Pre Plus out of stock online at Verizon and AT&T -- so what does it mean?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted August 16th 2010 5:52PM
posted August 16th 2010 5:52PM
We can all agree that some fresh product is desperately overdue out of Sunnyvale, so the eternal optimists in us want to believe that the departure of the Pre Plus from Verizon's and AT&T's warehouses right now means that we can expect new goodies soon. Of course, it's entirely possible that the two carriers just happened to run out of phones at the same time and that fresh batches are on their way, so it's too early to say these phones are out for the count; then again, when you consider that Sprint somehow still sells the Centro, anything's possible. For what it's worth, both carriers' stores are still stocking the phones, so if you absolutely must have a Pre Plus right now, you're in luck -- you're just going to have to put on something besides your underwear and leave the house to get it. Sorry!
REV UP THEM ENGINES
@mikemanblah New WebOS hardware? WebOS 2.0?
@mikemanblah
It's got to be new webOS hardware!!!
And dare I say it... WITH WEBOS 2.0?!?!?!?
@BharatiJanta
Oh, but what about Sprint?
@liftedngifted1
EOL, palm dead in the water?
Who knows.
@spartandre217
they need to get new stock?
@mikemanblah Maybe HP killed off Palm only to use WebOS on for it's printers?
What does out of stock mean? It means Verizon and AT&T don't want to replenish inventory of a phone no one's buying.
@BharatiJanta I think you're exaggerating!
For whom the bells tolls
@MisterWarmth Basically yes. I love webOS, but Palm fans forget just how old these phones are now (old for the mobile world anyway). They're just going away & thats pretty much it for now.
I'm just saying. There's no way in hell Palm/HP could have any new hardware out this soon after a merger like that. Esp when almost the entire Palm team has disbanded. And there hasn't been a single hint of anything new as far as phones.
Sorry, I wish it were true, but pure logic tells us its damn near impossible at this point in time. I wouldnt expect a new webOS device until late in the year at the earliest.
@peestandingup
actually palm had a roadmap already in place with devices planned at the beginning of the year. Palm KEEPS stuff quiet and hp has said they are keeping palms roadmap in place. Oh and ''roadrunner'' is possibly the new inner circle name rather than c40. The pre's original name was the castle. Most thought c40 meant castle 4in screen, but hp sent it back to the drawing board and now the new phone is roadrunner or at least that's whars showing up in the sdk.
@albinomexi or better yet;
for whom the bells troll
@mikemanblah - Greetings, Mr Mikemanblah. It simply means they sold to many and forgot to make more.
So when did the Centro come out?... Jesus
@tvick47 Late 2007, if memory serves correctly.
And it sold like hotcakes... For bargain prices.
@tvick47
What does it meannnnn??!??
I'm happy with my Centro. It does what I need and still runs my PalmOS apps from 1998 just fine. It syncs to my computer without any need to rely on remote servers from dubious companies.
CMON PALM!!!! SHOW ME THE MAGIC!!!!!
HPalm to open new HW floodgates, next?
@shishi
speaking of hp, they still got 'em here http://www.wirelesscentralstore.com
Verizon is still showing them in stock for me. Put in Cambridge, MA as my location.
@danib62 Same. I'm seeing in stock at Verizon and "Black is temporarily out of stock" at AT&T.
Double out of stock, what does it mean?
@reallynotnick it's so vivid
@rmbrown09
so intense, (tense).
@reallynotnick
Maybe it will turn into a...THIRD carrier out of stock...*sobs*...WHAT DOES IT MEAN??!!
My question is why would anyone want one of these phones when there are so many others that are better than the pre plus
@jshuby Low prices
@jshuby
by far the best OS out there...
@jshuby because it runs WebOS; simple.
@thfcme
But the only people that matters to are people running webos. And they already have a webos phone.
@jshuby because WebOS is exquisite. I have had a nexus one a 3GS and Bold 9700 and i would take my pre plus over ANYTHING
@davros
how big of a factor is 3rd party developer support to you?
@drust
While I don't have a Web OS phone (Android here,) I think it's funny you believe that's an issue. Just because the app store isn't flooded with apps all with duplicated functionality doesn't count as a negative. I'm sure Web OS has apps available for any function you need.
@drust Not massive, although WebOS is gaining all the time. As long as I have a few cool games to play, decent facebook, twiter and ebay im happy! WebOS has all of these and with the new PDK we are getting some cool things like Angry Birds in the very near future.
Overall I am more than happy to trade the lack of apps for WebOS' usability!
@Dafrety
As an owner of a launch G1, it is an issue for me; that's why I asked.
Sure, there are few apps that I "need," but lack of the active, good development of other fun/interesting ones is what, for a long time, gave me iPhone envy, and now makes me desperate for a current-gen qwerty Android, now that Android is enjoying more popularity.
@drust If you are an App person take it from me stick with iPhone the Android Marketplace is mostly total garbage and the gaming is totally non-existant compared to iPhone hell even compared to the Pre the gaming is gash!
@jshuby honestly I'd like to try webos because I don't need too many apps but truly good multitasking is important to me
I would go android but the support for phones is only like 1 year if it's a flagship now and kinda have to go verizon for coverage's sake
hopefully web os 2.0, if not im suer HPalm has something nice up their sleeve
They had to use the remaining Palm stock to build mr touchy CEO's lawsuit lady a house.
@rmbrown09
and finance her next "movie": Blow Hurd.
The Palm phones have been discontinued at Fry's Electronics for about a month now.
The Centro is awesome and everyone should just buy that instead.
PALM OS 4 LIFE YO
@EpsilonNot
as long as you have teal os on it, so you can multi- thread. I loved my centro..... Just think, iphones can finally multi-thread lol..... But webOS has the best multi-tasking period.
well, there was that super deal that HP was offering from their site on Palm HW.
Perhaps they were dumping their stock to make room for a new gadget?
(Talk about wishful thinking, right?)
I want WebOS on my evo!
i sold my EVO because i needed to pay my rent.(halfway serious) I bought a palm pre on ebay because it was cheap ($120 with touchstone) and did not require the $10 a month fee. i don't even live in 4G, so no biggie.
SO guess what? I love the WebOS! it's really quite nice. love the gestures and tabs. Really a nice system, would love to see this on a nice piece of hardware with at least a 3.7" screen.
I echo the EVO with webOS!
Pre++
The spawn of webOS is upon us!!!