Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Arrives On Verizon Wireless Network
Verizon Wireless has now put up the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus on store shelves, the Palm Pre Plus cost $149.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and Palm Pixi Plus cost $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, each with a new two-year customer agreement. Buy a Palm Pre Plus or a Palm Pixi Plus and get a Palm Pixi Plus free after a mail-in rebate through Feb. 14.
Both Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus come travel-ready with a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot – a Wi-Fi hotspot that can be shared among five Wi-Fi-capable devices.
Following are key features and specifications available on both Pre Plus and Pixi Plus:
* webOS – Allows customers to run multiple applications simultaneously and provides over-the-air software updates delivered automatically to their devices
* Palm Synergy™ – Brings customers’ information from the many places it resides into a single, more comprehensive view
* Unobtrusive notifications and universal search
* Palm App Catalog – Currently offers more than 1,000 webOS applications for download
* Gesture area – Enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
* Full QWERTY keyboard
* High-performance, desktop-class Web browser
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* Integrated GPS
* USB mass storage mode
* Proximity sensor – Automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display when consumers put their phones to their ears
* Light sensor – Reduces power usage by dimming the display if the ambient light is dark
* Accelerometer – Automatically orients Web pages and photos
* Ringer switch – Easily silences the device with one touch
* Removable, rechargeable battery
* Multimedia options, including pictures, video playback and music as well as a camera with LED flash and a standard 3.5 mm headset jack
* Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
* Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Additional Palm Pre Plus Specs
* 3.0 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
* Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
* Dimensions: 2.35” x 3.96” x 0.67”
* Weight: 4.89 ounces
Additional Palm Pixi Plus Specs
* 2.0 megapixel camera with LED flash
* Fixed QWERTY keyboard
* Dimensions: 2.17” x 4.37” x 0.43”
* Weight: 3.26 ounces