In light of HP’s acquisition of Palm , Verizon Wireless ‘ discount on the Pre Plus —which has only been on sale a little over three months now —might seem a little hasty. Palm’s the flavor of the month again, after all! More
We still don’t have a firm date for when Palm’s current wunderphone will be hitting AT&T’s soothingly-colored retail establishments (the site still says “coming soon”), but we do now have confirmation that at least one handset has reached its destination. A tipster was kind enough to send us these photos of an AT&T Pre Plus escaping its creamsicle confines and powering on for the first time.
The rumors were true . ” In the coming months ,” the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi plus will come to AT&T for $150 and $50 (with contract rebate), respectively.
If you ask us, the Palm Pre Plus pretty much sells itself . So if we were working out a promo campaign for it, we’d just display the competitive pricing front and center and get the hell out of the product’s way
Reports are surfacing that GPS navigation on the Palm Pre Plus is a little janky, with full aGPS only working with the ( recently updated to 5.0 ) Verizon Navigator app, not Google Maps—locks are inaccurate and slow. Personally, I noticed that positioning was a little off this weekend using Google Maps on a Pre Plus in San Francisco, though the lock wasn’t so slow it rung any alarms. It doesn’t seem to be particularly widespread, but if you’ve got a Pre Plus, how’s it working for you?
Palm has gone and spilled its Verizon pricing info, and the news is pretty encouraging. The Pre Plus is hitting shelves at a cent under $150, closely followed by the Pixi Plus at $99.99 — both after $100 mail-in rebate and on two-year commitments.
Those leaked Verizon prices for the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus were on the money, as Verizon’s now announced official coinage for the scaled-up models.
Yea, you read that right — fifty apps loaded side by side by freaking side on the Pre Plus , and the thing just kept on ticking. The chaps over at Pre Central decided to test out specifically how much of an improvement the doubling of RAM and storage in the new handset delivered, and they were not disappointed
Unconfirmed, but likely: Pricing for Verizon’s first two WebOS devices has leaked, and it’s looking like $150 (after $100 rebate) for the Pre Plus and $100 for the Pixi Plus. There’ll probably be a buy-one-get-one deal along with that. [ PhoneArena ]
Phone Arena ‘s got leaked specs for Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus . There’s not much being revealed for Verizon’s Web OS Phones other than the Pre getting 16gb storage and the Pixi getting WiFi. [ Phone Arena via Engadget ]
