The Palm Pixi and Palm Pixi Plus are multimedia

smartphone A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...

s, developed by

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. The original Pixi was announced on September 8, 2009, on Palm's official blog and was released on November 15, 2009, on the

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carrier network in the U.S. It was viewed as a successor to the

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and was Palm's second

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device, after the

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. The phones were considered the smallest "smartphones" on the market and are able to browse the internet, access Facebook and other

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sites, as well as online banking. 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

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(sometimes known as

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

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carrier network, and subsequently for

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, and was released on May 28, 2010, for O2 in the United Kingdom. The

HP Veer HP Veer is a slider-style smartphone designed and developed by HP, announced on February 9, 2011. The device runs on HP webOS, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and has a 2.6-inch screen. It was notable for its credit card-sized ...

is considered to be the successor to the Palm PIxi and Pixi Plus, after Palm was purchased by HP.

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

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with an 18-bit color 320x400 screen resolution Sub-

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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

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

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and

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. Messaging features include IM,

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and MMS. It features a 2-

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camera with

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flash,

proximity sensor A proximity sensor (often simply prox) is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. A proximity sensor often emits an Electromagnetic field, electromagnetic field or a beam of electromagnetic radiati ...

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2.1 (with

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stereo),

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connector, 3.5 mm headphone jack and 8 gigabytes of flash memory (roughly 7 gigabytes is available to the user). Like the

, 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

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MSM7627 (600 MHz) CPU,

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200 graphics, 8 GB 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 a separate back cover.

References

External links

Gizmodo Palm Pixi first impressions

Palm Pixi Specs

Palm Pixi Hardware Demo
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