Its no secret that Verizon wants the Pre; in fact, as much as were sure theyd like to be showing a corporate poker face, its pretty obvious they want it badly given how swiftly it sought to take the wind out of Sprints sails with comments around the time of the initial launch. Sprints Dan Hesse moved just as quickly to quash the thought as best he could by publicly slamming his companys archrival, telling media that Verizon needed to cut it out with the assumptions that Sprints exclusivity period was six months and reiterating that hed have the Pre in his back pocket through the end of 2009. The obvious response from Verizon? Revise your language just a little bit and keep at it. Big Red is now saying that itll have the Pre "early next year" in comments made during its earnings call today -- in other words, the very moment Sprints exclusivity ends if Verizon has anything to say about it. From Palms perspective, sitting pretty atop the States largest carrier is a good place to be, so were sure theyre stoked to hear the depth of Verizons interest -- not to mention that weve still got that Eos floating around somewhere.
