Palm Pixi Plus
Last update : 19 May 2010
- Review by Pocket Lint
The new Palm Pixi Plus now comes in larger screen as well as new selection of bright colors! The palm pixi plus features a 2 megapixel camera with flash, WiFi, aGPS, and 8GB of storage. The Palm Pixi Plus now has selection of back covers’ colors such as; green, orange, blue and pink.
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Palm Pixi Plus Reviews
Pocket Lint reviews the Palm Pixi Plus and writes;
“Doing what you want is of course the main purpose of the OS and its certainly got a good look and very user-friendly feel to it. E-mail setup is a breeze – just your email address and password and away you go. Add this ease of syncing your data to the contacts and calendar functionality and you’ll find you are up and running very quickly.”
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LaptopMag reviews the Palm Pixi Plus and writes;
” Pros:* Compact design with fun back cover options * Very good keyboard* Responsive multitouch display* Can be used as mobile hotspot*Includes Wi-Fi. Cons:* Sluggish performance* Mediocre app selection* Smaller screen than Pre Plus”
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PCmag reviews the Palm Pixi Plus and writes;
“Wi-Fi Hotspot..This is an extremely cool feature; click on an icon on your Pixi, and you’re sharing out a password-protected Internet connection for up to five Wi-Fi devices. You can still use your phone, except to make calls. Palm says you’ll only get about three hours of battery life as a hotspot, so plug the phone in.”
PhoneArena reviews the Palm Pixi Plus and writes;
“The Palm Pixi Plus is a nice smartphone overall and is ideal for people who want a small device without sacrificing features – not to mention that webOS is easy to use. What could have made it even better is if it came with more memory and RAM, matching that of the Pre Plus, but it’s okay the way it is.”
SlashGear reviews the Palm Pixi Plus and writes;
“Changes have included improved enterprise support, more flexibility with IM accounts, and the introduction of paid applications to the App Catalog. Despite Palm’s best efforts, however, their download store still lags behind that of iPhone and Android, at least in terms of sheer app numbers.”
Mobileburn hands-on reviews the Palm Pixi Plus and writes;
“The Palm Pixi Plus is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera with flash, WiFi, aGPS, and 8GB of storage. Verizon Wireless also added a cool feature that lets the Pixi Plus double as a 3G WiFi hotspot. That means it will broadcast your EV-DO 3G connection over WiFi one so that up to five friends or co-workers can share your mobile broadband using WiFi capable electronics.”
Video hands-on review of Palm Pixi Plus by Phone Arena
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Palm Pixi Plus User Reviews
I would give it 5 stars if not for the poor battery life, by L. Mcconner (
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“I love this phone. It’s operating system is very intuitive and smooth. Also, the small size lends it a cuteness factor that is too hard to resist. Even though the keyboard is extremely petite I find it very easy to type fast and accurately. People have been commenting that the Pixi Plus is slower than the Pre Plus. I’ve played with both devices while in the Verizon store and while the Pixi is a tad bit slower it is still fast enough. The lag time is about 10 seconds or less. That is nothing; still super fast to me. This Verizon edition has Wifi, which is lacking in the Sprint model. Nice. From what I read the addition of Wifi should help ease the strain on the horrible battery..”
