Smartphones: happiness is in the Pre.

Keywords: Smartphones, Pre, Pixi, PALM, HP.


Palm is launching its Vatout the Pre and Pixi, two devices on hunting lands of the iPhone and the BlackBerry.

Palm Pre packed with innovations that require the outset as a serious competitor for the iPhone and the BlackBerry.

Qwerty keyboard slider, touchscreen multitouch, induction charging and new Palm operating system webOS giving the most natural gestures: Palm Pre full of innovations that require the outset as a serious competitor for the iPhone and the BlackBerry. Especially his little brother, Pixi, offers almost the same features at a price floor. For the record, Palm is a U.S. brand pioneered the market for PDAs since 1996. Unfortunately it has not reacted in time to face the growing competition. Just rachtée by giant HPShe counts on these two products back in the race.
Like a boulder, The Pre gave us a very good impression, Thanks to its sliding keyboard, triggering small mechanical clicks each button. Fast, fun to use, it has the new system developed by Palm, the first in our view to rival the usability of the iPhone. Developed around a set of maps representing the applications, it requires only a swipe of a finger to switch from one to another (it is multitasking), go back or remove software. This is a great success! All services run seamlessly, intuitively and menus appear in the fingers, where some competitors are lost in submenus prohibitive. It is surprising to surf the web longer than expected to enjoy larger web pages and photos at your fingertips the way the model of Apple.
The first wireless charging system

The Pixi, offers roughly the same characteristics as the Pre at a floor price

Palm offers a true synergy by bringing together information and discussion by the son of contacts used independently of applications (SMS, MMS, e-mail, calendar, ...). Facebook Finally, an online store offers 800 additional applications to download for the French. Although limited at the moment facing the 160 000 Appstore software, it contains some beautiful successes Need for Speed Undercover, The Yellow Pages or SFR TV. Finish with the most dramatic novelty: the induction charging. Simply rest the flat on its mobile base to recharge without the hassle with tedious connections. If it goes off, you can win by taking naturally to hand. Welcome to the future!
Slimmer, sexier, The Pixi presents the same advantages except the keyboard which is fixed and the size of the photo sensor. If we may regret the narrowness of the screen (difficult to navigate Google Maps with big fingers), one console with its miniaturization, which makes it a powerful tool pocket. Unfortunately, his communication is very average (deaf and resonant). Similarly, the camera produces very blurry pictures.
Out a few months ago in the United States, these two mobile met a critical success if not great commercial successes. They have yet seductive arguments, including the famous operating system. We advise the Pre resisters to the iPhone or those who simply do not bear the closed ecosystem of Apple. As to the Pixi, it is a good choice as the first smartphone. Both are available in France on SFR's website since April 27 (exclusively for six months). Coupled with a subscription, it takes 99 euros for the Pre and 29 for Pixi.

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Sheets Pre and Pixi:
• Screen multitactile 3.1 inch (Pre) and 2.63 inches (Pixi).
• System Palm webOS.
• Keyboard Full Qwerty.
• Internal Memory 16 GB (Pre) and 8GB (Pixi).
• 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB port.
• Photo 3 and 2 megapixels (Pre and Pixi) with flash.
• Accelerometer.
• Autonomy : Up to 5.5 hours (Pre) time (5.2 h for Pixi).
• Dimensions 10 x 6 x 1.7 cm (Pre); 11.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (Pixi).