The Palm Pre 2 was kind of quietly released on Verizon without much fanfare or excitement. It was the last “Palm” batch of webOS phones and devices, and I don’t think HP put much effort into promoting it and neither did Verizon with their piles of Android phones on the shelves. Regardless, if you’re one of the lucky few who owns the Palm Pre 2, you’ll be happy to know that HP has updated the Verizon Palm Pre 2 to webOS 2.1!

This update is actually a bit late, as it came out three months ago to those with unlocked Palm Pre 2. Better late than never, though, and the webOS 2.1 update adds things like:

• Exhibition (an app that showcases your phone while it’s plugged into a dock, seems like something that would be used in a cell phone store while the phone is on display).
• Voice Dial (self-explanatory)
• Support for Bluetooth Keyboards
• Changes to backup (If you pack up your phone’s data to your Palm profile, it now will backup call history, text messages and instant messages. MMS messages are not backed up.)
• Email fixes (Some general fixes to bugs in the way that webOS handled email. Things like how a music file is handed after being downloaded as an attachment and how reply emails are formatted)
• Messaging (Your icon status now displays correctly after you retrieved a backed up messaging account  from Palm profile)
• Photos (Thumbnail images appear correctly in Wallpapers album)
• Tasks (You can now use a symbol as the first character in a search when searching for a task)
• Various security fixes

So, in general, nothing to get super-excited about, but a lot of smaller, important stuff that makes for a need-to-have update.

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Fresh From CTIA 2010: The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will both be available in the coming months via AT&T. Nothing changed but the AT&T branded apps which will be included in both phone. Technically, both brand new phones haven’t officially released yet but UV have some photos with the AT&T branding on it.

Recently, Sprint has cut its Palm Pixi to $49.99 after $100 mail-in rebate on a new two-year contract. the Pixi originally priced at $100, but with the 50% discount it will be a direct counterstrike to Verizon which has dropped the price before at $79.99. So if you want it you could buy it here

Verizon has cut the Palm Pixi Plus price by 20%, so now they retails it for only $80. The Palm Pixi Plus is a perfect smartphone for beginners who like highly customizable design, and you also able to choose limited edition covers that features artwork from famous designers.
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Palm Pixi Plus Specifications:

3G EVDO Rev A, Bluetooth 2.1,
WIFI
2.63″ capacitive (320×400)
8GB of storage
256MB of RAM (less than the Pre)
Processor: thought to be slower than the Pre
2MP camera + LED flash
GPS, motion+light+proximity sensor
3.26oz (92.5g)

Today Verizon announce the price of the two Palm phones- Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus . Its first WebOS smartphones, officially unveiled two weeks ago. The prices are very good . Not very high and not very low. The Pre and Pixi will be available for $149.99 and $99.99, respectively.Both on contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate received. For $29.99 more, Pixi Plus buyers will even be able to choose from various optional Pixi Touchstone Back Covers (in pink, orange, green, blue and black).  The Verizon Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are  better than Sprint’s because  the Pre Plus has double the internal memory and the RAM (16GB, 512MB) and the Pixi Plus comes with Wi-Fi. Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will be available starting this Monday (January 25).[UV]