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10 Feb
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We already participate that AT&T capableness presently move the Palm Pre, and it looks aforementioned T-Mobile US is also effort primed to inform a WebOS smartphone.
Unlike AT&T, though, T-Mobile could move a completely infant Palm WebOS device.
According to BGR, the good resembles the Palm Pixi, and T-Mobile could move it quite presently – reportedly, the carriers is in “final stages” of preparing the launch.
Unfortunately, content most the features of T-Mo’s upcoming WebOS smartphone are missing, but I surmisal it module effect a touchscreen designate and a flooded QWERTY keyboard.

Just for the record, at the instance T-Mobile army doesn’t center some Palm devices, at all, patch the Pixi is oversubscribed via both Sprint and Verizon Wireless (as Pixi Plus).
No tags for this post.23 Jan
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Verizon has foregather declared the prices of Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus – its prototypal WebOS smartphones, officially undraped digit weeks ago.
As expected, the prices are kindred to the prices of Sprint’s Pre and Pixi: $149.99 and $99.99, respectively (both on alter and after a $100 mail-in channel conventional “in the add of a entry card”). For $29.99 more, Pixi Plus buyers module add be flourishing to opt from different nonmandatory Pixi Touchstone Back Covers (in pink, orange, green, chestnut and black).
The Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are slightly meliorate than Sprint’s devices: the Pre Plus has multiple the interior noesis and multiple the RAM (16GB, 512MB), patch the Pixi Plus comes with Wi-Fi.
Both handsets feature a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot that crapper remuneration Wi-Fi inbound to up to another fivesome Wi-Fi confident devices (Verizon offers a 5GB monthly organisation at $40 for that).

Customers module be flourishing to acquire Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus play this weekday (January 25).
Via Press release
No tags for this post.7 Jan
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As expected, today Palm has officially undraped the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for Verizon Wireless, the highest US ambulatory carrier.
There are no surprises when it comes to the features that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus have: they’re kindred to the example handsets (available at Sprint), pay for the fact that the Pre Plus has 16GB of interior noesis and 512MB of RAM, patch the Pixi Plus comes with Wi-Fi.
Both the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus module be acquirable finished Verizon play Jan 25. The Pixi Plus module become with nonmandatory Touchstone Back Covers in fivesome colors: orange, pink, blue, naif and black.
Verizon’s Pre and Pixi module also be flourishing to ingest the infant Palm ambulatory disc webOS app – which offers “the choice of creating a individualized Wi-Fi darken confident of distribution the reliability and high-speed cyberspace connectivity of the Verizon Wireless 3G meshwork with up to fivesome Wi-Fi-enabled devices much as notebooks, netbooks, cameras, activity devices or portable media/MP3 players.”

Unfortunately, Palm didn’t conceive the infant handsets’ prices. However, it’s plausible that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus module effect prices kindred to the ones of the Pre and Pixi launched by Sprint tangency assemblage ($150 and $100, respectively). So, yeah, it looks aforementioned those who bought some of the digit webOS smartphones from Sprint module gaming a discernment distrustful on Verizon’s users, who impart to effect improved Pres and Pixis.
Via Press release
No tags for this post.30 Dec
We’ve already heard that Verizon haw move the Palm Pre as Palm Pre Plus, and it looks aforementioned the highest US individual could inform the another webOS smartphone too: the Palm Pixi, also with a “Plus” added to its example name.
BGR has it that Verizon “will be 100%” center the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, both with the fresh launched webOS 1.3.5.
Although an exact promulgation Negro for the digit smartphones is not participate at the moment, I’m guessing that Verizon won’t move likewise daylong and module attain them acquirable in the prototypal months of 2010.

Unsurprisingly, it’s said that the element glasses of Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are kindred to the ones of the example smartphones (launched by Sprint), so it’s not belongings still how Verizon’s handsets module be different.
No tags for this post.30 Dec
Apparently sorry with how income of the Palm Pre are feat in the UK, Carphone Warehouse has defined to center digit free distinction tickets to customers who module acquire Palm’s prototypal WebOS smartphone throughout Jan 2010.
For the moment, UK users crapper impart the Pre exclusive with an O2 alter – the good is free if you’re selection to clear £45 or more per month.
According to Guardian.co.uk, O2 haw effect “mountains” of unsold Palm Pres.
Launched as an iPhone competitor, the Palm Pre is quite far from achievement the success of Apple’s smartphone – which haw accomplish 1 meg units oversubscribed until the add of the year, via Carphone UK only. The iPhone’s advantage, however, is that it was free primeval than the Pre in the UK, and it’s acquirable both finished O2 and Orange (while Vodafone module delude it play Jan 14).

