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Verizon Wireless is embracing Palm's slick webOS mobile operating system, a boon to the company whose well-received Pre and Pixi phones have been overshadowed by Apple's iPhone and an invasion of Google Android devices.
Palm and Verizon's new Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, announced Thursday at CES, become available on January 25. Both have touch-screens and standard keyboards, and take advantage of Palm "Synergy" for neatly incorporating data from disparate sources into a single, easy-to-read view.
The most interesting feature: A downloadable app in Palm's App Catalog lets you take advantage of Verizon's 3G network and turn the new handsets into mobile hotspots that let you share a "personal Wi-Fi cloud" with up to five Wi-Fi-equipped devices, notebooks, cameras, and portable media players. For one, Verizon is in desperate need of some hot new phones on its network. Even though Verizon Wireless has always gotten high marks for its reliable wireless network, it has often been seen as a laggard in terms of getting the hottest new cell phones. AT&T has the exclusive deal with the iPhone. The first and second Android devices are being sold by T-Mobile USA. And Sprint Nextel was the first out of the gate with the Palm Pre. Verizon Wireless has an exclusive deal to carry the BlackBerry Storm, but many loyal BlackBerry users have complained about the touch screen. Research In Motion is readying a new version of the phone for later this year.
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