The device is now available via Rogers. Priced at CAD $99 which approximately USD $97. But, followed by a three-years commitment with Rogers also a qualifying voice and data plan.

[via Engadget]

The device will runs with webOS 2.0. According to HP Facebook,

HP for Students – US: Check out the new Palm Pre Plus 2, pre-orders begin 11/8

[via BoyGeniusReport]

Not only that, the Palm Pre 2 acquired several necessary applications such as the Angry Birds and of course, Facebook. The ads is pretty straight forward and explanatory so you won’t have any confusion on how the device works. Here’s the official commercial.

Click here to view the embedded video.

[via BoyGeniusReport]

We are expecting the device will be stock in Verizon shelves on November 11th. Palm Pre 2 can be referred as the introduction of webOS 2.0. It also will compliment many new features compared the old Palm. If the informant was right, we have less than a month to wait for its arrival.

[via SlashGear]

The Palm Pre 2 also comes with 3.1-inch capacitive touch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, 16GB internal memory, 5 megapixel camera and built in GPS / WiFi / Bluetooth. Improved webOS 2.0 will feature “Stacks”, allow you to group related “cards” together for easier task selection.

Other features include:

Just Type – Start an email, create a message, update your status, search your favorite websites – all before you’ve even opened an app.(1) With webOS 2.0, whenever you want to do something on your phone – whether it’s emailing, texting, searching or almost anything – just type. And Just Type is open to developers, so they can integrate with the search function and add their own user-customizable shortcuts, called Quick Actions.

HP Synergy – webOS was the first mobile OS to connect you seamlessly to multiple web services. With the Synergy feature, you just have to sign in to your Facebook, Google, Microsoft® Exchange, LinkedIn and Yahoo! accounts and your information automatically populates your phone.(3) webOS 2.0 will extend the support for Synergy so developers can easily plug new Messaging, Contacts and Calendar application sources directly into the core webOS experiences.(4)

Exhibition – A new way to use your webOS phone, Exhibition lets you run apps designed specifically for the Palm Touchstone Charging Dock, turning charge time into useful time.(4, 5) Set your phone on the dock and Exhibition launches automatically, showing you anything from today’s agenda to a slideshow of your Facebook photos. Exhibition will enable developers to display aspects of their existing app experience or create specialized apps for use when users have their webOS device in charge mode on the charging dock.

Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 Beta – With version 2.0, webOS now supports a beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 in the browser, which provides access to rich, Flash based web content.

Favorites – With webOS 2.0, you can tag your favorite contacts so they appear as favorites in Phone and Contacts views. When you search for them by name, they instantly show up at the top of the Contacts, Email, Messaging and Phone apps. Favorites make it simple to get in touch fast.

Skype Mobile™ (Verizon Wireless only) – For Verizon Wireless customers, webOS 2.0 supports Skype-to-Skype calls and messaging while in the United States to anywhere in the world, and low-rate calls to international landlines and cell phones.

Text Assist – webOS 2.0 offers greatly expanded capabilities to spell check, auto correct, set up macros and customize the dictionary.

Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite – An all-new document viewer from the leading provider of mobile document viewers offers support for Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents and provides integration with a variety of services, including Google Docs and Dropbox.

Facebook 2.0 – Available via the Palm App Catalog, Facebook 2.0 will support Facebook IM via Synergy in the Messaging application,(4) as well as Stacks, status updates via Quick Action and the Exhibition feature.

Browser – The browser adds support for more HTML5 features, including geolocation support. OpenSearch plugin support makes it easy to add your favorite websites to Just Type web search.

Messaging – The unified Messaging app in webOS 2.0 adds Yahoo! IM and buddy management. Customers can now connect to their buddies through SMS, MMS, Google Talk, AIM and Yahoo! IM.

VPN – webOS 2.0 supports the most popular ways to connect to a corporate network, including IPsec and Cisco AnyConnect mobile optimized VPN, which supports SSL (TLS and DTLS).

