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Wow, just wow!  Amazon now carries the Palm Pixi Phone with Web OS for $299.99 – $275 instant savings + $0 S&H = $24.99 shipped! This phone has a 8GB of storage, a 2MP camera, 3G connectivity, QWERTY keyboard, Sprint TV enabled, Bluetooth with A2DP, 350 hour standby time and touchscreen display.

Note, you’ll need to sign a 2-year agreement to get this deal.

Circuit City has the Palm Centro Unlocked GSM Smart Phone for $149.99 – $20 instant savings + free shipping = $129.99 shipped! This phone has a full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, touchscreen, Google Maps and is completely unlocked for GSM service.

It’s official: the Palm Pixi will hit Sprint on November 15th and cost $99.99 after a 2-year and $100 mail-in-rebate. That’s a pretty solid price considering it’s multitouch and includes a full QWERTY…

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Soon T-Mobile and AT&T customers will be able to buy a Palm PRE…for $715. That’s right, the unlocked GSM version of the Palm PRE has gone on sale from none other than Expansys-usa. Pretty much everything remains the same as the original version, except this one sports…

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It’s ‘happy, happy, joy, joy’ time for Palm PRE users.  In the waking hours of today they issued WebOS 1.2.1.  The 38MB update fixes syncing with iTunes as well as a bug that prevented some 2007 Exchange users from syncing with their server.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of Apple and Palm’s cat and mouse game.  Apple will issue yet another update to their iTunes application and once again break syncing with non-Apple devices.  Sure, WebOS users might get a month or two out of the latest update, but until Apple concedes, or Palm builds a better resolution you’re just gonna have to deal.

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If you bought a Palm PRE at full price just a few days ago, or even for $99.99 from Amazon, you should be kicking yourself right now. Letstalk.com now offers the WebOS phone for an ultra low $79.99 after a 2-year contract signing. Crazy? Perhaps, but this seems to be a good indicator that the PRE…

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It might lack all the robust specs that the PRE has to offer, but Palm’s Pixi is being touted as the thinnest phone to date from the handset manufacturer.

And like the PRE, it uses the same webOS, includes an always exposed QWERTY keyboard and inductive charging via the Palm Touchstone.  The back of the device is finished in rubber, or if you so chose you can opt for one of their artist series back covers.

Other features include a 2 megapixel camera, 2.63-inch LCD, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, 8GB of storage, Qualcomm’s MSM7627 chipset, proximity sensor, light sensor, accelerometer, ringer switch and weighs a respectable 3.51oz.

The Palm Pixi (aka EOS) will launch on Sprint sometime this holiday for a yet to be disclosed price.

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The fines folks of RBC Capital (never heard of them) surveyed 200 iPhone users and 40 Pre owners.  82% of the 200 iPhone users said they were “very satisfied” with their device, while only 45% of Palm Pre users said they were “very satisfied” with the device.  In all fairness the survey is a bit skewed since the sample pool is not equal and the Palm Pre is only on their first major iteration of the software.  In less surprising news, when iPhone users were asked “What do you dislike most about your iPhone 3GS” an overwhelming 55% responded with “AT&T’s Network”.  I find this particularly ironic since Sprint has long been held as the ‘worst carrier’ of the 4 majors and Palm Pre users biggest grip with their handset was “short battery life”.

Of note, I recently had a cell tower burn down in my neighborhood.  This has left my apartment with little to no signal in the last week (although as of writing this article I’m back to full bars), which for someone that uses their cell phone as their primary mode of communication can be frustrating to say the least.  It took a phone call to AT&T’s customer service for me to discover what the issue was, but I was very surprised with how AT&T addressed the issue.  The customer service rep actually took the time to speak with technical support and after a few minutes of waiting on hold came back and came clean about the matter.  But that’s not what really shocked me.  Today, about 3 days later, I received a call from AT&Ts technical support following up about the matter.  In the 14 years of having a cell phone (I’ve had one since I was 16) I’ve never ever received a follow up call regarding a previously registered issue unless I’ve asked for it.  AT&T went above and beyond to address my concern.  The funny thing was is that my signal died while on the phone with the technical rep.  Just before the call was disconnected I asked him if I should seek any retribution for lost service (I wasn’t forceful, after all they didn’t burn down the cell).  Within minutes the rep texted, yes texted me stating that they had added a credit of $20 to my next bill.  Wow! Another first for me and I bearly asked for it.  So, despite RBC’s survey I truly think AT&T is going above and beyond to clean up their customer service department.  I’m not sure if I got special treatment because I’m an iPhone customer and worth a good chunk of dough, but I think it’s fair to say I’m pretty pleased with AT&T right.  Hopefully in the future they’ll learn to use outlets such as Twitter, email and texting to proactively communicate such issues.

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I’m not sure how thrilled most people will be to learn that Amazon is now hocking Sprint’s version of the iPhone – the Palm PRE – but in case you’ve been holding out for perhaps a tax free purchase or just have a penchant for all things Amazon then you’re time is now. With a 2-year contract you can grab the webOS infused phone for $199.99 or plunk down $499.99 and walk away contract free.

This post was syndicated from PhoneDig

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My skepticism radar is going haywire, but apparently a hacker that goes by the name ‘Cleaner’ some how modded the Palm PRE’s WebOS to work on the Verizon Wireless network.  Calls and SMS are up and running, but data is still crippled.  Check the video after the ‘leap’ but it’s too bad the video isn’t a tad clearer, or should I say in focus.

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