take my cell phone AND mP3 player with me when I leave the house because now, my phone does both.

All I have to do is plug in the cord to my phone and my music is played right through my van stereo. And when I get a phone call, it automatically shuts the music off so I’m not driving down the road, fumbling with my phone, and trying to get the music to turn off. Good thing too, because it’s not like us Moms need any more distractions while driving. My kids distract me enough.

And just like most MP3 players, all you have to do is add the music from your computer or music store and it automatically organizes your music for you.

It lists the music by genre, artist, song, playlist, and album, making it super simple for you to find what you want to listen to.

I personally like to get a full list of songs and then just hit the shuffle button. This way, I get a variety of music that beats what’s playing on the radio any day.

Is your cell phone this cool? I bet it’s not.

*Note- I received the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon free of charge, along with one month data service so that I could review and blog my opinions about the phone. However, all opinions and views are SOLELY mine and 100% truthful. The love I have for this phone may not be the same love that you would have for this phone but I definitely recommend you give it a try if your looking for a new phone.*

As I’ve told you a million times already, especially if you follow me on Twitter, I LOVE my phone.

I love all the awesome apps available, the great service I get with Verizon, the ability to multi-task, and do just about anything I want.

One of my favorite things to do on my phone while sitting in carpool is catch up on blog reading. Because let’s face it, I’m always behind on that. I’ve even tried to go through and delete some of the blogs I never read and still, I’m always behind. I blame it on all the awesome blogs that are out there and my inability to only follow a few of them.

How do I do this you ask?

By using the Feeds Free app.

Feeds Free is the ultimate Google Reader client for the Palm WebOS platform. When you read an article on Feeds Free, your Google Reader is automatically updated so you don’t have to deal with deleting them in two different places. You can even email interesting articles or blogs to your friends and family using the app.

Another one of my favorite features on the phone is the Memo Board. Whenever I need to remember something and can’t find a piece of paper and a pen, I can now just grab my phone and “jot it down” so to speak.

Most mornings I sit down with my phone and list all the things I need to do. Then as I do them, I deletethe memo. This way, my notes are always with me (because I can tell you that I have my phone at my side at all times!).

Have this phone and are wondering how I took the screenshots? Just go to what you want to take a screenshot of then hold down the square, SYM, and P button. But beware that it doesn’t warn you it’s taking a screenshot and if you hold it down long, you will take tons of pictures.

*Note- I received the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon free of charge, along with one month data service so that I could review and blog my opinions about the phone. However, all opinions and views are SOLELY mine and 100% truthful. The love I have for this phone may not be the same love that you would have for this phone but I definitely recommend you give it a try if your looking for a new phone.*

One thing that made me want the iPhone, along with the internet capabilities, was the apps. It seems like no matter what your looking for or using, there’s an app for it.

And when I heard that this was also a feature on the Palm Pre Plus, I was super excited. As a matter of fact, I think the App Catalog was one of the first places I visited on the phone when I was playing with it in the store.

So, since I know a lot of people that have now purchased the Palm Pre Plus and have had people ask what Apps I use, I thought I would do a Top 5 Must Have Apps List.

1. Twee- Twee is the premier Twitter client for the Palm WebOS platform. You get notifications whenever someone tweets, mentions you, or sends a direct message. There is a Lite Version that is available for Free (I think), but I definitely recommend spending the $2.99 on the Full Version.
2. Facebook- If your like me, you are a Facebook addict. And this FREE app let’s you keep in touch with your friends all day.
3. Picture Tweet- This is a Twitter application that lets you easily tweet a photo from your phone to your Twitter account via Twit Pic. Price-FREE!
4. Feeds Free- One thing that I’m always behind on is my blog reading. Luckily, with this app, I can whip out my phone whenever I have a few minutes and catch up on some of my friend’s latest blog posts. Price- FREE!
5. Pandora-With Pandora Radio, you get to personalize your music and stream it directly onto your phone. Once you select an artist or genre, Pandora will create a station that plays music in that category. HOW COOL IS THAT? You get to have a radio on your phone and not have to listen to music that you don’t want! Oh, and did I mention that it’s FREE?!?

There are a few others that I use daily, but these are my MUST haves. Some others that I use are AccuWeather, Where, and Evernote.

Do you have a Palm Pre Plus and know of an app I don’t use that I must try? I’d love to hear from you!

*Note- I received the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon free of charge, along with one month data service so that I could review and blog my opinions about the phone. However, all opinions and views are SOLELY mine and 100% truthful. The love I have for this phone may not be the same love that you would have for this phone but I definitely recommend you give it a try if your looking for a new phone.*

Wednesday, I read on Twitter that the new Web OS update was available on the Palm Pre Plus.

Usually, I will put off updating stuff, but I heard that this particular update was one that you didn’t want to miss out on.

Why you ask?

Well, because along with the calendar and battery life upgrades, came something pretty awesome.

VIDEO CAPABILITY!!!! And not only can you record a video, you can edit it and add it to YouTube or Facebook right from your phone. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?!?!

I mean, how awesome is it that I can now just whip out my cell phone anytime my kids do something funny. I no longer can say, “If I had a video camera, I’d record this.” Because let’s face it, my phone is always at my side.

Could this phone get any more awesome? I think not!

In fact, after playing with my phone a few times, my Mother-in-Law even went out and bought one for herself. And you know what, you should too!

*Note- I received the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon free of charge, along with one month data service so that I could review and blog my opinions about the phone. However, all opinions and views are SOLELY mine and 100% truthful. The love I have for this phone may not be the same love that you would have for this phone but I definitely recommend you give it a try if your looking for a new phone.*