WiFi for the Sprint Palm Pixi

The main difference between Verizon’s and Sprint’s Palm Pixi is that the latter lacks WiFi. Given that the two devices are very similar otherwise, a radio board swap sounds like a possible idea.

An individual called gitit20 has now uploaded the video below to YouTube – it shows the process:

Strangely, the memory chip is on the radio board, and is socketed rather than soldered to the board. This could be done in an attempt to simplify repairs without data loss…take a look above to learn more about the hardware of these two devices!

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