Palm Pixi Announced - Latest WebOS handset

Palm announced the release of the Palm Pixi, the second handset in the WebOS family. The Pixi is a perfect blend of traditional Palm form and WebOS functionality, and is sure to be a success. The handset is intended as a lower end handset to the Pre, while delivering most of the same functionality. The LCD is noticeably smaller at 2.63 inches, but delivers a full qwerty keyboard below (think Palm Treo series). The unit maintains a small trim size and weight making it ideal to carry around with you. It's .43 inches thick, 2.17 inches wide, 4.37 inches long, and weights 3.51 ounces. Palm has incorporated a 2 megapixel camera, built in gps, 7 gigabytes of usable memory, and a 3.5mm stereo earjack. The biggest functionality it does lack is wi-fi. As with the WebOS, it integrates with facebook, gmail, yahoo mail, and your personal outlook email allowing you to keep up on all your messages. As with the Pre, the initial launch of this handset will only be available to Sprint customers. The Pixi should be a strong contender in the marketplace by providing a lower end handset that will attract more Treo and Blackberry users to make the switch. We can only hope in the future releases, this model will be released with wi-fi and on a GSM network.