Palm announced the Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus webOS smartphones for Verizon Wireless, which are based on the original Pre and Pixi respectively. Both phones have a QWERTY keyboard and a gesture area.
Compare to the original Pre, Palm’s new Pre Plus gets more RAM, from 256MB to 512MB, and more internal capacity, from 8GB to 16GB. It also replaces the physical buttons with touch-sensitive button. The Pixi Plus, on the other hand, gets additional WiFi support. The Pre Plus has a 3.1-inch 320×480 multitouch display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3 Megapixel camera with LED flash while the Pixi Plus comes with a 2.63-inch multitouch screen, a QWERTY keyboard and a 2 Megapixel camera with LED flash.
Palm’s new phones both feature built-in GPS with support for geotagging, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, Proximity sensor, light sensor, accelerometer and support for CDMA EVDO Rev.A 3G network. They run the webOS and support Palm Synergy. Mobile Hotspot function has also been added to them.
The Pre Plus is priced at $149.99 and the Pixi Plus costs $99.99. They are now available on Verizon Wireless.
