Taking the next step toward rebuilding its lineup of smartphones, Palm announced on Wednesday a new cellphone called the Pixi.The Pixi is smaller than the Pre and made for texters.Palm also announced it was dropping the price of its Pre smartphone by $50 to $150, with a two-year service agreement and after a $150 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate.Given the name, the Pixi is aimed at younger customers than those who bought the Pre. The company said the phone would have a smaller touch screen and be slimmer than the Pre, but it would share many of the same features, including eight gigabytes of storage and GPS navigation capabilities. Like the Pre, the Pixi runs on the company’s new operating system, called WebOS, which promises speedy Web browsing.“It’s cute and it’s a lot of fun,” said Jonathan J. Rubinstein, chief executive of Palm. “Whereas the Pre is a little more serious.”
News source: nytimes
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