Pre PLUS and Pixie PLUS

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http://www.precentral.net/palm-makes-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-official (http://www.precentral.net/palm-makes-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-official)

Following are key features and specifications available on both Pre Plus and Pixi Plus:


webOS - Allows customers to run multiple applications simultaneously and provides over-the-air software updates delivered automatically to their devices
Palm Synergy™ - Brings customers' information from the many places it resides into a single, more comprehensive view
Unobtrusive notifications and universal search
Palm App Catalog - Currently offers more than 1,000 webOS applications for download
High-speed connectivity
Gesture area - Enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
Full QWERTY keyboard
High-performance, desktop-class Web browser
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Integrated GPS
Robust messaging support (combining IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)
E-mail, including EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal e-mail support (Google Gmail™ push, Yahoo!®, POP3, IMAP)
VZ Navigator(SM) - Allows customers to get audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with others
USB mass storage mode
Proximity sensor - Automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display when consumers put their phones to their ears
Light sensor - Reduces power usage by dimming the display if the ambient light is dark
Accelerometer - Automatically orients Web pages and photos
Ringer switch - Easily silences the device with one touch
Removable, rechargeable battery
Multimedia options, including pictures, video playback and music as well as a camera with LED flash and a standard 3.5 mm headset jack
Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Additional Palm Pre Plus Specs


3.0 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Dimensions: 2.35" x 3.96" x 0.67"
Weight: 4.89 ounces
Additional Palm Pixi Plus Specs


2.0 megapixel camera with LED flash
Fixed QWERTY keyboard
Dimensions: 2.17" x 4.37" x 0.43"
Weight: 3.26 ounces
Availability:


Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com (http://www.verizonwireless.com/) and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning Jan. 25. Pricing will be announced closer to launch.
3G mobile hotspot is a separately-purchased feature added to a voice and data plan.
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[philpalm]

And tethering which Sprint took away from its Pre. Los Angeles times reported that Verizon will allow tethering up to five users via wifi.

Pixie on Verizon is plus because it will be able to use Wifi.

Pre is plus on Verizon because it will have the option of having 16gb.
Pixie on Verizon is plus because it will be able to use Wifi.

[Aces]

I'd also heard that AT&T was going to have 2 phones in the second half of the year. I'm hoping they'll be Plus models too. Has anyone heard more about this?

[scottl]

The Plus models also come with the TouchStone compatible back cover out of the box and there are new colors for the Pixi.

I haven't heard if the Plus models will be used at AT&T.

I hope Sprint gets a these (or better) models this summer. The Pre has finally made it to the featureset that make it acceptable for me to buy as a replacement to my Treo 755p. I still wish they'd add microSD and better PIM apps - like the ones they used for POS, but I know that's not going to happen.