D/\SH
10-01-2009, 10:48 PM
Rumor (Redux): Verizon to get Updated Pre
http://www.precentral.net/sites/precentral.net/files/articleimages/Derek%20Kessler/2009/09/pre-close-verizon.jpg
If youre looking for a way to irritate Pre owners on Sprint and Bell, heres a good one: Verizon wont be getting the Pre currently released, instead theyll be getting one thats been updated. The Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-11295-LA-Gadgets-Examiner%7Ey2009m9d28-Verizon-Will-get--updated-version-of-Palm-Pre-in-first-quarter-of-2010) claims that the version of the Palm Pre to be received by Verizon will in fact be updated. The rumored updated Pre will be “one that has more memory (or a micro-SD slot), has a slightly bigger screen, and one that fixes the screen bleed problem.â€Â
Were going to put on our skeptic hats and say that only two of those four speculations are even remotely possible: fixing the screen bleed (which newer Pres appear to have already addressed) and more internal storage memory. At this point Palm is not going to backtrack and add a micro-SD slot or any other memory expansion port to the Pre. Nor is Palm going to make a Pre with a larger screen, as doing so would require a significant redesign of the phone, in which case it probably wouldnt be the Pre anymore.
In fact, more memory seems likely given the leaked Verizon inventory screen (http://www.precentral.net/mystery-palm-devices-appear-verizon-database-possibly-pre-and-eos) we saw a month ago. If youll recall, the inventory showed two new Palm devices: the P101VZW and the P121VZW (the Pre on Sprint is the P100). At the time we speculated that the P121 was the Pixi, but a later Sprint inventory screen (http://www.precentral.net/new-palm-phones-sprint-inventory-p120-and-c40) that showed a P120 and a C40 put the kibosh on that thought. So the P120/P121VZW must be an upgrade Pre of some variety, and the only logical conclusion is that it has more memory, likely 16 GB instead of the current 8 GB. So will Verizon get an updated Pre? Probably, but so will Sprint (and probably Bell), so we can all relax, be happy, and store more.
originally found here:
http://www.precentral.net/rumor-verizon-get-updated-pre
http://www.precentral.net/sites/precentral.net/files/articleimages/Derek%20Kessler/2009/09/pre-close-verizon.jpg
If youre looking for a way to irritate Pre owners on Sprint and Bell, heres a good one: Verizon wont be getting the Pre currently released, instead theyll be getting one thats been updated. The Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-11295-LA-Gadgets-Examiner%7Ey2009m9d28-Verizon-Will-get--updated-version-of-Palm-Pre-in-first-quarter-of-2010) claims that the version of the Palm Pre to be received by Verizon will in fact be updated. The rumored updated Pre will be “one that has more memory (or a micro-SD slot), has a slightly bigger screen, and one that fixes the screen bleed problem.â€Â
Were going to put on our skeptic hats and say that only two of those four speculations are even remotely possible: fixing the screen bleed (which newer Pres appear to have already addressed) and more internal storage memory. At this point Palm is not going to backtrack and add a micro-SD slot or any other memory expansion port to the Pre. Nor is Palm going to make a Pre with a larger screen, as doing so would require a significant redesign of the phone, in which case it probably wouldnt be the Pre anymore.
In fact, more memory seems likely given the leaked Verizon inventory screen (http://www.precentral.net/mystery-palm-devices-appear-verizon-database-possibly-pre-and-eos) we saw a month ago. If youll recall, the inventory showed two new Palm devices: the P101VZW and the P121VZW (the Pre on Sprint is the P100). At the time we speculated that the P121 was the Pixi, but a later Sprint inventory screen (http://www.precentral.net/new-palm-phones-sprint-inventory-p120-and-c40) that showed a P120 and a C40 put the kibosh on that thought. So the P120/P121VZW must be an upgrade Pre of some variety, and the only logical conclusion is that it has more memory, likely 16 GB instead of the current 8 GB. So will Verizon get an updated Pre? Probably, but so will Sprint (and probably Bell), so we can all relax, be happy, and store more.
originally found here:
http://www.precentral.net/rumor-verizon-get-updated-pre