Verizon preparing to offer Palm Pre, new BlackBerry, Motorola and Android phones
Palm Inc’s iPhone competitor Pre got an unexpected boost on Thursday as No. 1 U.S. mobile service Verizon Wireless said Pre would be part of its upcoming device line-up, sending Palm shares up 8.8 percent. Verizon, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, will offer Pre in the next six months or so, company Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said during a conference webcast. Verizon Wireless said its phone line-up would also include a new version of the touchscreen controlled BlackBerry Storm from Research In Motion Ltd and a new BlackBerry called Tour. Also slated are devices from Motorola Inc and phones based on Android, the Google Inc mobile system.


