It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another Palm Press, our weekly look at the world of Palm. The new Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are already getting the review treatment, and the most interesting one is this one I found of the new Mobile Hotspot feature. Palm was justifiably proud when they announced the Mobile Hotspot capability, which basically lets you use the Verizon 3G connection with up to 5 devices at the same time. It basically turns the Pre / Pixi into a MiFi router, connecting to the 3G network and slinging the web to those 5 devices over Wi-Fi. Verizon charges $40 per month to use the Mobile Hotspot, so you’ll want to make sure you really need it to pay that price. This service has the same 5 GB monthly data cap on Verizon as other data plans so you won’t want to regularly feed 5 devices with data. Check out the review to see what they thought of the Hotspot, especially how it drains the battery. Really quickly.
There are now over 1,150 apps in the Palm App Catalog, so if you haven’t checked it in a while you may want to do so. It’s good to see apps continually to flow in, although trickle is probably a more apt way to put it.
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