Palm Pixi officially arrives on Sunday

Is it the phone designed to communicate on your terms: instantly, intuitively, and personally, or the phone you can customize to make it personal? Is it “an incredibly sleek smartphone -- or “an incredibly sexy piece of hardware.”

It¹s all of the above, of course (but you knew that). Palm Pixi is the newest webOS phone, packing in features like Palm Synergy, an exposed keyboard and a vivid multitouch screen, along with compatibility with Touchstone connectionless charging. And it¹s available Sunday on Sprint for $99.99 (after rebate and service agreement).

Want to see it in action? Catch a sneak peek of an upcoming TV ad over on our Facebook page.

Jon Zilber

Comments

[Nuno Maia]

When can we expect a pixi plus WIFI?
no wifi, no deal.

Just fyi i would jump into either a lowend pixi with wifi, or a highend pre2 with 800px res screen, microsd slot and gpu acess in sdk.

Right now the "offer" doesnt suit me (and i really wish it did)

[Schoch]

Under 30 bucks

http://www.everythingpre.com/blog/palm-pixi-under-30-at-walmart-backordered/2009/11/12/

[Joe Mulloy]

Who's idea was it to launch on a Sunday?

That said I think it will be a flop. There's no wifi, the screen is smaller and the lower retail price doesn't matter next to the enormous cost of the service.

I like my Pre but I'm always disappointed by the OS updates.

The Facebook app is awful, it has no functionality.

[mason makita]

just 3 MAJOR complaints of the Pixi:

1. lag (& lots of it)
2. no WIFI (palm fumbles again)
3. battery life so-so

please fix/address! u have a potential winner, yet some schmoe @ palm finds a way to screw things up!

[Leslie]

Wouldn't consider buying this without highlighted number keys. Isn't that a basic requirement?

[Cni]

When will be available unlocked Pixi (in Europe)?

[FK]

What about Europe? I'm getting tired of waiting!

[favol]

When will be available in Italy and the rest of Europe? In Italy we're still waiting for the Pre! Hurry up Palm!!! I can't wait forever!

[CRG]

@FK
Given the feedback on the new WebOS release (the next post on the blog), maybe we're lucky to not even have the Pre in most European countries...
I've already got tired of waiting... Sorry Palm, you've lost a customer here.

[cory]

I have a new one that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere yet... a notification that you have a voicemail or SMS message when the Pixi is in sleep mode.

It can't be that hard, heck, BlackBerry has it (small dig) I mean, flash the sensor bar light, or blink the keys... but if I miss the one an only tone/screen message and it goes back to sleep again I have no way of knowing if anything is there waiting for me unless I wake it. That just seems so silly to not have for this great beginning of webOS that we have here.

[Glenn]

Picked the Pixi up on Sunday and still can't believe how great my experience has been thus far in every respect (size, weight, battery life, snappiness, build construction, intuitiveness of OS, call quality, network speed, keyboard, EVERYTHING). So glad someone finally built a fully-functional smartphone that is not an enormous beast like the iPhone or TouchPro or Droid. Please keep this form factor and continue to release future improved generations -- I will be a lifelong customer if so because this device is almost perfect. Only complaint so far is that the charging/USB port cover takes 30 seconds to pry up and then it's almost impossible to jam the cord in while holding it back. Also, it's taking me a bit of time to figure out how to customize certain elements (launch pad, ring tones, speed dials). General critique of webOS pulling in too many junk contacts applies and it would be nice to have desktop PIM but that's about it. THANKS PALM

[drh]

Just visited a Sprint store to check out the Pixi. At a glance, I loved it. Problem is, I am a long time Palm user with Verizon. Why has Palm seemed to abandon their Verizon customers with nothing to upgrade to? I will not switch carriers, so I will eventually have to switch from a Palm product to something else.

[EddieButler]

I love my Pixi! Love the form factor and size. I didn't think I'd like it when I first saw pictures but it's awesome.

The only problem I have with it is this: After I've used my BT headset and then try to talk from the the handset, it doesn't automatically turn off BT mode and switch back to the handset. I'd think the phone would be able to detect when it is or isn't connected to a BT headset like my Blackberry did. Please fix it in the next release!!!

[Cheapp Mobile]

fyi i would jump into either a lowend pixi with wifi, or a highend pre2 with 800px res screen, microsd slot and gpu acess in sdk.

[Pat Young]

I am with drh. I love my Palm Treo and would hate to give it up, but would love the new technology. Why can't I get it on Verizon? Will not change to Sprint ever!

[Sheree and Nathan]

My wife just got her Pixi and these are some of the suggestions/ problems she wrote down:
1. She would like a way to move the cursor around accurately, right now it is pretty random when in the texts and emails... you end up erasing alot info sometimes.
2. Under the message slider in the call log, she would like an option to send an text message along with the cancel and delete options.
3. She and I (I have a Pre) would like to have an option to put the numbers in the contact list WITHOUT having to tap the name on the screen... I had this problem today!

[Sheree and Nathan]

I actually found the way to move the cursor after I posted here... the rest of the suggestions remain...

[Laurie Heidinger]

I got my Palm Pixie last July, 2010, and it has turned out to be the worst phone I have ever owned and I can't wait for my contract to expire with AT&T so I can get something else. It constantly freezes, I frequently get email error messages, sometimes it doesn't power off at all; sometimes I can't "wake it up." I have had absolutely no luck in dealing with AT&T and they just give me the run-around and won't send me a replacement phone. If anyone is interested in getting this phone, run don't walk away from it and get an iPhone instead.