Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Palm, Pixi, Launch, Date, Price | Themes: Smartphones
Is it time for the Pixi to have its moment in the sun?
The Palm Pre has been in the news quite a bit over the last few weeks because of price drops and it seems Palm is determined to stay in the spotlight with rumors claiming the company's second WebOS phone, the Palm Pixi, will go on sale on October 20.
The Palm Pixi was announced at the beginning of September and at the time all we knew was that it would be available "in time for the holidays." However a recent report on BGR says we'll see the Palm Pre hit stores on October 20. This includes Sprint corporate stores as well as Best Buy locations presumably.
No word on price just yet but we're dying to find out how much Palm will sell this one for. When the Pre dropped to $150 we assumed somewhere around the $99/$100 mark. Now that Amazon and Walmart are both selling the Pre for under a hundred bucks ($99.99 and $79.99, respectively), we're interested to see how cheap this phone will be. In some circles the Pixi been pegged as a sort of poor man's Pre, with no slide out keyboard and a lower resolution screen.
Read more on the Pixi here.
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Wish they would drop the keyboard and extend the screen down to it where it was... Palm Pre is too thick with the keyboard and I'm fine with virtual. I can text faster on the iPhone than I ever could with some of my older qwerty or T9 phones.
Still waiting for the Pre 2, want them to fix the address book, it is currently to cumbersome to easily find contacts.
Tried using the Palm Pre... Didn't like the keyboard, not comfortable to type. Went with HTC Touch Pro 2 instead.
yea the palm pre looks identical to the HTC touch dual which is almost as thick as a brick
major7up: that does look nice, but how's the hinge?
er... ooops.. i mean tester24...
Proofread! The Pixi will hit stores on the 20th. The Pre has been out.
I bet if I would have replaced iPhone in my first posting with "Android" I would get a lot of +1. LOL.
I bet if I would have replaced iPhone in my first posting with "Android" I would get a lot of +1. LOL.
No, it's just that nothing beats the ergonomics and feedback of a good, physical keyboard (although virtual is more versatile, esp. for inputting non-Roman script).
Dunno about anyone else but I like physical keyboards 'cos I can type blind with them (ie know what I'm typing by feel, so I can concentrate on other things at the same time).
Hope ya'll got 20/20 vision. Small hand held devices require excellent vision. The fine print on a tiny screen is not very legible. Don't get me started on the keyboard.