Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus at CES, 2010
Palm had on display, their upgraded versions of the Palm Pre and the Palm Pixi at CES, 2010. Along with the addition of some new features, these new mobile handsets, have also got a "Plus" suffixed to their names. So the new mobile phones are called, Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus.
 | The Palm Pre Plus, carries with it the same touchscreen slider form factor with a QWERTY keyboard. The tactile response of the keyboard is supposed to have been enhanced in the new model. The "home" button that was located just below the screen has been replaced by a touch-sensitive patch, which when touched takes you to the home page. The memory has also been doubled to 16GB. This new device also has WiFi router capability and can allow up to 5 gadgets to connect to the internet at Palm hotspots. The battery life is also claimed to be increased but to a small extent. While the Palm Pre offered 5 hours of talk, the Palm Pre Plus is said to allow 5.5 hours for talk. Plus the standby time has been boosted from 300 hours to 350 hours. The weight of the new mobile handset has increased a little from 135g to 138.5g. The remaining specs remain the same. |
| The Palm Pixi Plus is actually the Palm Pixi with WiFi ability. The older model lacked WiFi. Like the Palm Pre Plus, the Palm Pixi Plus can also be used as a WiFi router at Palm hotspots with the ability to support a maximum of 5 devices. All other features are the same as the old Palm Pixi. While the Palm Pre did see a UK release after a US release, the Palm Pixi, shied away from the UK market. And at this point of time, nothing has been officially announced regarding UK availability and pricing. However, speculations are that the Palm Pre Plus will make it to UK stores some time later on this year. Both the 2 new smartphones are hitting the US market on 25 January 2010 with Verizon Wireless. |  |
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