Verizon Touts Apps For Palm Smartphones That Are Strictly Business PRESS RELEASE
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Verizon Wireless customers with new Palm smartphones can get down to work with a variety of applications running on the nation's most reliable and largest wireless network. Operating on the Palm webOS platform, both the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus, available from Verizon Wireless, were designed with the way customers use the Web in mind. Here's a snapshot of just a few of the apps available for Palm webOS users:
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- With more than 1,000 local trusted news sources, AP Mobile is the most comprehensive free news app, giving customers news, rich photo galleries and videos. Only read The New York Times? With this free app, customers can stay up to date on trends in business, politics, sports and arts and get the in-depth analysis only The New York Times can offer. Customers looking for more than just traditional news, including gossip, gadgets, sports and fan sites, can purchase NewsRoom for just $4.99. Tech-savvy customers interested in the latest smartphone news, reviews and hands-on looks at laptops, HDTVs, gaming and more can get the free Engadget app, the final word for news on gadgets and technology.
- Top Stocks Lite delivers customers free real-time stock market information with prices, line charts, news stories and summaries on each company and index in the United States and abroad.
- Expense Tracker can help customers track their balances on a day-to-day basis. For $1.99, Expense Tracker uses a powerful algorithm for the creation of recurring expenses and makes it easy to detect abnormalities so customers can start saving.
- The Weather Channel, a free GPS-enabled app, gives customers instant access to accurate and local weather details, including interactive radar and satellite maps, current conditions, and hourly forecasts.
Palm Pre Plus is available for $149.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and Palm Pixi Plus will cost $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, each with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers can find these apps along with many more in the Palm App Catalog located on Palm webOS smartphones.
