AT&T: Palm Pre "Coming Soon"
Come Sunday May 16th, AT&T will begin offering the Palm Pre Plus, fleshing out the wireless carrier's stable of high-end smartphones that currently include HTC's Pure, several BlackBerry devices, a little known smartphone from Apple called the iPhone, and a spattering of other models. The Palm Pre Plus will run $150 after mail-in-rebate and with a 2-year service agreement.
That's considerably more than what Verizon's charging for the same smartphone, who sells the device for just $50, and also more than Sprint, who sells the Pre for $100. So why shell out more dough for AT&T? Good question, though for a limited time, AT&T is throwing in a free Palm Touchstone induction-based charger when the phone is picked up at a corporate-owned store, eWeek reports.
AT&T's version of the Pre will reportedly include a handful of software incentives, like Wi-Fi access to the network's more than 20,000 hotspots and a navigator app. But will the added perks be enough to convince users to both ditch Verizon and pay more? You tell us (in the comments section below).
That's considerably more than what Verizon's charging for the same smartphone, who sells the device for just $50, and also more than Sprint, who sells the Pre for $100. So why shell out more dough for AT&T? Good question, though for a limited time, AT&T is throwing in a free Palm Touchstone induction-based charger when the phone is picked up at a corporate-owned store, eWeek reports.
AT&T's version of the Pre will reportedly include a handful of software incentives, like Wi-Fi access to the network's more than 20,000 hotspots and a navigator app. But will the added perks be enough to convince users to both ditch Verizon and pay more? You tell us (in the comments section below).
