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.