Pre Plus and Pixi Plus free on contract, with free accessories, too
By Sean Hollister 
posted July 4th 2010 11:00AM
posted July 4th 2010 11:00AM
posted July 4th 2010 11:00AM
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I'm waiting until I get a free printer with it
@d0mth0ma5 It is not macbook pro buddy.
@okok only Apple Fanboys bought i
LMAO. Owned.
@d0mth0ma5 sorry, but that joke is getting really old.
@d0mth0ma5 - Yeah, likely an announcement from HP saying... we're gonna come out with more shit soon, so here is a bonus. Bitch!
And so on and so forth.
@d0mth0ma5
They have HP Wireless stores???
Where???
I have nothing to say, please downrank me! thanks :)
@shadowj0 its just an online portal for pre/pixie to try to move the backlog of overproduced devices.
@potretr
You don't read Engadget a lot, I presume.
@rlopin What's funny is the amount of people who talk bad on a product they haven't used. Let me guess apple told you to buy an iphone 4 and you actually waited in line? My multitasking on Webos will defeat any other device out there. (smiley face)
looks like that new phones are on the rise ...
sprint's site has the pre for 149.99... and it's not even the pre plus
This is why the Kin is dead.
Does HP plan on making a new Pre or are they going to try to get as much as the can out of existing Pre devices? You'd think they'd try to make a "Pre 2" if only to get WebOS more out in the market
Sprint subsidizes less so that their plans can be the most affordable. On a two year contract with Sprint you are going to save way more than the price of the phone.
@rlopin Thank you for pointing this out. So many people lose site of how much their phones really cost after contract!
License out the os already!!!
@BillOwnz Spend a Billion, then license? Methinks they'll be keeping the OS for themselves.
@d0mth0ma5 LMAO, my thoughts exactly.
They sure are trying... maybe if they gave away a contract it would work.
They did come out with a very innovative webOS... but without decent hardware under the case to match it, you're left with a slow, choppy device.
No sell.
You know the phrase "you cant give these away..."
@ahstuzl100 Link to shoddy website is shoddy.
It was $0.01 on Amazon when I picked one up a few months ago. Guess that deal wasn't good enough.
To let you guys know, I saw a touchstone for $7.99 at radioshack(it was on clearance). Any Pre/Pixi users might wanna check that out, but prices might vary at your local store(i don't work for radioshack, just helping you guys out)
Pre Plus for free is a great deal. I have an original PRE and it is no slouch, however more memory definitely makes it more responsive.
Trying to get my gf to get this but she refuses to leave blackberry.
@Robhimself
she can always try it for 30 days and if she hates it she can go back to her blackberry. I turned a friend over to the palm side from her crackberry she hasn't looked back, so many nifty features on this phone that blackberry just doesn't have. Altho to be honest alot of users on Precentral say they still keep their work related blackberries, but if she uses it just for herself def. worth switching.
A free phone that demands an expensive data plan is not free. Until these phones come with discounted data plans (or the option to not have a data plan at all), they are not a good deal at all.
@Tommy Five If you don't want a data plan, there is an option, its called a dumb phone.
@kent99 And man, have you seen those pieces of crap? They stopped trying years ago with those phones.
@Tommy Five Then pay for a smartphone its not that hard.
IF you don't want too pay than too bad.
@PathogenX Not everybody has $30+ a month to spend on a data plan. That's a TON of money to a lot of people (one of the many reasons why smartphones account for just ~20% of the market). Many people also don't care to be connected 24/7 (myself included - there's more to life than the internet).
Most of the world still uses "dumbphones". Why are we exempt from nice hardware and a fun mobile OS? I would gladly pay the premium for nice hardware if I wasn't holed into paying $360+ a year for a data plan on top of my existing voice plan.
@Tommy Five AT&T has a $15 a month data plan.
@Tommy Five
I really don't see the point of a nice new smart without the data plan. Might as well get a ipod touch and a dumbphone. As for me, i'm get a data plan away, so i'll take discounted phone.
@Tommy Five
That's like saying "A free cell phone that requires me to pay for voice service is not free".
Service.... Hardware.... See the difference?
@strommsarnac Those still aren't good "deals" either. On top of the cost of the phone being written off several times a year, you get shit hardware with the free dumbphones. But, moneywise, they are still better deals than a free smartphone (whose cost is completely irrelevant over the course of a two-year contract)
My argument here is that people who don't want/can't afford data plans are forced into getting shit hardware/software. I've had the exact same Verizon Wireless OS for the past 10 years (or so it seems). It's slow, buggy, and ugly to boot. Dumbphone users (the majority of cellular subscribers) have gotten shafted with half-assed features and terrible cameras.
@torch29 Yes, and iPod Touch would solve all of my issues here... but then you're carrying a second device, etc. etc.
Ideally, a smartphone with no data plan could still connect over wifi, and be able to use non-internet apps and games (again, much like the iPod Touch).
Maybe I'll just get an iPod Touch and glue my enV2 to the back.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could have multiple handsets under the same contract? In otherwords, use Pre one Day, Droid or iPhone the next. Same number. The carriers could simply make the data cross handset but allow you the freedom to use whatever device you wanted to and switch between them whenever you wanted to. If I were a carrier, I'd come out with a plan like that.
@kent99 That's called SIM cards.
@kent99
LOL you can already do that. AT&T and T-Mobile you just swap your SIM, Verizon and Sprint you just have them change the ESN. A little more work, but it is possible.
@Peter F You completely missed the point. One shouldn't need to swap SIM cards. That defeats the purpose of ease of transition. You should be able to have multiple SIM cards, all on the same contract without having to pay for multiple contracts on a per device basis.
@kent99 then you should consider moving to Europe. Carriers been doing that for a long tome where I'm from. Small extra fee, twice the fun.
I am pretty sure this is the end of palm. They are just emptying out there stock. What a shame.
@a falling stone
You have to admit though, while it is sad, Palm kind of committed suicide by not releasing GSM versions for so long, and never releasing an unlocked version.
@a falling stone Far from the end. More like clearing inventory for a new beginning. New phones are on their way.
I know it's a trick of the light, but the one in the back looks like it has a chrome bezel going around the edge of the phone... I kinda like it. Or maybe I'm missing something, and Palm released a an updated chrome Pre while I wasn't looking?
At the very least, shouldn't Sprint have the Pre and Pixi Plus by now?
@Booksmart Devil seriously
@gdsafas Good god, spammers have hit engadget.
Played around w/ the Pixi Plus. I really like it. If my iPhone broke and I need an interim phone. I would most def get the Pixi Plus to hold me over. Matter of fact, I think that I'll just go buy one just incase. It's the only qwerty physical keyboard phone that I've ever been able to type on.