UPDATED First Look: Palm Pixi, a Smaller, Less Capable Pre
Posted on November 12, 2009 |
UPDATED with battery specs
The Palm Pre has gotten a little brother, the Pixi. And as is often the case with younger siblings, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Pixi, available Nov. 15 from Sprint, feels at least a little bit inferior.
In design, the Pixi looks like a slicker and more modern version of the Palm Centro, the last phone to run the old Palm OS software. It’s very nearly the same length and width as the Centro, but significantly thinner and lighter. It’s a quarter-inch (6 mm) thinner and 1.5 oz. (43 g) lighter than the Pre. It runs the same Palm webOS and the same applications as the Pre.
The big question is, unless getting a very small phone is your highest priority, why you would want a Pixi rather than a Pre. The Pixi costs $100 after a $50 instant rebate and a.$100 mail-in rebate. The Pre costs $149. Amortized over the required two-year contract, with the cheapest offering being Sprint’s $70 a month unlimited data, 450 voice minute Everything Data plan, the Pixi works a out to $74.15 a month and the Pre to $76.25. Not much to choose from there in budgetary terms.
