Verizon might be the last of the 3 major carriers to launch the Palm Centro, but an exclusive cobalt blue coloring and a special edition of VersaMail should be enough to keep a few wandering eyes interested. According to Palm, the Verizon Wireless Palm Centro includes a very special version of VersaMail, build 104 Personal Edition. On Palm’s website it says that if you subscribe to Verizon’s $29.99 unlimited data plan that you should use VersaMail Personal Edition. The other version of VersaMail circulating on Sprint and At&t is build 103 which supports Microsoft Exchange.
The big difference between VersaMail Personal Edition and build 103 is that Microsoft Exchange support is missing which makes build 104 a downgrade in our books. It looks like Verizon is attempting to funnel non corporate users away from accessing a MS Exchange account even though the Palm Centro natively supports this feature. While you can still access the same personal email account types in standard VersaMail, VersaMail Personal Edition is still recommended for VZW subscribers only using POP and IMAP accounts.
- From your smartphone, press Applications. Select Email to open VersaMail.
- Press menu. From the Options menu, select About VersaMail.
- Tap the Palm logo on the touch screen using the stylus or your finger. Review the Build number. If you see Build 104, you have VersaMail Personal Edition. If you see Build 103, you have VersaMail software.
If you feel compelled to install the Personal Edition let us know if you find any improvements to the software in performance or speed. If you want to read more about VersaMail Personal Edition, click here.