Verizon To Offer the Pre in Early 2010

Posted By: Ryan Kairer Monday, July 27, 2009 10:50:57 AM

verizon pre Verizon Wireless has once again committed itself to the Palm Pre. During their quarterly earnings conference call this morning VZW company executives again confirmed that they plan to carry the Palm Pre sometime early next year.

In response to an analyst question about future and competing handsets Verizon's CEO Denny Strigl remarked:

You can expect to see a steady stream of attractive devices coming from Verizon wireless [...] we plan to offer the Palm Pre early next year.

Sprint's exclusive deal on the Pre will supposedly expire at the end of 2009. It's two main rivals, AT&T and Verizon, have both stated their intentions to offer the Pre once Sprint's term ends.

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Yeah! And AT&T too.

LiveFaith @ 7/27/2009 12:49:01 PM # Q
Yeah! Good affirmation for Palm. But, I hope ATT brings the GSM version to bear at the same time. If the EOS is real, I will check it out this fall and make a decision on the two. My poor 680 is like a buck toothed varmint already.
Pat Horne
RE: Yeah! And AT&T too.
SeldomVisitor @ 7/27/2009 1:21:17 PM # Q
Yes, it looks like the Pre will be replacing the Treo Pro.

We have been told that the Pre has Treo-like margins but no one has said if it has Treo-like revenue - you know, ASPs like the Treos. Some of us have taken that $170-ish estimated build cost and added in 35-ish% margins and come up with ASPs like $275. Is that Treo-like? I think it's a little lower than Treo-like, at least original Treo-like.

So what does it all mean?

Maybe it means Palm sells Pres to the major carriers yet still fails to move back into the black because the Pre simply replaces the Pro (or 800w).

Eh, maybe next year...

RE: Yeah! And AT&T too.
justauser @ 7/27/2009 5:48:42 PM # Q
Surely it's reasonable to assume that opening the device to other carriers will result in an additional boost in sales. I thought the general feeling was the Sprint exclusivity would result in Pre being DOA. Based on that sentiment, Sprint's sales performance hasn't been too shabby.
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Got me to switch

JSNovinski @ 8/2/2009 2:55:16 PM # M Q
I was with Verizon for about 13 years. I almost committed to Verizon with a Blackberry in December, but with the talk about the new phone from Palm, I waited as I was using a Palm 700p. The abilities and the future possibilities of the new phone (Pre) shown at the CES made me want to commit then. Verizon started emailing & calling me to get a new phone, I told them in February when the Pre came out I was jumping over to Sprint.

I reviewed Sprint & Verizon up & down comparing the two companies. Being a Nascar fan that also added to the benefits of Sprint. Do I see a noticeable difference in service, no. With the data plan, yes as I think that Sprint has a better download rate & less timeouts.

My wife & I both got the Pre. My wife is not exactly a technical person & said she just wants a phone. The calendaring possibilites syncing between multiple calendars are amazing.

Sprint won me over so far, & I hope they continue to win others over as well.

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Got me to switch

JSNovinski @ 8/2/2009 2:55:36 PM # M Q
I was with Verizon for about 13 years. I almost committed to Verizon with a Blackberry in December, but with the talk about the new phone from Palm, I waited as I was using a Palm 700p. The abilities and the future possibilities of the new phone (Pre) shown at the CES made me want to commit then. Verizon started emailing & calling me to get a new phone, I told them in February when the Pre came out I was jumping over to Sprint.

I reviewed Sprint & Verizon up & down comparing the two companies. Being a Nascar fan that also added to the benefits of Sprint. Do I see a noticeable difference in service, no. With the data plan, yes as I think that Sprint has a better download rate & less timeouts.

My wife & I both got the Pre. My wife is not exactly a technical person & said she just wants a phone. The calendaring possibilites syncing between multiple calendars are amazing.

Sprint won me over so far, & I hope they continue to win others over as well.

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Got me to switch

JSNovinski @ 8/2/2009 2:56:03 PM # M Q
I was with Verizon for about 13 years. I almost committed to Verizon with a Blackberry in December, but with the talk about the new phone from Palm, I waited as I was using a Palm 700p. The abilities and the future possibilities of the new phone (Pre) shown at the CES made me want to commit then. Verizon started emailing & calling me to get a new phone, I told them in February when the Pre came out I was jumping over to Sprint.

I reviewed Sprint & Verizon up & down comparing the two companies. Being a Nascar fan that also added to the benefits of Sprint. Do I see a noticeable difference in service, no. With the data plan, yes as I think that Sprint has a better download rate & less timeouts.

My wife & I both got the Pre. My wife is not exactly a technical person & said she just wants a phone. The calendaring possibilites syncing between multiple calendars are amazing.

Sprint won me over so far, & I hope they continue to win others over as well.

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