Gear Diary Rumor: Verizon giving Palm Pre the cold shoulder? photo

Web site The Street is reporting “Exclusive: Verizon Snubs Palm Pre”. There’s no telling whether their tipster means that only the Pre won’t make the Verizon trip. By the time Verizon is ready to offer a new Palm smartphone there very well could be a refresh of the Palm Pre under a different name or even model. In addition, there’s no telling whether the recently unveiled Palm Pixi will be slated for Verizon. Nevertheless it’s an interesting rumor since the loss of a major carrier as Verizon would be a significant setback to Palm’s comeback story.

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Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.
  • http://www.geardiary.com Michael Anderson

    Apparently now others are coming in and claiming to ‘debunk’ the report at The Street:

    http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/rumors-of-a-pre-less-verizon-off-base-according-to-analysts/

  • http://www.s-consult.com/index.php Wayne Schulz

    Bawhahahahahahaha – on of the sources of ranting seems to be AllthingsD – the same AllThingsD that claimed the Palm Pre would never in a million years launch before the 3GS – which of course it promptly did…..

    Engadget basically says that the rumor was too thin to print — but here’s another rumor to fight that first rumor (seemingly as thin I might add).

    Hey I don’t make rumors up – I just spread ‘em.

    BTW – the high and might act by Engadget is sad — they pull it on their podcast from time to time and I get a good chuckle.



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