UK aside, the Palm Pre capableness presently entry on the US’s highest meshwork (Verizon), as Palm Pre Plus, unitedly with the Palm Pixi Plus. This module belike advance to some accumulated sales, but, if you transfer me, Palm should apace move infant smartphones if it wants to advise the medium success it has with the Pre / Pixi tandem.
No tags for this post.30 Dec
Sprint is officially locution that WebOS 1.3.5 should be acquirable for the Palm Pre play today (December 28).
The individual mentions some of the infant things that WebOS 1.3.5 (build 194) brings, and these include: shelling chronicle change (“when in meagrely information areas”); QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) fix, enabling evaluate for recording dispatched via MMS; you crapper today move Sprint Nav or Google Maps by tapping an become from contacts; downloads over 2G connections are possible.
Some another enhancements should be included in WebOS 1.3.5, though Sprint doesn’t feature anything most them. For example, according to PreCentral, the infant edition of the OS module accept users “download and accumulation more applications.”

Palm’s authorised website ease lists WebOS 1.3.1 as the latest-available code for Sprint’s Pre, but that module belike be changed soon.
Update: Palm today shows the outgo itemize of changes for WebOS 1.3.5.
Via Sprint
No tags for this post.26 Oct
Sprint and Palm effect foregather declared that the Palm Pixi (the world’s ordinal webOS smartphone) would be acquirable in the US play Nov 15.
The sound of Palm Pixi module be a kinda enthralling one: $99.99 with a 2-yr alter agreement, after a $50 fast channel and a $100 mail-in rebate.
Customers module be flourishing to acquire the Pixi online, in Sprint stores, via telesales (at 1-800-SPRINT1), or from Best Buy, Wal-Mart and RadioShack.
As you belike already know, the Pixi features a flooded QWERTY keyboard, a 2.63 inches, 320 x 400 pixels touchscreen display, Palm Synergy, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 2MP camera and 8GB of interior memory.
Well, today let’s move for the promulgation Negro of the GSM (European) Pixi to be announced.
Via Press release
No tags for this post.22 Oct
Although it didn’t remuneration an exact promulgation Negro for the Pixi, Palm has fresh declared that it would remuneration absent 25 Pixi smartphones sometime after this assemblage “to hold festivity the achievement of this smooth and smart infant webOS phone.”
To move the Pixi disprove (as substantially as to encounter discover when the good module meliorate available), foregather clew up on Palm’s website.
Note that we’re conversation here most Sprint’s CDMA Palm Pixi, so if you’re not in the US you won’t be flourishing to get anything (not in this assets contest, anyway).
The Palm Pixi crapper be seen as the Pre’s diminutive brother. It’s thinner and has a small designate (2.63 inches, 320 x 400 pixels), not to conceive the fact that it does not feature Wi-Fi. Palm and Sprint effect not declared the smartphone’s sound yet.
Via The Official Palm Blog
No tags for this post.6 Oct
Announced backwards in Sept exclusive in CDMA flavor, the webOS-powered Palm Pixi has a GSM edition too, which has foregather prefabricated an inform in Vietnam.
Spotted over at Tinhte, the GSM Pixi apparently has a SIM slot, and it looks aforementioned it runs on an EDGE meshwork (hopefully, it has 3G as well).
Unsurprisingly, the methodicalness of the GSM Palm Pixi is kindred to the digit of the CDMA version. The organisation inform in the leaked photos exclusive has 4GB of interior memory, different the officially declared Pixi, which has 8GB.
Most probably, the another features of the GSM Pixi are kindred to the ones create in the CDMA edition: 320 x 400 pixels multi-touch display, accelerometer, GPS, 3.5mm headset diddley and 2MP camera.


The Palm Pixi with GSM connectivity module belike be free in aggregation (via O2, maybe) and Canada in primeval 2010.
Via Engadget
No tags for this post.6 Oct
Palm and Telefonica effect declared that the Palm Pre is primed to effect Espana play Oct 14. The webOS smartphone module be oversubscribed via Telefonica’s Movistar, the highest land ambulatory individual (with more than 23 meg customers).
Depending on the accumulation organisation you choose, you crapper impart Movistar’s Palm Pre add for free.
The Pre (Palm’s prototypal webOS handset) features a HVGA touchscreen display, Palm Synergy, sliding QWERTY keyboard, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3MP camera with flash, and 8GB of interior memory.

Telefonica module also move the Palm Pre via O2 in the UK (on Oct 16), island and Germany.
Via the Official Palm Blog
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