App Catalog – The redesigned Palm App Catalog makes finding and discovering great apps even easier.(7) And the new Software Manager helps you keep your apps up-to-date.

Launcher – A redesigned app launcher lets you add, label and reorder launcher pages.

Phone – The webOS 2.0 Phone app lets you easily dial your favorites and offers reverse area code lookup and Skype Mobile integration (Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless only).

Accounts – The new Accounts app provides a single place to manage all your Synergy accounts.

Bluetooth® keyboards – webOS now supports Bluetooth keyboards and Bluetooth SPP peripherals, enabling applications such as barcode readers and realty lock boxes.

A host of developer features – In addition to Exhibition, Just Type and Synergy APIs, webOS 2.0 adds Node.JS, enabling developers to create services in JavaScript. They also can now use the webOS Plug-In Development Kit (PDK) to combine C/C++ with web technologies in a single app.

The handset packed with a 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. It will runs with webOS 2.0. The release date was predicted to be near November. However, nothing is confirmed yet. At least, we get to see what Palm Pre 2 like.

[via PreCentral / via SlashGear]

Feature changes to existing applications
System

* This release includes minor fixes and enhancements to support the public release of the webOS PDK.
* This release may require you to update certain apps to their latest version to properly support the launch of the webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK). If you have a game that is not saving your game information correctly (high scores, stages, settings), check the App Catalog for updates. For more information on updating apps, see Using App Catalog .

Web

* If a user enters text in a field on certain websites, the screen focus now remains on the text being entered.
* This release fixes a rare problem so that podcasts now download correctly.

Security

This release addresses several security issues with the Palm webOS software.

We’d like to thank Nils of MWR InfoSecurity and Chris Clark for their help in identifying the issues addressed in this release. Individuals interested in contacting Palm to report suspected security issues can find more information at palm.com/security .

Since that announcement, and HP’s subsequent PR battle with fans all over the world to suggest that HP never meant to say that smartphones weren’t coming, things have settled down. And, perfectly timed with that calm, is AllThingsD saying that they’ve got it on firm grounding that Palm is indeed working on an upgrade to webOS. Additionally, they’ve got new hardware on the way.

“I’m not allowed to talk about future road maps, especially because we’re in the process of being acquired by HP. But yes we have a road map. We are working on future devices. And a new version of the OS. So I think, you’re going to find the next year very exciting.” That’s what Josh Marinacci said during a developer event yesterday. So, that means something’s coming. The tricky part? That whole “the next year,” thing. That could mean we don’t see any fruits of their labor until next year. In the mean time, what are current owners of the Pre/Plus and Pixi/Plus going to do? Statements that create more questions never sit well with us.

[via SlashGear]

And, as much as it pains us, we’re inclined to agree. Especially when Sprint’s got their own Palm Pre for free, and Verizon Wireless right now is selling the handset for $49.99, it seems that AT&T launching the device for such a marked increase was relatively short sighted. Either that, or someone in a high place just had some high hopes for the device.

This isn’t the first time Amazon has put pricing in their own hands, and surely it won’t be the last. Even just yesterday, Amazon noted that the HTC Incredible for Verizon Wireless is just $149.99 on their website (and they may actually have some in stock). We imagine it won’t be long before AT&T follows in Amazon’s shoes, but we just wonder how quickly. Because, it may be already too late.

[via Amazon]

But, Bell Mobility, up there in the Great North, have gone ahead and axed any other length of contract for the Palm Pre except for the 3-contract. Apparently the free option for the two lesser contracts wasn’t working out for the wireless carrier. While we don’t necessarily think that a couple weeks is long enough to test the waters for a change to plan pricing, Bell doesn’t ask us about these things, so here’s what you get.

The three year contract still gets you the best webOS device on the market, and it’s still free, but it’s three years. Yes, we would have liked to see Bell get rid of the three year deal, but apparently they want to make sure people really, really love their handset. This is one way to do that.

[via Mobile Syrup]