<s>
The	O
Palm	B-Application
Pre	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
styled	O
as	O
palm	B-Application
prē	I-Application
2	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
slider	O
smartphone	B-Application
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Palm	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
with	O
a	O
multi-touch	B-Application
screen	O
and	O
a	O
physical	O
sliding	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartphone	B-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
to	O
use	O
Palm	O
's	O
Linux-based	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
,	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
releasing	O
with	O
version	O
2.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
functions	O
as	O
a	O
camera	O
phone	O
,	O
a	O
portable	O
media	O
player	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
location	O
and	O
navigation	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pre	O
also	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
communication	O
and	O
collaboration	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
Wi-Fi	O
connectivity	O
built-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Palm	B-Application
Pre	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
initial	O
launch	O
date	O
of	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
on	O
French	O
carrier	O
SFR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
would	O
be	O
coming	O
to	O
United	O
States	O
carrier	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
,	O
Rogers	O
Wireless	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
as	O
an	O
unlocked	O
UMTS	B-Protocol
developer	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
,	O
the	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
the	O
same	O
size	O
and	O
design	O
as	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
mobile	O
phone	O
to	O
be	O
branded	O
with	O
the	O
Palm	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pre	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Veer	B-Application
and	O
Touchpad	B-Application
were	O
branded	O
as	O
HP	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
developer	O
Geoff	O
Gauchet	O
discovered	O
that	O
an	O
unknown	O
device	O
with	O
the	O
code	O
name	O
"	O
Roadrunner	O
"	O
was	O
accessing	O
his	O
Foursquare	B-Application
app	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
several	O
specifications	O
of	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
including	O
processor	O
speed	O
and	O
memory	O
,	O
were	O
leaked	O
on	O
France	O
's	O
SFR	O
website	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
official	O
launch	O
on	O
October	O
22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
became	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
as	O
an	O
unlocked	O
developer	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
Canada	O
on	O
Rogers	O
Wireless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
on	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
phone	O
to	O
use	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
HP	O
Palm	O
's	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Pre	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
version	O
2.2.4	O
,	O
subject	O
to	O
carrier	O
approval	O
on	O
certain	O
models	O
however	O
.	O
</s>
