Third party retails and different online sites are really taking a shining to giving both webOS handsets killer online deals. Wirefly is now offering the Palm Pixi for $24.99 with a two-year agreement and now Amazon has dropped the price of the Palm Pre to $79.99 with a new contract.

Soon enough we will be seeing larger retailers offering the Pixi up for free with the Pre coming in at around $50 or less. Palm had better have a few more handset up their sleeve because these prices are not making them look like a very strong competitor out there among other phones currently being offered. What happened to the days when smartphones cost you a pretty penny and they retained their value for a while?