Verizon is getting ready for a couple of busy weeks, with Microsoft Kin One and Two smartphones coming to its portofolio, plus a bunch of LG and HTC handsets. Also, Palm’s Pre Plus is ready for some more action, specially since it’s gone to the cheap side: it now costs $30.

Last time we heard about Palm (while it wasn’t yet acquired by HP), it was piling up on leftover Pre units, so this move might be used to get rid of extra handsets. If a free mobile hotspot and an early upgrade promotion weren’t enough to get folks to buy the Pre Plus, we don’t know what will convince customers…
The Pre Plus now goes for $30 with a 2 year contract, no rebate included.
[via BGR]

 

We all know that webOS is quite a neat platform to play with on your Palm handset, but their advertising is poor to say the least. Now, Palm changed direction, as far as promotion is concerned, moving on from the creepiness of the first ad with the almost witch-like lady to something more active and “fly”:

There’s also a new slogan for webOS devices: “Life moves fast. Don’t miss a thing”. As you can see, the ad focuses on notification and contact management, so the slogan fits the spots perfectly.


Also, we have to mention that the commercial is not bad at all, but still it’s far from Apple’s way of doing things, or Nokia’s brilliant approach.