Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) plans to sell an unlocked GSM version of the Palm Pre 2 online.

During a product demo video, HP Palm product manager Tim Pettitt said the company would sell an unlocked version of the device in the coming months. The company had previously indicated that it would offer unlocked versions of the phone to developers, but a company spokeswoman said that HP will also sell the unlocked device through its small-business channel, according to IDG News Service.

Palm has not released any pricing information. Nor has it indicated whether the phone will be available on both AT&T (NYSE: T) Mobility's and T-Mobile's networks. SFR launched the Palm Pre 2 in France last month, and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless along with an unnamed Canadian carrier are expected to introduce the device in the coming months.

The phone will run on WebOS 2.0, which HP announced in August. Some of the top features of the updated platform include:

• Developer access to Synergy, allowing developers to merge their own services into the unified contact book, calendar and messaging inbox;
• Multitasking stack, which means WebOS turns apps into "cards" with stacks sorting related cards together;
• A Just Type feature that enables developers create "quick actions" to let users begin an email, create a message, update statuses, search websites without having to launch an app;
• A dock mode feature that allows apps to put up special screens when a Palm device is sitting on its Touchstone dock. "Think slide shows; stock, news and sports tickers; social network updates; virtual pets; a killer alarm clock," Palm wrote on its website;
• Enhanced access to native hardware to give more developers access to the Plug-In Developers Kit.

The device features a 1 GHz processor from Texas Instruments, a 3.1-inch glass display, 5-megapixel camera and 16 GB of storage.

For more:
- see this IDG News Service article
- read this IntoMobile post

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