Verizon loading up on 600,000 Pixis soon?

Verizon's intro of webOS equipment is probably going to come out as one of Big Red's most ballyhooed moves of early 2010 -- but to support a launch of that magnitude, you need phones ready and waiting to go. To that end, Palm had been rumored to have 800,000 Pixis (or Pixi Pluses, depending on how these things are going to be marketed) on order from ODM Compal for delivery this quarter, but that number has apparently been revised down to 600,000 for delivery in the first quarter of next year on news that the units had failed some of Verizon's tests. Considering the carrier's famously brutal equipment certification process, we wouldn't doubt it -- let's just hope this doesn't delay the launch by much.

[glenskey Posted Dec 29th 2009 9:55PM]

I'm joinin' the discussion by saying woot.

[bryn987 Posted Dec 29th 2009 10:39PM]

Poor Verizon. This article gets just 1 comment while the Nexus 1 article released at the same time, which rumor has Verizon turned down, has over 100 now.

[derekdevine Posted Dec 30th 2009 3:13AM]

I hope Verizon gets the Pre as well and not only the Pixi.

[Jonathan K Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:04AM]

Awesome. I'm looking for a new phone (phone +washer=dead phone), and webOS looks mighty fine.

[willxcore Posted Jan 1st 2010 2:08PM]

can't wait for webOS to hit more markets. It just means more users and more potential support for apps and anything else. I'll just be pretty god damn jealous if VZW people get a Pre with more storage.

[boballistic Posted Jan 1st 2010 9:58PM]

this is good news webOS is awesome I love my pre and with the pixi going to verizon it will make webOS more popular