When webOS launched, there was some grumbling that the device, when it came to the Palm Pre (and subsequently released, Palm Pre Plus), focused too much on the portrait-slider hardware keyboard. The absence of an official on-screen keyboard left some people wanting more.
Inquirer HP introduces WebOS 2.0 alongside Palm Pre 2 ZDNet UK The Pre 2 will be the first Palm phone to include a 1GHz processor within the portrait Qwerty slider form factor. The device will also ship with a … Palm's Pre 2 Looks Nice, But WebOS Needs More PC World HP Wants to Read Your Palm msnbc.com Palm Pre 2 for Verizon Wireless Shines Like a Star infoSync World Los Angeles Times (blog)
Ars Technica Motorola portrait slider Droid caught in spy pics, Pre -like device going to … IntoMobile (blog) The newest of the bunch is a smaller, portrait slider devices that looks very Palm Pre -like while still retaining it's Droid roots, according to new spy … Blurry images indicate yet another Droid phone CNET (blog) Motorola mini Droid gets caught on camera Examiner.com Motorola Portrait Slider Shows Off the Droid Eye Android Community (blog) Only Kent (blog)
We hate to yell “Pre!” at the top of our lungs here, since we’d really like to see further exploration of the portrait QWERTY form factor for Android, but it’s hard to avoid the form factor and stylistic comparisons. The new “Smooth” phone from ZTE is a low-end handset running Android 1.6, with a 2.8-inch QVGA screen, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and a love for Palm industrial design. The phone, which is being shown off at MWC, should retail under 1000 Yuan (about $146 US) and be released in August of this year as a low-end smartphone contender.
Comparing Palm Pixi Plus and Blackberry Storm 2 is like light vs. heavy weight. It’s just not fair
