There's nothing better than a boot speed test to answer that question. Dull Geek pits the Palm Pre and the Palm Pixi again each other in a variety of tests. I recommend checking them all out and joining the discussion here. For now, let's look at his boot-up video to see what happens:

So, as the test shows, the Palm Pixi is a little bit faster than the Palm Pre (at least in booting up). The Palm Pre takes nearly 8 to 9 seconds more than the Palm Pixi to boot. Many people would have already expected it because unlike the Palm Pre, Pixi does not have WiFi. Nonetheless, the Palm Pixi boot time is as good as it gets for any Palm smartphone. It's not like anyone really picks their smartphone based on boot speed, but it's nice to know that that Pixi has a little edge here over it's big Palm Pre brother.

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Palm Pixi

The Palm Pixi, the newer model, has been praised for its keyboard because the phones design reverted back to the typical phone candy bar design. This means that the keys on the keyboard are permanently exposed because it’s not a slider like the Pre, but it also means that the QWERTY keyboard is elevated higher making the keys easier for the user to individually press.

A positive and a negative is the screen size of the Pixi. The size of the screen makes the screen harder to read due to the already small size of the Pre’s screen being decreased, but it doesn’t lose much in terms of visual clarity. If you can manage to squint at it some, the Pixi is no less powerful than the Pre in terms of screen quality and resolution.

The Pixi has the advantage of being the cheaper phone, but it’s unclear at this point as to how much the Pixi will actually cost. (Our guess is $99 after a rebate with a new contract.) The Pre is currently $150 which isn’t that expensive considering the alternatives on the market such as the iPhone, but a cheaper alternative is never bad.

Palm Pre

The most appealing thing that the Palm Pre has to offer that the Pixi doesn’t is Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi makes internet access convenient and easy no matter where you go, and it doesn’t help the Pixi’s case that Palm decided to scratch Wi-Fi for this model. You can buy a plan with unlimited 3G access which does solve the problem of internet availability, but this brings up the Pixi’s other fault, service providers.

While the Palm Pre offers many different providers around the world with Verizon soon to join the club in the United States, the rumor mill has the Pixi only offering service for Sprint users for the short term. This makes sticking with the Palm Pre a much easier endeavor as you may not even have to switch from your current plan to use the phone, and you don’t have to worry about getting unlimited 3G access.

The Palm Pre and Pixi are very identical in terms of phones; they’re almost carbon copies of each other in fact. The key differences between the phones are in their aesthetic differences, service providers, wireless access, and cost. Each of these phones has its advantages and neither is better than each other. Just remember to consult your needs specifically before making the final purchase. You can buy a Pre now and look for the Pixi to be released this holiday season.

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