Sprint announced today that it will begin to offer the Palm Pixi on November 15th.
“We are excited to offer the new Palm Pixi to our customers in time for the holiday season, and it’s a great addition to Sprint’s industry-leading device portfolio,” said Kevin Packingham, senior vice president – Product Development, Sprint. "Simply put, this phone is fun and easy to use; with its multi-touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard, it’s a great device for messaging and social networking at a price everyone can enjoy, and delivers so many of the great features people love about Palm Pre in a fantastic new form factor, making it a huge hit for consumers."
The Palm Pixi is powered by a Qualcomm MSM7627 processor. It comes with dual-band CDMA and EV-DO Rev. A connectivity, a 2.63-inch touchscreen display (320 by 400) with a ‘gestures area’ and support for multi-touch, a QWERTY keyboard, 8GB of internal user storage, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR with A2DP, a 2MP camera with fixed-focus and LED flash, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microUSB connector, and a 1150mAh battery.
Sprint will offer the Palm Pixi for US$99.99 after a US$50 instant rebate and US$100 mail-in rebate and a two-year service contract (with unlimited data such as Sprint’s Everything Data plans).