14 DAY TRIAL // Starting with February 10th, mobile phone users in the United States have the possibility to pre-order the highly anticipated Palm Pre 2 smartphone on Verizon Wireless' airwaves.
Featuring a price tag of $99.99 upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier, the new device is the most appealing webOS-based smartphone available at the moment on the market.
The handset was officially announced last year, when HP/Palm launched it in Europe, and was available for purchase in the US as an unlocked, free of contract GSM device.
However, Verizon Wireless has now the CDMA flavor of Palm Pre 2 available for its customers, and those who would like to take advantage of HP's webOS platform.
The new device comes with the same form factor as Palm Pre and Pre Plus, while adding a more powerful application processor into the mix, and a series of other features as well.
Some of the main specs and capabilities of this handset would include:
- Slide-out QWERTY Keyboard With Touch Screen Features Easy-to-use, Responsive Palm OS - Twice The Speed - Pre 2 Is The Fastest Palm Smartphone Yet With A Speedy 1GHz Processor - Support Up To 5 WiFi-enabled Devices (3G Mobile Hotspot Service Included Free) - Customize The Palm Pre 2 With Your Favorite Apps - Universal Search Determines As You Type The Query What You Are Looking For and Where To Look - Switch Between Multiple Open Apps and Notifications Using Natural Gestures - 16GB Flash Memory To Store All Your Contacts, Photos and Music - Multi-task and Manage Many Open Apps At Once With Revolutionary Activity Cards - Advanced Web Browser - Adobe Flash 10.1 and HTML5 Enhancements The new Palm Pre 2 arrives at Verizon with a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back, Bluetooth capabilities, built-in GPS receiver, WiFi connectivity options, productivity and entertainment apps, multimedia player, and more.
Those who would like to learn more on the new webOS 2.0 smartphone, or to reserve one unit for when it would become available for purchase, February 17th, should head here.