Here’s two tidbits on the upcoming Verizon webOS debut for you, one surprising and one not-so-surprising. Under the latter category, The Boy Genius Report today reports that the Pixi is “100%” locked in for Big Red along with the Pre, and will also be adding a “Plus” to its title. BGR also claims that the hardware specs are identical “in terms of size”, so those hoping for a memory upgrade may be disappointed. (Your correspondent, however, has heard differently on this matter – although whether the Pre Plus is the proper second-generation model I’ve been told about is still unconfirmed.)
Far more tantalising is this screenshot from Verizon’s internal database, leaked to PreCentral, which has an intriguing little “Y” in the voice dialing column. As they note, carrier spec sheets – especially pre-release ones – frequently get these kind of small details wrong, so it’s hardly a guarantee. But it is interesting, nonetheless, and if true raises the question: would Palm really deny a software feature to the rest of their userbase just to please Verizon?
It’s all in the headline, baby: both Palm’s
There’s always a bit of a mad flurry amongst the Palm community whenever a new webOS update is pushed out, as the techies and uber-fans dig deep and try to discover every little change. Rod Whitby of WebOS Internals