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Palm announced a handful of news features for its webOS platform here at CES, at well as refreshed versions of its Pre and Pixi phones, which will be exclusive to Verizon Wireless.

Palm Pixi Verizon

photo by Russ Hickman

The Pixi Plus adds WiFi, but is otherwise identical to the Pixi for Sprint. Like the Sprint version, there are a number of fancy back covers available.

The Pre Plus sports a slightly improved keyboard, double the storage memory (16 GB instead of 8) and ~~a faster processor~~ more memory for running apps (RAM).* It also does away with the home button in favor of a usually-invisible touch key below the screen, just like the Pixi. This unfortunate decision makes the Pre Plus look less distinctive, and is more difficult to figure out and use, in our opinion. The upgraded features and specs are certainly welcome, however. Even better, the Pre Plus will include the Touchstone magnetic dock with wireless charging.

* updated January 14, 2010.

Palm Pre Verizon

photo by Russ Hickman

The new "Plus" phones will ship on January 25 with support for video capture, which will be available later for other webOS phones via software update. Video capture is being demoed here at CES in HVGA resolution, but VGA resolution should be supported by the time the phones ship. There's a built-in video editor to trim long videos down to shorter clips.

Palm is also planning to release Flash support for the web browser "soon". Palm was coy about whether Flash video would be supported initially, but they indicated that if it isn't, Flash video is something they're working on. The Flash support will be made available via a browser plug-in downloadable to any webOS phone via the app store.

Palm also launched 3G gaming for the webOS platform today. About seven games are available immediately, including the "Need for Speed" racing game from EA Mobile. The 3D gaming demo we saw looked smooth and impressive. All current webOS phones already support 3D gaming, so what's new is simply the first apps to take advantage of it.

Here's a demo of 3D gaming and video capture:

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HP iPAQ Glisten

2.5" display 320 x 240 pixels
MSM7200a processor
1,590 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)