But There’s A Catch Right?

Well Silly Of Course There Is

With all the smartphone fanatics all in a tizzy ever since the announcement of the coming Palm Pre cousin, the Palm Pixi in early September, speculation has been the name of the Palm game. Well, now we can all sit down and take a breather. Sprint and Palm announced today that the Pixi is finally officially going to be released on November 15th. But at the price of $99 there is bound to be a catch. And of course there is. It’s the “2 Year Contract-After Rebate Deal.” I ask everyone, “Is anyone else getting tired of having to be locked into a two year contract with Sprint (or anyone else for thatmatter) just to get a decent price?” I mean come on, doesn’t it get old after a while? Anyway, enough of my rant…

So What’s Under the Hood?

Well, it’s not about what it’s got, this time it’s probably going to be known for what it doesn’t have. So let me start there first. For starters, it doesn’t have WiFi. Really? No WiFi? Ok.. I guess we can manage. Well, it’s got a smaller camera then the Pre’s 3 megapixel. Which is actually kinda small in itself considering other 5 megapixel cameras out there. The Pixi only has a 2 megapixel camera, with the resolution at only 320×400, there’s not much that can be said about that.

And the Pixi loses 80 pixels in screen size too. Where the Palm has a half decent screen at 3.4, the Pixi only has a 2.63″ screen. I guess it had to make room for the non-sliding keyboard. That’s right, it’s an unprotected keyboard. But the upside to that is that the buttons are placed a little differently and because they are raised up a bit more, it makes for a bit more accuracy when it comes to texting and email. But we all really want to know is what kind of power doe it have? Well, I am going to have a problem answering that. Apparently when Sprint and Palm were asked that exact question about what kind of processor speed, Ram and app running capabilities, they pretty much declined to comment. So it makes me wonder, will the Pixi live up to the iPhone killer standards of the Palm Pre? I really don’t think so.

But What Does It Have?

Well, it does have the famous Web Os running the browser. Oh, and it still has all the other good stuff, like GPS and Bluetooth. And there is a new Facebook application too. The Pixi is a bit lighter and smaller than the Pre, so it makes it easy to handle too. But that’s about all it has, aside form the rubberized backing to make the texting and email a little easier to hold on to. And that would be the end of the list.

So What’s The Verdict?

Well, if you are still in high school, or if for whatever other reason your first priority might be texting and email, this phone is a keeper. But if you live in the real world, get the Pre. It seems to be a better deal anyway and comes with all the features and power the Pixi doesn’t seem to have. And it’s a whole $20 cheaper at Wal-Mart.

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