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Now this could be a little confusing for those with a short attention span but please bear with me through the next description. So some folks over at Alacatel were brainstorming for a new smartphone. A lot of curses flew to Apple, HTC, Motorola, etc. for stealing all the ideas. Then someone realized that the Palm Pre was fading from public memory, so why not make one like that? I am sure they will forget about the strange sense of deja vu when they see that it runs Android and not the Web OS. Besides, it’s not like they are going to make it look good or anything. And they should also add some sorely missed buttons while they are at it. And tada! The Alcatel OT980 was born!

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When it comes to phones, the last few days have been particularly exciting. It seems like all the companies coordinated their leaks and rumors to be in succession or tandem. We have updates in the elusive HTC Dragon/Passion, the Sony Ericsson Kurara and even the Google Phone. Yes, apparently Google is making a phone. Plus, we have two super deals in smarpthones – Palm Pre and BlackBerry Curve on the cheap!

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After Making the smart phone market ecstatic with its much anticipated Pre, Palm has released a scaled down version named Pixi. It is being marketed by Cellular service operator Sprint. As of now, Sprint is offering the Palm Pixi for $100 post a $100 discount for two year agreement. However, the buyers looking for a better deal can search in the sites like Amazon and get it for around $50 less. Compared with the Pre, the Pixi is less feature rich, and that is what that straws the device’s main drawback.

It is evident that both Sprint and Palm has adopted a different marketing strategy for the Pixi, compared to its heavyweight sibling,Pre. Palm has opted for a low key advertising campaign and launch for the Pixi. The Pixi does not have a slider keyboard but offers a conventional QWERTY one. However, it looks quite elegant with its candy bar form factor. The keys are small but easy to use.

It is the second smart phone from Palm to feature the WebOS. It is quite evident that Palm has made this model for the budget conscious buyers who want to own a smart phone. Its 2 MP camera takes decent pictures but the flash is not of much use. The lack of WiFi is likely to offend some users. The Pixi will be loved by the users who like messaging a lot. However, those looking for a fully capable smart phone would have to look somewhere else. The Pixi was earlier said to be launched in September but its debut got delayed.

Palm, INC is one of the leading smart phone manufacturers in the world. They have recently introduced a new variety of mobile phones called the Palm Pre mobile phone. The Palm Pre mobile phones use the latest Palm WebOs application as its mobile operating system. No other mobile phone in the world incorporates this technology, so Palm Pre becomes the world’s first mobile phone to use this innovative technology.

Palm Pre comes up with a total package of style and class. It comes up with a firm hardware with intricate designs which provides it a stylish look. It has all the glamour quotients inclusive of user friendly interfaces. It has a HVGA liquid crystal display with a 32×480 resolution featuring a capacitive touch screen. Like other previous Palm phone’s this too comes up with a display device which doesn’t need a stylus to operate, instead it can be operated with fingers. It also has a sliding keyboard which is stylish.

It also houses an accelerometer which helps in changing the mode of display as it slides in the hand of the user. It also has a 3 mega pixel digital camera. It does not have a flash memory card slot, but it has an in-built memory of 8 GB. Depending on the location, Pre can be accessed with a high speed connectivity pairing with either EVDO REV.A or UMTS HSDPA. It also has Bluetooth connectivity, and 802.11b/g WIFI connectivity.

Pre uses an innovative technology called the wireless charging, which uses electromagnetic induction via a wireless charging dock. WebOS is the software used in Pre, it is the first mobile phone in the world to use this indigenous software. Pre keyboard is designed in such a way that one can easily and effortlessly send mails and texts. Users can easily develop many tasks like user defined applications and can implement them in their mobile. A large number of tasks can be carried out by the users such as browsing, gaming, phone calls, videos, photos, music etc.

Recently Palm has made an agreement with Telephonica, and they have joined hands which has lead to the launching of the highly enchanting Smartphone the Palm Pre in Europe. This phone will be introduced in countries like United Kingdom, Germany and in Spain on the very near future.

Palm recently this Smartphone in the Mobile World congress which was held in February. From that day onwards there has been a wide grown anticipation of its arrival in Europe. Recently in an interview, Mr. John Rubenstein, the CEO of Palm has stated that, they are very happy in introducing this successful Smartphone outside North America especially in the European market. He also pointed out that they are looking forward for a large customer base in the European market.

The price of the mobile phone has yet to be decided. Both the companies are aiming at bringing out a more reasonable cost in order to attract the European customers. Definitely by considering all the parameters, Palm Pre has all the possibility of becoming a big hit in Europe.