Representing sibling rivalry at its best, the new Palm Pixi retains much of the same functionality as its bigger brother (Palm Pre) in a smaller form factor and lighter design, the latter of which is partially attributable to not having to slide out a keyboard.
Built around the Qualcomm MSM7627 chipset, the Pixi boasts two ARM cores -- 1.6GHz applications processor with floating point unit and L2 cache, and a 400MHz modem processor -- integrated into a single chip, support for both CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A and UMTS HSDPA 7.2Mbps/USUPA 5.76Mbps, a 320MHz application DSP for multimedia supporting full 30fps WVGA encode/decode, 200MHz hardware-accelerated 3D graphics core with support for Open GL 2.0, a high-res camera, integrated GPS, and more.
In other words, it's a worthy successor to the bigger and somewhat more powerful Pre. Gizmodo, who has logged in some hands-on time with the Pixi, notes that "there wasn't a huge difference in speed between the two devices," though you'll have to make do without WiFi and 80 less pixels on the smaller display.
