| Manufacturer | Palm, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Palm Pre |
| Successor | Pre 3 |
| Related | Palm Pixi Palm Pre |
| Form factor | Slidersmartphone |
| Dimensions | 100.7 mm (3.96 in) (h) 59.6 mm (2.35 in) (w) 16.9 mm (0.67 in) (d) |
| Weight | 145 g (5.1 oz) |
| Operating system | webOS |
| CPU | Texas InstrumentsOMAP 3630 clocked at 1GHz (ARM Cortex-A8) +PowerVR SGX clocked at 430Mhz |
| Memory | 512 MB 200MHzDDRDRAM |
| Storage | Flash memory 16 GB |
| Battery | 3.7V 1150 mAh "Palm BP1" Internal rechargeable removablelithium-ion battery |
| Rear camera | 5.0megapixel camera withLEDflash, "extendeddepth of field", andgeotagging |
| Display | 320 × 480px, 3.1 in (79 mm)HVGA, 24-bit colorLCD |
| Data inputs | Multi-touchtouchscreen display,volume controls, proximity andambient light sensors, 3-axisaccelerometer |
ThePalm Pre 2/ˈpriː/, styled aspalm prē 2,[1] is aslidersmartphone designed and marketed byPalm, Inc., andHewlett-Packard with amulti-touch screen and a physical sliding keyboard. The smartphone is the third to use Palm'sLinux-basedmobile operating system,webOS (releasing with version 2.0). The Pre 2 functions as acamera phone, aportable media player, and haslocation and navigation capabilities. The Pre also serves as apersonal information manager, has a number of communication and collaboration applications, and hasBluetooth andWi-Fi connectivity built-in.[2]
The Palm Pre 2 was announced on October 19, 2010, with an initial launch date of October 22, 2010, on French carrierSFR. It was also announced that the Pre 2 would be coming to United States carrierVerizon Wireless,Rogers Wireless in Canada, and also as an unlockedUMTS developer phone.[3]
Additions include a flatGorilla Glass screen (instead of the curved plastic of its predecessors) surrounded with plastic trim, a faster processor, an upgraded camera. The plastic door which covered the microUSB port on previous iterations, considered flimsy by some, was removed. Otherwise, the Pre 2 has the same size and design as its predecessors.
The Pre 2 was the last mobile phone to be branded with the Palm name. The Pre 3,Veer andTouchpad were branded as HP devices.
On August 11, 2010,webOS developer Geoff Gauchet discovered that an unknown device with the code name "Roadrunner" was accessing hisFoursquare app using a new version of webOS, version 2.0.[4][5]
On October 12, 2010, several specifications of Pre 2, including processor speed and memory, were leaked on France'sSFR website,[6] prior to its official launch on October 22.[7]
On November 18, 2010, the Pre 2 became available in the U.S. as an unlocked developer device.[8]
On December 20, 2010, the Pre 2 launched in Canada onRogers Wireless.[9]
On February 17, 2011, the Pre 2 launched in the U.S. onVerizon Wireless.[10]
The Pre 2 is the first phone to use version 2.0 of HP Palm'swebOS. The last version to be available for the Pre 2 was version 2.2.4, subject to carrier approval on certain models however.