Palm releases Pixi ahead of iPod event

Seth Weintraub
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September 08, 2009
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Palm, as of midnight, took the wraps off of its new Candybar (not slider) smartphone for Sprint now officially dubbed the Pixi. Yes, September 9th is a great date to release a product but they might not get all of the PR they are after.  Again, Sprint may not match the iPhone but they certainly are in the "Best of the Rest" category.  Specs below.

 

Carriers

  • North America (US)
  • Sprint-Nextel

Radio type

  • CDMA
  • 1xRTT, EV-DO rA
  • 800, 1900

Display

  • 2.63 inches
  • Other (320 x 400)
  • LCD (Active, Color, Backlit)

Audio and voice

  • 3.5mm
  • Mono
  • Yes
  • Speaker independent

Size and weight

  • 4.37 inches (h)
    2.17 inches (w)
    0.43 inches (d)
  • 3.51 ounces

Comments (14)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 08, 2009 - 9:52pm

i like

willgt09 (not verified) | September 08, 2009 - 10:18pm

cut off that keyboard, then we'll see.
too bad you can snap off the back half of the Pre to get rid that awful '90s tech.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 08, 2009 - 11:08pm

Lol is that anabstract depiction of a clown fish on the casing, that subliminally aims to remind of the very first iPhone background?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 08, 2009 - 11:40pm

If the competition keeps driving Apple. I say more, more :-)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 2:40am

LMAO ! :-)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 12:06am

i actually bought a white iphone for the purpose of doing artwork on the back of it, like this...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 2:56am

And how did you fare then? Any pictures of it?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 3:02am

Isn't it Pixi not Pixie?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 4:17am

No, it's DIXI:
http://www.dixi-online.de/cms/index.php?id=1&L=1

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 4:27am

Interesting that there have been no rumours about this. Has Palm taken a page from the Apple secrecy act?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 4:44am

Screen keeps getting smaller. Its not a serious smart phone... just a phone. The Pre's screen was already too small. iPhone is as small as is practical on a real smartphone.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 4:55am

The front looks like shit but the back looks cool.

Jensonb (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 8:13am

This is a joke, right? That doesn't look like they actually remembered to design the damn thing.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 09, 2009 - 8:39am

Will they ever come to the UK (or even out of the US)?