The Palm Pixi and Pixi Plus are multimedia

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s, developed by

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, which was purchased in 2010 by HP. The device is viewed as a successor to the

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smartphone and was Palm's second

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device, after the Palm Pre. The phones were considered the smallest "smartphone" on the market and are able to browse the internet, and access Facebook and other

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sites, as well as online banking. The original Pixi was announced on September 8, 2009, on Palm's official blog and was released on November 15, 2009, on the Sprint carrier network in the U.S. The Pixi Plus was announced at CES in 2010. The Plus versions include

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and the ability to act as a 3G Mobile hotspot (sometimes known as

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). The phone was released January 7, 2010, for the

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carrier network, and subsequently for AT&T Mobility, and was released on May 28, 2010, for O2 in the United Kingdom.

Specifications

The Pixi has both touchscreen capability and a QWERTY keyboard with soft gel keycaps. To access the battery and interior hardware of the phone, the soft-touch plastic rear cover is removable. Palm, Inc. detailed the specifications of the Palm Pixi on the company's product web page. According to the information given, the Pixi features a 2.63-inch capacitive touchscreen with an 18-bit color 320x400 screen resolution Sub- HVGA display. The device weighs 92.5 grams (3.51 ounces) and is 55.0 mm (2.17 inches) in width, 111.0 mm (4.37 inches) in height and 10.85 mm (0.43 inches) thick. On board radios include GPS, Dual-band

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2000 and 3G EVDO Rev A data networking. E-mail supports Microsoft Exchange services and direct push, as well as

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, Yahoo! Mail,

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, AOL and Microsoft Outlook. Messaging features include IM, SMS and MMS. It features a 2

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camera with LED flash,

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2.1 (with A2DP stereo), MicroUSB connector, 3.5 mm headphone jack and 8 gigabytes of flash memory (roughly 7 gigabytes is available to the user). Like the Palm Pre, the Pixi features

, which includes over-the-air Synergy synchronization. The ''Pixi Plus'' has the same display as the Pixi. The hardware specs include a Qualcomm MSM7627 (600 MHz) CPU,

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200 graphics, 8GB of storage, 256 MB of RAM, 802.11 b/g Wifi and

2.1. It is capable of using

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(up to 3.6 Mbit/s) as well as GPRS and offers A-GPS for navigation and location services. The battery is a changeable 1,150 mAh unit with 5.5h talk time (2G) and 350h standby, according to the manufacturer. The sole camera is a 2 megapixel fixed-focus unit on the rear paired with an LED flash. Touchstone wireless charging compatibility is optional and requires an separate back cover.

References

External links

Gizmodo Palm Pixi first impressions

Palm Pixi Specs

Palm Pixi Hardware Demo
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