Rumors of a Pre-less Verizon "off base" according to analysts

A dubious rumor from The Street floating around about how Verizon was snubbing the Pre due to lackluster sales and no outlet for its VCast Store (which was a bit too thin to make it onto these virtual pages, in fact) has been questioned by a couple of analysts today. According to Deutsche Bank's Jonathan Goldberg and Morgan Keegan & Co's Tavis McCourt, a combination of supply chain orders and Palm's own 2010 financial projections -- not to mention Verizon's long history with Palm -- all point to a Pre launch on Verizon early next year, as previously rumored by the WSJ and confirmed by Verizon itself in July. Jonathan specifically called the new rumor "off base" and "incorrect," while Tavis says that "We do not have insight as to the marketing support Palm will get from Verizon, but we see little risk in not getting a placement at this carrier." Analyst fight!

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[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 11:11AM]

just put PRE and Android on ATT and will be set
if only Att would make their service better.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 11:46AM]

Dear GOD i hope VZ doesnt Screw up the PRE and make it look like your pic.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 11:46AM]

A bit off topic, but if I were running a company and preparing a hail mary product to save my company I would have made sure that the battery life was excellent and that it had plenty of on board memory. How Palm missed these two points I guess explains why they are in the shape they are in.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 5:17PM]

Agreed! Hopefully when Verizon gets the Pre they can get a MicroSD slot and improved battery life out of the deal.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 12:24PM]

God that picture is frightening. Thank God Verizon is loosening up a bit all their strict requirements and regs

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 2:38PM]

Where is a big tacky VZW logo on the front of the phone.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2009 1:02PM]

Maybe the same company that purchased the PalmOS "Access" will pick up Palm as a favor once again. The new Palm reminds me of a painted rat or a car that has had body work done over and over again. I guess they will never get it right. Sometime it better to stay home that come to the party late. Palm was late to the party.........................