Verizon Orders 400,000 Palm Smartphones?7 |" e3 o1 p4 J$ W, c. ~
Posted By: Tim Carroll Monday, January 04, 2010 8:22:18 PM 1 I- K# w# q# k' n6 ?
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Rumour:A brief two-sentence post over at The Boy Genius Report claims today that Palm's two webOS handsets, the Pre and the Pixi, are "beginning to appear" in Verizon's inventory system, with Big Red having ordered 200,000 units of each model. For the mathematically-challenged, that means they'll have 400,000 in total ready to unload. 0 m, T* W `2 W# M4 P8 L0 B0 Z2 B2 P- H
% q4 @. ^6 y& m+ yThe question this raises, of course, is whether this is good news or bad? Given that Palm and webOS were both hyped (mainly by an excitable tech press) as giant-slayers after their initial introduction, an order of this relatively small size could indicate Verizon does not share those expectations and isn't planning to promote Palm's new babies on the same level as their New Sensation, the Android-powered Motorola Droid - despite apparently getting upgraded models. Of course, it could also just mean that they're being cautious. We'll have to see how it plays out once the expected CES announcement is made...
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路边社报道 Verizon pre/pixi 个20万部 待发售 这可能 是 palm 一搏的机会 。 预计 国内的 pixi水货会降价咯 另外 Verizon版的pixi 带WIFI 哦
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+ ~, a: m" I5 `$ i( t[ Edited by 雷鸟战士 on 2010-1-5 13:46 ] |