Were you a fan of the Pre's software, but didn't like the design? This seems to be the case with many people that haven't taken to the smartphone, but now Palm has you covered. Introducing the Palm Pixi. It is a sub-$100 smartphone that offers the same software as the Pre, but in a different design. Instead of the slider design that the Pre has, the Pixi is more like the Centro, with a candy bar design with a touch screen and a full keyboard underneath. The Pixi doesn't feature the center button to get back to your cards that you have open like the Pre, instead it uses the gesture area to get to card view. When it is available to get to card view, a light strip is present that lets you know that you can tap the gesture area to get to card view. The Pixi also features a 2 megapixel camera, 3G support, and the WebOS software that is also on the Pre. The main missing features form the Pre, however, are wifi and a 3.2 megapixel camera. The Pixi is aimed at entry level smartphone users, so these missing points are not a problem. Overall, the Pixi looks like it is going to be another great smartphone for Sprint, and it will be interesting to see how the reviews of this second WebOS device look.
Pixi hands on with Cnet.
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