The phones were considered the smallest "smartphones" on the market and are able to browse the internet, access Facebook and other social media sites, as well as online banking.

The original Pixi was announced on September 8, 2009, on Palm's official blog[2] and was released on November 15, 2009, on the Sprint carrier network in the U.S.

To access the battery and interior hardware of the phone, the soft-touch plastic rear cover is removable.

According to the information given, the Pixi features a 2.63-inch capacitive touchscreen with an 18-bit color 320x400 screen resolution Sub-HVGA display.

The hardware specs include a Qualcomm MSM7627 (600 MHz) CPU, Adreno 200 graphics, 8 GB of storage, 256 MB of RAM, 802.11 b/g Wifi and Bluetooth 2.1.