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Owners of Palm Pre in the UK and Europe are now able to download the latest version of Palm Pre webOS, which was launched in the US earlier this month. The Palm Pre webOS 1.3.1 provides LinkedIn and Yahoo! support for Palm Synergy, improved email and messaging, and Facebook for Palm. Customers can connect to a Wi-Fi network and click on the “Updates”application on their phone to manually download the software update.

The Palm Pixi is now available via Sprint. As a reminder, the phone comes jam packed with a 2.63-inch (320×400) touchscreen display, a 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash, a full QWERTY keypad, and access to the Palm Beta App Catalog, which includes entertainment and social networking applications like Yelp and Local Concerts by iLike. Sprint sells this cell phone for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Some folks at WireFly have posted an unboxing video of the Sprint Palm Pixi. As a reminder, the phone features a 2.63-inch (320×400) touchscreen display with a 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash, a full QWERTY keypad, and access to the Palm Beta App Catalog, which includes entertainment and social networking applications like Yelp and Local Concerts by iLike. The Pixi also comes with a rubberized back cover, which is scratch-resistant and durable. Watch the video after the jump.

Palm and Sprint have announced that the new Palm Pixi will be made available for purchase on November 15. The phone will cost $99.99 after the usual rebates that require you to mail them in. You will also need to sign a 2 year contract to get the phone.The phone will be made available in various places including Sprint Stores, Online, Best Buy, and Radio Shack as well as Wal-Mart stores in some locations.A quick overview of technical specs only shows what we already know in that it has a multi-touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard and is thin in form factor. The Pixi is Palm’s second WebOS device to hit the market after the Palm Pre that was released earlier this year.

Other features included in the webOS phone include easy movement between messaging, global searching, email, music in a multi-tasking environment. Palm describes it as being like flicking through a deck of cards. The Pixi obviously has a charger in the box, but the press release also points out that Touchstone can be used with the Palm Pixi. The Touchstone charger will set you backs another $79.99 along with $19.99 for a back cover to make the Pixi compatible with it.

Palm Pixi was already one of the hottest handsets around, and now they’re further heating up the market by launching some sexy skins. It seems like Pixi is clearly trying to lure the female customers with the beautiful artistic touch given by designer LA Sherri Bodell. The skins are so designed with metal beading that they resemble a woman’s couture and sleek figure. Girls, the designer Pixi is sure to further enhance your elegance.