Palm Pre 2 (photos)

The Palm Pre 2 will be available from French carrier, SFR, starting on October 22 and will head to Verizon Wireless and Canada in the coming months. Pricing was not revealed at this time.

The Pre 2 has a similar design to the original Pre and Pre Plus, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

The Pre 2 features a 3.1-inch HVGA multitouch screen.

The Pre 2 will be the first smartphone to ship running WebOS 2.0. New features of the platform include the ability to group related apps into Stacks, an Exhibition view that allows you to see more information when the phone is attached to the Touchstone dock, and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta support.

The Palm Pre 2 will also offer a 1GHz processor, 16GB of internal memory, and a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash.