Palm Pixi officially announced and coming to Sprint

Previously known as the Palm Eos and Pixie, Palm has unveiled their second WebOS smartphone, which is a candybar touchscreen phone with QWERTY keypad.

The Palm Pixi weighs 3.51 oz. and measures at 4.37 x 2.17 x 0.43 and is thinner than any other Palm device.

The Palm Pixi runs on WebOS and allows you to link info from Google, Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Yahoo and Linkedln with Palm Synergy. Palm Beta App Catalog also comes with the phone that lets you connect to social networking apps such as Yelp and concerts by iLike.

Below are some of the features and it looks like Wi-Fi is not included:

* 2.63 inch multi-touch screen with 320 x 400 pixels
* A gesture area below the display, enabling intuitive gestures for navigation
* Accelerometer
* Proximity sensor, light sensor
* EVDO Rev. A connectivity
* GPS
* Desktop-class web browser
* 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash
* 3.5mm headset jack
* Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP
* MicroUSB connector
* Qualcomm MSM7627 chipset
* 8GB of internal memory
* 1150 mAh battery

Palm Pixi will be available through Sprint first and should be launched before the holidays. We will also see the Palm Pixi Artist Series that has back covers designed by several artists.

Pricing of the Palm Pixi should be announced later this year.

via: Palm, Inc. - Thin Palm Pixi Phone Puts Fast, Intuitive Communication at Fingertips