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The editors liked
Pluses
Good interface
Web browser
Accurate multitouch zoom function
Slim
Lightweight design
WebOS is a decent platform
Keyboard better than the Pre
Stylish design
Light and pocket-friendly
Relatively speedy
Responsive touchscreen
Dinkier and cheaper than iPhone
QWERTY keyboard
WebOS is easy to use
If unfamiliar
Well designed
Comfortable in the hand
Surprisingly efficient keyboard
WebOS is intuitive
Great price
Useful keyboard
Excellent operation system and a slim profile
Small
Light
Runs webOS
Wi-Fi
3G
Clear
Vivid display
Qwerty keyboard
Well-designed
Beautiful user interface
Merges your info from social networks and the cloud
Good connectivity
Including 3G
Bluetooth and GPS
Subtle good looks
The editors didn't like
Minuses
Slow to start up / some random slowness
Battery life a downside of any multifunctional mobile
Not compatible with Flash
No memory card slot
Storage thus limited to 8 GB
Facebook app not very practical
Camera suffers from downgrade
Can't handly multi-tasking as well
Quiet speakers
Poor App Catalog
Smaller screen poor for browsing and watching video
App store tiny compared to rivals
Small screen
Sluggish processor
Poor camera
Poor choice of apps
A lack of apps and a mediocre camera.
Not as fast as we had hoped
Battery life not great
Very sluggish at times
Keyboard may be too small for some
Short battery life
No memory-expansion slot
App Catalogue is still painfully empty compared to its competitors
The Pixi Plus succeeds very well as a less expensive version of the Palm Pre, albeit with a smaller screen and slower processor. Palm’s webOS is a joy to use and media playback for both video and music is pretty decent, though no-one will be buying it...
Useful keyboard, excellent operation system and a slim profile
A lack of apps and a mediocre camera.
The Pixi Plus compares well with the iPhone when it comes to simplicity and being intuitive, and with a smaller chassis and a smaller price tag it's hard to beat...
There are many things we like about the Pixi Plus including its slick operating system, and nice form factor. However, its build quality isn't good enough, its keyboard is fairly poor, and it's overpriced....
Abstract: The Palm Pixi Plus has a superb operating system, is very intuitive to use and yet is quirky at the same time. The screen is a bit too small for good multimedia use, and the keyboard not the best to type on. Stylish? Yes. Ergonomic? Not really. Palm -...
webOS is a decent platform, Keyboard better than the Pre, Stylish design, Light and pocket-friendly, Relatively speedy, Responsive touchscreen
Camera suffers from downgrade, Can't handly multi-tasking as well, Quiet speakers, Poor App Catalog, Smaller screen poor for browsing and watching video
One of the better 'affordable' smartphones out there at the moment, the Palm Pixi Plus takes the best of webOS and makes it pocket friendly...
A pretty little phone with some good features for businesses and surprisingly competent web browsing, but poor battery life and a high price sours its otherwise demure appearance. ...
The Pixi Plus is a very nifty phone that boasts a full Qwerty keypad, a touchscreen and it runs on Palm's innovative webOS operating system. There are bits of it that need improving, particularly battery life and the app store, but overall we enjoyed u...
Well designed, Comfortable in the hand, Surprisingly efficient keyboard, webOS is intuitive, Great price
Sluggish processor, Poor camera, Poor choice of apps
A fantastic choice for a mobile user with less demanding expectations of a smartphone. It can do everything its big brother can do, fairly well, and the interface is a joy to use
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Published: 2010-05-25, Author: Jonathan , review by: channelpro.co.uk
Abstract: Slimmer, lighter and neater than the Palm Pre Plus, but afflicted with all the same problems. The Pixi Plus is the Palm Pre Plus’s little brother and the natural successor to Palm’s last budget smartphone, the Centro. It exchews the sliding keyboard of...
Abstract: Since Palm announced the release of the Pre and Pixi Plus models at the start of 2010, the company has been purchased by Hewlett Packard.What this will mean to the future of Palm remains to be seen, with some rumours suggesting HP was after the operat...
