The Verizon Wireless Palm Pre… kinda, sorta
By Will Park on Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 2:05 PM PST In Devices, Hottest Hardware, Palm, Palm Pre, Sprint, Tutorial, Verizon, webOS
The Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre’s success is only being held back by Sprint (NYSE: S)’s exclusivity deal on the WebOS-powered smartphone. Both Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless and AT&T (NYSE: T) have made it known that the Palm Pre is most certainly on their radar (although, Sprint isn’t shy about reaffirming their own exclusivity deal), but we’ve yet to even see either carrier officially embracing the smartphone. Thankfully, no lack of carrier support could stop Pre-hacker Cleanser from porting his once Sprint-locked Palm Pre to the Verizon Wireless network. With a little ingenuity and some elbow-grease, Cleanser has managed to create a Verizon Wireless Palm Pre of sorts.
The Pre’s CDMA radio hardware is already compatible with Verizon’s CDMA network, so it makes sense that someone could get the Pre roaming Big Red’s US network. But, it’s most definitely a hack and isn’t going to be a viable option for the average Palm Pre customer.
Voice calls and SMS text messages are a go, but wireless data is still in in the works. With a little luck, Cleanser will have the Palm Pre fully functional on Verizon Wireless in due time.
Now, where’s that official Verizon Palm Pre?
[PreCentral via EngadgetMobile]
Old news. I scooped this back on 6/29
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544738
I’m sure that the real Verizon Palm Pre is going to be a “WebOS” device as their CEO stated. He was to try and keep people from leaving the second place data network to get the Pre on Sprint with the promise of something after the first of the year. With the Pre doing so well on Sprint and stealing business from their flagship Blackberry devices, I’m sure if they in fact had a deal in place, we would have heard about a release date. Only time will tell but if you read between the lines Verizon will end up with a striped down version of the Pre that has been called EOS or Pixie. It seems that this