Palm Pixi: Palm’s next phone after Palm Pre

in Gadgets Tech News by Francis Simisim — September 11, 2009 at 12:00 PM | 6 comments

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I’ve been eagerly awaiting for the Palm Pre to be released here in the Philippines, it’s been released in the U.S. a few months back but still no news here. Anyways, while we’re all thinking about PRE, Palm is soon going to release a new phone called Palm Pixi. I actually really like it over PRE until…

– Palm Pixi –

… I found out that Pixi has no WIFI, which really was a shame as that was what WebOS was all about isn’t it? I mean there’s HSDPA or 3G but nothing but with free WIFI access all over that would’ve made a big difference. But aside from that I love that it has the full keyboard without sliding. It is also touchscreen and has all the same features as you would have with Palm Pre (other than the Wifi). But what’s really very interesting about this phone is that it can be personalized by changing back covers that are designed by different artists. It is also slightly thinner than the Palm Pre which fits nicely in our pockets.

Dimensions: 55mm (W) x 111mm (L) x 10.85mm (D) [2.17 in. (W) x 4.37 in. (L) x 0.43 in. (D)]

Weight: 99.5 grams (3.51 ounces)

2.63-inch multi-touch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color 320×400 resolution TFT display

High-speed connectivity

Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation

Exposed QWERTY keyboard for fast messaging

Robust messaging support (IM, SMS and MMS capabilities), including Google Talk, AIM and Yahoo! IM

High-performance, desktop-class web browser

Integrated GPS(8)

Multimedia options, including pictures, video playback and music, and featuring a 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash, and a standard 3.5mm headset jack

Email, including Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers), as well as personal email support (Google push, Yahoo! push, POP3, IMAP)(9)

Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support

8GB of internal user storage (~7GB user available)(10)

USB mass storage mode

MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

The first handset to launch with Qualcomm’s high-performance MSM7627™ chipset

Proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear

Light sensor, which dims the display if the ambient light is dark, such as at night or in a movie theater, to reduce power usage

Accelerometer, which automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective

Ringer switch, which easily silences the device with one touch

Removable, rechargeable 1150 mAh battery

Palm Pixi costs about $149 in the U.S. which is $50 cheaper than Palm Pre. After seeing this I’m more interested with the design that Palm Pixi has over Palm Pre (maybe because I use e71 which has a similar design), but I’m sure later on Palm is going to release a Pixi with Wifi. I think Palm is in a good direction with the new phones, it’s been talked about a lot. The only problem is the release of the phone here in Asia is freakishly slow, and by the time it gets here, it’s already outdated. Good work Palm with Pixi, I do hope you could do a faster release for us here in Asia.

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