The first Palm device to hit the market running the firms new webOS was the Pre that is still a Sprint exclusive handset. Palm has today announced its second webOS device called the Palm Pixi.

The Pixi is a thin phone with a full QWERTY keyboard on the front of the device in Blackberry fashion. Palm is mum on the exact launch date but says that the Pixi will hit Sprint (sigh) in time for the holidays. The handset will operate on dual-band CDMA2000 networks and supports 3G EVDO Rev A.

The screen is a 2.63-inch unit with 18-bit color and 320 x 400 resolution. Email is featured with support for Microsoft Exchange and direct push mail. IM, SMS, and MMS messaging are supported and the Pixi has integrated GPS. A 2MP digital camera with LED flash is featured and the device has sensors for acceleration, proximity, and ambient light. Onboard storage is 8GB with 7GB of that amount user accessible and a 3.5mm headphone jack is offered. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP support is featured. Pricing for the device is unknown, but $199 is a good guess with the Pre dropping to $149.

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