Pre Plus comes to AT&T on May 16, $149.99 with free Touchstone

AT&T has finally sent out the rundown on when (and for how much) its customers will be able to saddle themselves with a Pre Plus and matching two-year contract, and the wait isn't a long one: it launches this coming Sunday, May 16, just as we'd expected. It'll run $149.99 on contract after rebate -- the same that Sprint is charging for the Pre, and $100 more than Verizon is charging for its own Pre Plus -- but buyers will be getting a free Touchstone charging dock along with their purchase "for a limited time" when the phone is picked up in a corporate-owned store. There's no word on the Pixi Plus yet, but hey, at least this gets Palm back on the network after an extended vacation. No word on a free mobile hotspot add-on, but hope springs eternal, we suppose.

[pika2000 Posted May 11th 2010 1:15AM]

@ToniCipriani $399? Are you sure? That's not bad at all, considering the no-contract price of the Pre with Verizon is $599. That's a good deal! And is the service really unlocks it?

[ToniCipriani Posted May 12th 2010 2:57PM]

@pika2000 Plenty of successful reports here:

http://forums.precentral.net/gsm-pre/239760-finaly-unlocked-my-pre.html

And confirmed unlock works on SFR Pre Plus, and since original unlock was tested on an O2 Pre and works on a Telcel, it's safe to assume it'll unlock AT&T as well.

[Johnny Rockets Posted May 10th 2010 8:23PM]

Pretty expensive but still great for people who are stuck on AT&T but can't wait to dump their crappy fruit phones.

[Pure Calculus Posted May 10th 2010 10:17PM]

You know a study said apprx 44% of women would not date a man that owned a Palm Pre. Just thouht I'd throw that out there.

[nickyP Posted May 10th 2010 10:28PM]

Interesting thing about this story, Palm now how devices on the three largest carriers and they're all fairly the same. If they release a hardware refresh later this year, say around Sept-Nov with some nice new stuff, and hard launch on multiple carriers, they might be poised for huge growth. Hopefully WebOS 2.0 delivers a hurricane.

[mandude Posted May 10th 2010 10:37PM]

Its pretty funny to know at&t still doesnt have an android device....in fear or out selling apple....but to get a palm pre plus for 149!!! Are they flippn CRAZY!

[(Unverified) Posted May 10th 2010 11:21PM]

They should make it cheaper and forget the stupid TouchStone. The free wifi thing is no big deal either way, as unlike the iPhone, there's an app for that.

[Treiz Posted May 10th 2010 11:30PM]

sold, Im getting extra touchstone from the shack