Limited Edition Palm Artist Series Due Early December

brian — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:37 +0000

One of the advantages of Palm Pixi is it's focus on look and feel. A large part of that feel comes from it's extremely thin form-factor. The look, on the other hand, may be due to the Palm's Artist Series plates.

Palm Pixi Artist Series

The Artist Series plates come in limited editions of 5000 - each signed and numbered by the artist. So to paraphrase Beyonce... if you like it, you better put a buy on it. With an average of 100 per state, there's probably a good chance you'll never run into anyone with the same phone. This individuality will set you back $50. That might seem steep considering you can buy the Palm Pixi for $30 at Wal-Mart. However, these plates aren't just about vanity. They are also Touchstone compatible. Just a plain black Palm Pre touchstone back cover runs for $23 on Amazon. So you could say that you are getting the style for about $27 (provided you actually use the Touchstone functionality).

If none of the designs really strike your fancy (the Red Barn is really the only one I like), there is good news. Once the original set is gone, Palm will release new designs and new artists. If you are on the fence about a design, you can ask them questions via Twitter. I'm not sure how all it will work, but it will take place at November 23 at 10:30 AM PT and I'm guessing you'll tweet questions with an @palm and a hashcode that has yet to be determined. For now it's just best to follow @palm and their blog and wait for more information.

Let's hope that someday, Palm will even take it another step and let you design your own via a CafePress-like process.

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Limited Edition Palm Artist Series Due Early December