I can’t stand the iphone, but i’d take a subsidized phone like this if it’s rightly priced. Would i prefer a market like in Europe where you buy a phone then get a plan at a lower rate after as opposed to picking a plan and being locked into for 2 yrs and then selecting a phone, sure would! is that an option? heck no. So, we’re stuck with it, and again, it’s SIMPLE economics, supply and demand. Palm wants to survive, so they gotta sell it to a carrier like ATT.

Personally, the sooner this comes out, the sooner i’d buy it. it’s a slick looking phone that i’d much rather have over the iphone.

@Pissed Off Customer – This phone was based on GSM from the start, so it was never going to be on Verizon Wireless anyway, even if they hadn’t chosen a carrier. The only choices for GSM service in the US are AT&T and TMobile, and TMobile doesn’t even have a 3G network out yet.

Been in the market for new phone(s), was going to get 800w’s but then I heard all the ground swelling about the Pro. Can’t use any of the carrier solution because the service is the WORST!!! Where I am and my users are Verizon is the only carrier that can provide the service.

Sure it’s a cool phone has all the features we need. We’ve been a Treo 700w shop for years now but if Palm goes with AT&T that can’t provide the service what’s the use? You think Palm would have learned from Apple mistakes with AT&T.

Go for the unlocked version so I can deal with more networks that can’t provide the service where I need it.

No I don’t work for Verizon it’s just simple there network works at the speed a QoS as advertised.

I think that’s reasonable – given the choice between a subsidized price over a two year contract and a full priced phone, there are many who will go with the one that costs them least out of pocket when they are in the AT&T store.