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Palm Pre 2 is siding with Verizon for its launch?

posted by John V. / Oct 14, 2010, 7:00 PM

Palm Pre 2 is siding with Verizon for its launch?

With so much exciting things happening in the mobile sphere of late, Palm's once striking figure has been on the decline of late since their current selection of handsets have remained unchanged. However, things are slowly being set in motion after news regarding webOS 2.0 have been surfacing, and most recently, we've seen some images that are believed to be the Palm Pre 2 overseas.

Domestically, it looks as though Verizon will be the carrier this time around to receive the first crack at the alleged successor to the Palm Pre. This intriguing speculation came after an internal image of Verizon''s VZLearn portal has been leaked indicating the Palm Pre 2 in the device training. Though, there is no mention in the leaked image regarding an actual launch date or pricing. Nevertheless, things are once again slowly stirring up in Palm land after a long period of silence.

Palm Pre 2 Preliminary Specifications

source: Engadget

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6 Comments

1. Joshing4fun

Posts: 1246; Member since: Aug 13, 2010

Ugh... Verizon don't bother

posted on Oct 20, 2010, 1:49 AM 0

2. CRICKETownz

Posts: 980; Member since: Oct 24, 2009

I second that motion...if this phone has the same form factor as the original, HP don't bother.

posted on Oct 14, 2010, 10:12 PM 0

3. MalakiMills

Posts: 257; Member since: Jun 15, 2010

I actually thought that the first form factor of the Palm Pre was an excellent design and I don't see much need to change it. As long as all the specs are up'd to at least a 1 ghz processor and a high resolution display then I think it will be a successful phone.

posted on Oct 14, 2010, 10:36 PM 0

4. numberonenygfan

Posts: 211; Member since: Oct 19, 2009

I agree, for people who use and like palm the palm pre plus on verizon is a very good phone.. the best part about PALM is that it WORKS... very good with multitasking and easy to use.. in addition to the high res display and faster processer they need to make the screen bigger and the keys on the keyboard larger and easier to press.. other then that... great phone ... but i do understand why others would not care.. palm is for a specific type of cusotmer that wants an easy to use smartphone... which the only other customers that really want that are i phone customers. I think it could do well.. if hp desides not to go the creepy soccer mom route with the ads lol .

posted on Oct 15, 2010, 7:48 AM 0

5. tkfox007 unregistered

The Palm Pre is a very good phone, however it's marketing was done completely wrong. It was a smartphone that was marketed heavily towards women by Sprint (who showned nothing but women using it) and Verizon (who just came out and said it was "the smartphone smart enough for mom"), which was insulting to women and shunned away men and shunned any application developers. I probably would of gotten the Pre if it was a lot bigger, like Droid size bigger.

posted on Oct 16, 2010, 9:34 PM 0

6. CRICKETownz

Numerous customers pass up a free Palm Pixi Plus or the reasonably priced Palm Pre Plus based on the size of the keyboard alone. Something needs to be done differently in the way of the form factor. Sure the OS is great (but not without its share of issues...seen multiple returned based on software about the same rate as any other brand out there) but it stops there. Offer a full touch option or atleast revise the keyboard. Most of the blame goes toward advertising bein the reason the phone didnt do so well but thats a small portion of it. i think the bigger reason is in the age of smartphone beasts Palm released a device that was just subpar. Even with a snapdragon processor it just lacks that wow factor or even the standard level of whats come out within the last 8 mos. Change is good