Palm Pixi Plus user reviews (blue, AT&T)

Pros Easy to use, Multitasking, Palm Synergy, Customization, Wi-Fi, Small Size and design

Cons Battery Life, Small Keys (minor), Volume Level, Gets sluggish with heavier use, limited memory

Summary The Pixi Plus is small and thin and easy to fit in a pocket. For me this is one of the good things about this phone. It looks nice and is fits nicely in the hand. Everything on the phone is easily reachable.

The screen size is small but the Pixi makes up for it by using the screen space very well. The colors on the screen look good to very good depending on the brightness setting. Reading web pages and text are pretty good especially when flipped to landscape mode and zoomed in. You will find yourself doing quite a bit of scrolling though. The screen was still pretty readable for me even out in sunlight.

The physical keyboard sits right under the screen. It is great for me because I don't have to take extra steps to get to the keyboard and the keyboard doesn't take up screen space. The keys on the Pixi are small. But they are usable for all but the largest of fingers. I would say if you could type on a previous palm phone or blackberry phone then you could get used to typing on this phone.

Also under the screen but above the keyboard is the gesture area used for navigation and minimizing apps. It is very simple and easy to use. It becomes second nature in no time. And you are not hunting around the phone for back and home buttons. You also get a 3.5mm headphone jack, A micro-usb port, and a silence/ringer switch. The palm touchstone dock and back cover are sold seperately and are not necessary but they add a nice cool factor to the phone.

You only get 8gb of memory on this phone. I don't use alot of phone memory myself but it could be a negative for some that would like to expand the memory.

Now lets start talking about the best part of this phone which is webos. Now WebOS is a great user interface and here is why: simplicity. What makes WebOS great is that once you learn the phone everything is second nature. No thinking about it. You just do it. Now part one is gesture navigation. Part two is the deck of cards multitasking. Part three is palm synergy syncing and unobtrusive notifications. I think that these three things make webOS one of the best mobile operating systems out there. In my opinion the user interface of WebOS is unmatched.

As far as features the Palm Pixi lags behind alot of the newer smartphones out there. The Palm App catalog doesn't have near as many app options as iphone or andriod phones. Also the Pixi lags behind in the hardware department also. It doesn't have the latest high def screens, High Pixel Cameras, or high speed processors. But the Palm Pixi has all the necessities that a smart phone would need. 3G, Wi-Fi, Email, Messaging, Social Netwoking, Calendar, and Syncing.

The Palm Pixi's call quality works very well for me. And I usally have at least a 2 bar signal. The speaker phone sound is hard to hear unless you crank it all the way up. The stock battery is enough to get you through a day.

The Palm Plixi plus is a great phone for me. I would recommend it for more casual phone users. Also look forward to WebOS 2.0 coming soon!!!!!

Updated on Aug 1, 2010

Product Info Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awb0mUNdiCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tj90q6kOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1abIXPwVBjo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4qwhrw45bM

Updated on Aug 12, 2010

3d gaming on Palm Pixi video: (needs webos 1.4.5 update)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XechNPxs_30