The Palm PIxi is set to be the new WebOS device and, according to Palm, will be coming out before the holidays this year. The phone, pictured above, is the thinnest and smallest smartphone that Palm has ever come out with and is meant to be a replacement for those who enjoyed the Centro so much.

It will be running the new operating system, WebOS, and also will have a lot of features its big brother the Pre has. Unfortunately, it will also be lacking some of the features too. Instead of a 3.2 megapixel camera like the Pre, the Pixi is equipped with a 2 mp camera. It also lacks WiFi. However, if you have great coverage then the internet should zip no matter where you are. I do see this being a problem though with the large updates that webOS requires.

The Pixi will be available on Sprint. This is good news for the company, who at one time was ailing from poor phone selection. It always seemed like Sprint would be the last carrier to get the trailblazing phones, now they are the first, or at least one of the first. Later this month, the carrier plans to release it’s first Android device, the HTC Hero. The Hero is also known as the MyTouch3G on the T-Mobile network in the United States. However, it lacks the MyTouch3G’s “lip” and is a solid candybar style phone. Sprint is also the only carrier in the United States to be offering any Palm webOS devices. Sprint is also beginning to expand its 4G coverage area; now it is in Atlanta as well as Baltimore.

I always get a little too excited when a new phone like this is announced. I don’t think I’ll be waiting in line this time for the phone since I already have it’s big brother. I would love to try out the Hero, but I can’t afford both the Hero and the Pre at the same time.

This phone was rumored to be called the Eos also. I think that some men will have an aversion to buying a phone called the “Pixi” just for their own reasons so I don’t know why Palm would want to alienate those potential customers rather than just naming the phone something that everyone could agree with.

Palm has started a new frenzy about a new an slim smartphone to run on WebOS. The phone set to come out after the Pre is supposed to have 4GB of storage, a 2 megapixel camera, and Bluetooth 2.1.

Some are calling it the Centro 2 and some are calling it the “mini-Pre.”

It is set to debut in the fall of this year, according to Engadget anyway.

In my opinion Palm should be more focused on the Pre and getting that phone out and publicized. The rumors are floating around that the phone will be coming out on May 17th on Sprint, coinciding with the season finale of Survivor.

Again, Palm’s success is riding on WebOS and the phones associated with the operating system.