Palm Pixi – Worth The Wait ?

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The market buzz and release date rumors about Palm Pixi are shooting up by leaps and bounds every day. Palm has clearly won the first part of the battle by getting mobile enthusiasts and business users lusting to get their hands on this one. So, why so much fuss around a smartphone when there are thousands of them already available in the market?

Is the Palm Pixi just another smartphone amongst the crowd? Or is it worth the wait to buy this phone - touted by many to be the future king of smartphones? Sprint gets the first mover advantage for Palm Pixi and it's leaving no stone unturned to generate a huge fan base for this phone well before it hits the shelves. The Palm website offers a link which allows mobile enthusiasts to be notified as soon the phone is available. There's no shortage of websites spreading rumors about the release date either; some claiming that it will hit the stores as early as 20th October, others claiming a Christmas release while some others even going to ridiculous extent that it won't hit the market before 2011. As to how true these rumours are, your guess is as good as mine

So, let's leave apart the rumors and dive deep into Palm Pixi and it's features. What is it that makes this phone so special? Palm has a great reputation for providing unmatched technology at very competitive pricing. Does this assumption hold true with Palm's latest offering? Let's take a look at the goodies first.

8 GB storage is much better than 4 GB, the more the merrier
Full QWERTY keyboard with typical Palm finishing
Great aesthetic looks (Artistic Series)
Palm Developer Network is gearing up to launch a huge range of interesting applications for Pixi

Like any other phone, the Palm Pixi has it's own pitfalls as well. It's a well known fact that while Palm is hard to beat on technology front, it certainly has a few lessons to learn as far as looks and styling go. Here is the list of things which could have been better.

No WiFi in a smartphone is a bit of shocker. Palm seems to have a habit of throwing in such nasty surprises once in a while
2 Megapixel camera with flash. The Palm Pre has a 3 MP camera.
Smaller screen as compared to Pre

On the whole, it's a complete package. There's no clear indication on the pricing as of now but Palm is considered to be fairly generous on that front so it's expected that the phone will carry as reasonable and affordable price tag. As to what that price will be, let's not spread any more rumors and wait for the official announcement. If you are obsessed with Palm Pre, chances are that you'll like it's younger sibling as well. If you can't spell WiFi, Palm Pixi won't disappoint you.

Just make sure you watch this space as we uncover each and every aspect of Palm Pixi in the build up to it's release.