AT&T to sell Palm, Dell
phones
AT&T Inc, the No. 2 mobile service provider
in U.S., will sell Palm Inc's mobile phones
in the next coming months, Palm announced on
Monday.
The move is part of Palm's efforts to expand
distribution and raise consumer awareness of
its phones.
Then, AT&T will become the only carrier that
offers devices based on five top smartphone
operating systems: Apple's iPhone, Palm's
webOS, Research in Motion's BlackBerry OS,
Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Google's
Android.
on Rubinstein, chairman and chief executive
of Palm, talks about new games
for Palm phones during a news conference at
the 2010 International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las
Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2010
Palm said its Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi
Plus will sell at 149.99 U.S. dollars and
49.99 dollars respectively.
The Palm Pre, launched in 2009, was
originally designed to be a smart and
innovative phone that could lift Palm's
fortunes, and put the company head to head
with bigger rivals like Apple and Research
in Motion.
Jon Rubinstein, Palm' CEO, said, "AT&T and
Palm have a history of smart phone
leadership, and today's announcement is a
significant milestone for us."
"With Palm webOS phones coming to AT&T, Palm
can help most anyone in the United States
stay connected so they never miss a thing."
In addition, AT&T said it will also sell
Dell Inc's first smartphone in U.S., the
Aero, which is based on Google's Android
mobile operating system.
The Aero was formally announced late in 2009
and is currently available only in China and
Brazil.
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