AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced at the D7 conference today that he "sees AT&T selling the Pre after the exclusive arrangement with Sprint expires", reports Precentral. As to when Sprint exclusivity will end, we don't have confirmation yet, although some earlier rumors suggest that the CDMA carrier could have it as long as the end of 2009.
Palm's new thinline webOS handset is also coming to the GSM giant, and the last time we heard of the sexy, 10.6mm Centro replacement was back in April, and it was codenamed "Pixie". A new AT&T factsheet has been leaked via Engadget, with more details of the upcoming webOS smartphone, along with a new codename, "Castle".
The device will sport the "New Palm OS experience", which we assume means webOS (since Palm OS is being discontinued), be available in the second half of 2009, and will cost $299 after a $50 mail-in rebate (which would make it pricier than the Pre at $199 after a $100 MIR). Initial applications will include an integrated IM client, AT&T Navigator, Yellowpages.com, and MediaNet apps. The device comes with 4GB of storage and bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP, however no indication of wifi support.
So do you plan on waiting to upgrade your AT&T handset to one with webOS? Details of new Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile models are among other slides leaked, which should make for a very strong AT&T lineup in the months ahead.
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