Palm Pre 2 unlocked and sim-free QWERTY smartphone

HP WebOS 2.0

Amazing is just typing to begin virtually any activity. Amazing is multi-tasking without having to learn new rules. Amazing is hauling in all the information you can handle, and managing it without breaking a sweat. Amazing is making the impossible seem effortless. With HP webOS 2.0, you’ll experience the next generation of amazing. Pause a game, tap an email notification, check your calendar, read a restaurant review, send an email reply, then switch back to the game without closing anything. Now in webOS 2.0, your open apps are logically grouped together in card stacks, so managing multiple tasks is ridiculously easy. Sign in to your Facebook, Google, Microsoft Exchange, LinkedIn, and Yahoo! accounts, and information populates your Palm Pre 2 like magic. Facebook friends’ birthdays show up in your contacts. Work and personal calendars appear side by side. IM and text messages are combined into a single conversation. And with webOS 2.0, we’ve opened Synergy to developers, meaning you can pull more of the web into your phone.

Touchstone

The Palm Touchstone Charging Dock is the incredibly simple way to charge your webOS™ smartphone. And it’s only from Palm. Set your phone on the dock and it begins charging on contact, automatically shifting to speakerphone mode. Pick your phone up from the dock while on speakerphone and the audio switches back to the earpiece. The dock holds your phone in portrait or landscape orientation as it charges, so it’s easy to answer calls or watch videos. When your phone is not in use, Nightstand mode displays the time and incoming notifications. Run new apps designed specifically for the Touchstone Charging Dock. Exhibition launches when you place your phone on the dock, showing you anything from today’s agenda to a slideshow of your Facebook photos. Exhibition will work with compatible apps on your phone and more coming soon to the App Catalogue.

Advanced GPS detection

The Palm Pre 2 smartphone comes with built-in GPS, enabling location-based services in apps like Foursquare, Google Maps, Yelp, and more. With a tap, you can allow these apps to share your location or find things you need. Google Maps can pinpoint your location and help you find places of interest around you. The closest restaurant, for example. You can get directions from point A to point B, switch to satellite view, or see current traffic conditions with a simple tap.

Shoot! Edit! Share!

Your Palm Pre 2 smartphone captures video so you never miss a moment. One tap of the video icon in the camera app and your phone becomes a video camera. Another tap starts and stops recording. It’s that easy. Play back your footage on the spot. Record too much or make a mistake? Trim your clip to the length you want simply by dragging the editing handles. You don’t need additional software or your computer. The editing tools are built right in. You don’t have to wait to share video, either. Upload your finished masterpiece directly to YouTube or Facebook, or send it through email or messaging. All it takes is a tap.

Real websites – viewed your way.

The web browser on your Palm Pre 2 smartphone isn’t a mobile browser that only shows text or watered-down versions of websites. It displays full HTML sites just like on your Mac or PC. Play video. Upload photos. Do online banking. On a Palm Pre 2 phone there’s almost nothing you can’t do. Read news articles in portrait mode. Flip your phone to landscape mode to view photos and videos. With Palm Pre 2, you use simple gestures on the multitouch screen to scroll, zoom in, or zoom out on web pages. You don’t have to compromise to carry the web with you.

That’s hot!

Quickly turn your smartphone into a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five devices. Enjoy mobile Internet access for your laptop while on the go, and let friends or coworkers connect at the same time. Developed by Palm specifically for the webOS 2.0 platform, this app is simple to configure and easy to use. You get a phone plus a wireless router all in one.