Palm Dumps WinMo in Favor of WebOS

In a press release today accompanying Palm's first quarter earnings report, CEO John Rubenstein stated the following:

"Due to importance of webOS to our overall strategy, we've made the decision to dedicate all future develoment resources to the evolution of webOS. Which means that going forward, our roadmap will include only Palm webOS-based devices."

This is not necessarily the end of the Treo phone but it sure means Palm is betting all it's cards on the webOS platform. With the announcement of the Pixi, you can see a Treo-esque type design quality to the handset. We would expect all future Palm devices to carry the webOS platform exclusively and give Palm a serious edge in the coming 12 months of devices released with webOS.

VIDEO: Palm Pixi First Look

This is the first of two videos with hands on impression of the Palm Pixi, the new handset headed for Sprint this Holiday season. We will go into more in depth with the rock solid device with the next video.

Pixi Specifications:

- Carrier: Sprint   
- Available: Q4 2009
- Networks: Dual-band CDMA2000 / 3G: EvDO Rev A
- Display: 2.63-inch touch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color 320×400 screen resolution Sub-HVGA display
- Camera: 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash   
- Operating system: WebOS   
- Input: Touch Screen, full QWERTY keyboard
- CPU: Qualcomm MSM7627 chipset   
- Memory: 8GB of internal memory (7GB user available)   
- Memory card: microSD / TransFlash       
- Connectivity:    GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm headset jack, MicroUSB connector
- Misc: Sprint Music Store MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV   
- Media: Sprint TV MPEG-4, H.263, H.264   
- Battery: 1150 mAh battery       
- Dimensions: 111 x 55 x 10.85 mm (4.37 x 2.17 x 0.43 inches)   
- Weight: 99.5 grams (3.51 ounces)
- Other: Google, Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Yahoo! and LinkedIn.