Really great phone for personal (non-enterprise) smart phone users, by M. R. B. “videcormeum”
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“Finally, the Palm WebOS operating system is superb. While other OS’s may have better or larger aftermarkets / application development communities, this OS is very easy and intuitive to use. I have not yet had to consult this phone’s user manual for any routine tasks. Everything just works. Additionally, the integration with major web services (Yahoo and Google especially) are incredible. The phone can accommodate multiple e-mail accounts with ease…”
Good with the bad. Overall, I do like it, by Tereza S. Murray
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“The phone has a lot of great features. The touch screen is great. The calendar is very easy to manage as well as the memo & task menu. The task menu & calendar have a notes section at the bottom of their page which is helpful. When there is an upcoming event in your calendar, you receive a reminder from your phone as well as an email reminder up to a day ahead of the event. When on a call though, I’m unsure of how to hang up with the first caller to change over to the second caller without hanging up on both or having both lines open…”
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Palm Pixi Plus Press Release
Palm webOS Arrives on Verizon Wireless’ Network With a Plus
Unique 3G Mobile Hotspot Feature Lets Customers Share with Up To Five Wi-Fi-Capable Devices
LAS VEGAS, Jan 07, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Today at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show, Verizon Wireless and Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) announced the Jan. 25 availability of Palm® Pre™ Plus and Palm Pixi™ Plus, bringing the Palm webOS™ experience to customers on the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless 3G network.
Palm Pre Plus has a large, vivid touch screen; high-performance processor; and slide-out keyboard. The Pre Plus keyboard makes for quick and easy typing, while the unique gesture area provides a sleek look and intuitive navigation. Pre Plus also comes with the Palm Touchstone™ Back Cover, making the phone compatible with the revolutionary inductive Touchstone Charging Dock (sold separately). Verizon Wireless Pre Plus customers will also get 16 GB of storage (approximately 15 GB user available) for applications and media.
Feature-rich, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus offer Verizon Wireless customers greater flexibility for access to the Internet with Wi-Fi. In addition, the all-new Palm mobile hotspot, a webOS app that can be downloaded from the Palm App Catalog, gives customers the option of creating a personal Wi-Fi cloud capable of sharing the reliability and high-speed Internet connectivity of the Verizon Wireless 3G network with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as notebooks, netbooks, cameras, gaming devices or portable media/MP3 players.
Social communicators and first-time smartphone buyers who want an affordable and customizable phone and instant access to messaging and Web content will love Pixi Plus. Customers have a host of options for personalizing their phones with the separately-sold Palm Pixi Artist Series Back Covers (www.palm.com/artistseries) and new color Pixi Touchstone Back Covers, which will be available in pink, blue, green, orange and black.
“The Palm experience is all about helping our customers stay connected so they never miss a thing,” said Jon Rubinstein, Palm chairman and chief executive officer. “We’re constantly enriching this experience with new features and innovations. The Verizon Wireless launch of Pre Plus and Pixi Plus is the next phase in delivering this unique Palm experience to more people.”
“The Palm webOS family is a great addition to Verizon Wireless’ robust line-up of smartphones,” said John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. “The outstanding capabilities and functionalities on both Pre Plus and Pixi Plus give customers a wealth of customization options to help them manage their lives. Customers get the latest technology from Palm along with the nation’s largest and most reliable 3G network for an unsurpassed mobile experience.”
Palm Pixi Plus Features/Specifications
Following are key features and specifications available on both Pre Plus and Pixi Plus:
* webOS – Allows customers to run multiple applications simultaneously and provides over-the-air software updates delivered automatically to their devices
* Palm Synergy™ – Brings customers’ information from the many places it resides into a single, more comprehensive view
* Unobtrusive notifications and universal search
* Palm App Catalog – Currently offers more than 1,000 webOS applications for download
* High-speed connectivity
* Gesture area – Enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
* Full QWERTY keyboard
* High-performance, desktop-class Web browser
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* Integrated GPS
* Robust messaging support (combining IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)
* E-mail, including EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal e-mail support (Google Gmail™ push, Yahoo!®, POP3, IMAP)
* VZ Navigator(SM) – Allows customers to get audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with others
* USB mass storage mode
* Proximity sensor – Automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display when consumers put their phones to their ears
* Light sensor – Reduces power usage by dimming the display if the ambient light is dark
* Accelerometer – Automatically orients Web pages and photos
* Ringer switch – Easily silences the device with one touch
* Removable, rechargeable battery
* Multimedia options, including pictures, video playback and music as well as a camera with LED flash and a standard 3.5 mm headset jack
* Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
* Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
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