{"id":266283,"date":"2010-02-02T15:15:34","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T20:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/?p=55938"},"modified":"2010-02-02T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T20:15:34","slug":"picture-tour-of-palm-pre-plus-pixi-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/266283","title":{"rendered":"Picture Tour of Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>I admit it was exciting attending Palm’s press event at CES<\/a> in January. CEO Jon Rubinstein unveiled Palm’s roadmap for the year, consisting mainly of refreshed versions of the Pre and Pixi smartphones. The Pre Plus<\/a> looks like the older Pre, with everything the same, save for a few minor differences. The Pre Plus loses the button below the screen that looks like a trackball but isn’t, and the “Orange” key on the keyboard is now a stately white. Oh, one other minor change — the Pre Plus now ships with the back that is compatible with the Touchstone charger (the Pixi Plus does not). The Pre Plus also sports twice the memory — 16 GB — as the original.<\/p>\n

The Pixi Plus<\/a> is like its predecessor, not surprising as the original Pixi has only been in the wild for a short time. The biggest difference in the Pixi Plus is the addition of Wi-Fi to the mix, a big improvement over the original Pixi that lacked it. The playing field between the two Palm phones was leveled a great deal with that addition, even though the Pixi Plus only has 8 GB of memory. The Pixi Plus is extremely light for such a capable phone. I believe it is the lightest smartphone I have used to date.<\/p>\n

At the press event Palm proudly pointed out that both phones have the Palm Mobile Hotspot, a tethering app that turns the phone into a MiFi-like 3G hotspot. Unfortunately, neither of the phones supplied to me by Verizon have the Mobile Hotspot software installed. I’ll have to find out what’s up with that. The feature is listed on the Verizon site at $40 per month, so they certainly intend to provide it. It’s a major feature and cost savings, as the same data plan for the MiFi is $60 per month.<\/p>\n