Palm Pre 2

The Pre 2 arrived in Verizon stores only days after HP introduced the Pre 3, the Veer, and the TouchPad at a flashy media event in San Francisco (HP had completed its Palm acquisition the previous June). Though WebOS 2.0 brought feature improvements, we were more enamored with the new releases to seriously consider it.

CNET review bottom line: The enhancements in WebOS 2.0 make the Palm Pre 2 a very capable smartphone, but we think it's worth waiting for the HP Pre 3, which will offer hardware improvements to complement the software upgrades (sorry about that last part).