Palm's webOS phones, the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, arrived on Verizon in January 2010 with card-based multitasking that iOS and Android later copied. Palm's sales were weak, and HP announced it was buying the company for $1.2 billion in April 2010.
- Maker
- Palm
- Released
- 25 January 2010
- Platform
- webOS 1.4
Specifications
| Display | 3.1-inch, 480 x 320 |
|---|---|
| Keyboard | Vertical slide-out QWERTY |
| Multitasking | Card metaphor with swipe-to-close gestures |
| Extras | Touchstone wireless charging |
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HP acquired the struggling maker of the Pre and webOS, promising tablets and phones; it killed the hardware line 49 days after the TouchPad launched in 2011.
