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This seems like a no-brainer, and yet we haven't really seen it before. LG was demoing Skype video calling on an HDTV at CES 2010. Noah checked it out.

Take a Palm Pre, double its memory, refine its slider mechanism and QWERTY board and chop that front button off. And, oh yeah, stick it on Verizon. Voila: Palm Pre Plus!

Aaron gets a few minutes with the LG GW620, LG's first Android smartphone.  With social networking features, a full QWERTY keyboard, Android v1.5, and a 5-megapixel camera, it's a well-equipped mid-range device.

Noah goes hands-on with the mobile device creating some of the biggest buzz at CES 2010. LG's GW990 is a Linux-OS smartphone powered by an Intel Moorestown ULV Atom chip. That's like the power of a netbook in a touchscreen smartphone.

Noah spies LG's new Android phone at CES 2010. The GT540 is a low-end smartphone featuring a social networking-friendly customization of Android, and a few nice multimedia features.

After months of speculation, it's official: the Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus do in fact exist, and they're headed to Verizon Wireless on January 25th.  Sporting some pretty significant improvements, pricing hasn't been announced as of yet.

New Pre features include an upgrade to 16 GB of internal memory (from 8 GB on the Sprint Pre), an "upgraded" processor of some sort (no, they wouldn't tell me the official speed), an inductive battery cover out of the box, a new gesture pad resembling the Pixi's, a "Mobile Hotspot" option which reminds me of the MiFi concept, and a revamped keyboard that clicks similarly to the one on the Pixi.  On the Pixi, an "upgraded" processor can be found, along with Wi-Fi.  I don't know about you, but it sounds like some welcome improvements to me.

Enough of the specs.  Pictures are below!  And be sure to stay tuned for Noah's hands-on video.

 

A quick demonstration of the Nexus One's voice input capabilities. I think I should point out that this occured in a very noisy environment. The woman doing the demo had to speak quite loudly for me to hear her and to be distinguishable on camera. Given the circumstances, the result is pretty impressive. But can it interpret lollercoasters?

Motorola announced at CES that both T-Mobile's Cliq and the new Backflip will be jumping from Android 1.5 to 2.1. They didn't officially announce a carrier, but there's plenty of information out there pointing to AT&T.

With a folding keyboard that leaves the QWERTY exposed when closed, and a "backtrack" touch pad on the back side of the display panel, Backflipe definitely has a few tricks up its sleeve. Novelty or practical design? I guess we'll find out when the review units start turning up.