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Palm Pixie unveiled ahead of Apple's Announcement 09/09/09.


The Palm Pixie was unveiled on Wednesday, just ahead of Apples big music event 09/09/09 and one of the main distinct differences the Pixie has compared to its predecessor, the Palm Pre, is that it has a full qwerty keyboard The standard English language typewriter keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. Designed by Christopher Sholes, who invented the typewriter, the keyboard layout was organized to prevent people from typing too fast and jamming the keys. .

<strong>Here are some other key features of the Palm Pixie:</strong>

<ul>

<li>The Pixie features a 2 megapixel One million pixels. Refers to the resolution of a digital imaging device (monitor, scanner, video camera, still camera, etc.). For example, a five-megapixel digital still camera might take a picture composed of 5,038,848 red-green-blue color dots (pixels).  camera, rather than the Pre's 3 megapixel</li>

<li>Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) An acronym occasionally used to reflect an advancement in transmission or transfer speed. For example, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR provides a dramatic increase in speed over the previous version. See Bluetooth.  and A2DP</li>

<li>8GB of internal memory</li>

<li>2.63 inch multi-touch screen with 320 x 400 pixels</li>

<li>A gesture area below the display, enabling intuitive gestures for navigation</li>

<li>Accelerometer</li>

<li>Proximity sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems. , light sensor</li>

<li>EVDO Rev. A connectivity</li>

<li>GPS</li>

<li>Desktop-class web browser</li>

<li>3.5mm headset Headphones combined with a microphone. Used in call centers and by people in telephone-intensive jobs, headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Many people use headsets at the computer so they can converse and type comfortably.  jack</li>

<li>Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP</li>

<li>MicroUSB connector</li>

<li>Qualcomm MSM MSM - Micronetics Standard MUMPS 7627 chipset</li>

<li>8GB of internal memory</li>

<li>1150 mAh battery</li>

</ul>

Sprint has not yet released any official details as to when the Palm Pixie will be available to purchase. One thing that is for sure is that the Palm Pixie will be cheaper than the Palm Pre - probably because the WiFi service has been dropped, along with the camera quality.
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Date:Sep 9, 2009
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