It's no secret that Verizon wants the
Pre; in fact, as much as we're sure they'd like to be showing a corporate poker face, it's pretty obvious they want it badly given how swiftly it sought to take the wind out of Sprint's sails with
comments around the time of the initial launch. Sprint's Dan Hesse moved just as quickly to quash the thought as best he could by publicly slamming his company's archrival, telling media that Verizon needed to
cut it out with the assumptions that Sprint's exclusivity period was six months and reiterating that he'd have the Pre in his back pocket through the end of 2009. The obvious response from Verizon? Revise your language just a little bit and keep at it. Big Red is now saying that it'll have the Pre "early next year" in comments made during its earnings call today -- in other words, the very moment Sprint's exclusivity ends if Verizon has anything to say about it. From Palm's perspective, sitting pretty atop the States' largest carrier is a good place to be, so we're sure they're stoked to hear the depth of Verizon's interest -- not to mention that we've still got that
Eos floating around somewhere.
[Via
PreCentral]
posted Jul 27th 2009 5:01PM
Probably no WebOS on that thing either...Stupid VZW.
Dumbest comment of the year award goes to this guy.
Why wouldn't it have WebOS? When has VZW ever taken off the OS from a PDA?
Get a fucking clue.
Pra Pra Pra Pre on Vra Vra Vra Verizon!
No thanks, I'll keep my Sprint!
Tour, Storm 2, Pre, and as-yet-unnamed Android device? Looks like I'll have a few decent options when I go to upgrade later this year!
They best offer a 16gb option.
Wait.. Didn't Verizon first bash the heck out of the Pre?!
Although more carriers is good for all Pre users I hate Verizon with a passion.
I hope there's a clause in Sprint's exclusivity and they get to keep it exclusively as long as possible just to hose VZ.
the phone must be really hard to type with those small keys
But what they're not saying is how crippled it will be, in usual VZW style.
Sweet, I always wanted a Pre with no wifi, no voice dialing (unless I pay extra), no apps that haven't been approved by VZW, non expandable memory, and a theme that burns red into my eyes (that I also can't change!).
Who's as excited as I am!!?!?
Lol I can't wait, it'll be the best phone Verizon has. It's so mine when it comes out.
They won't cripple it at all, have faith!