Verizon and Sprint trade blows over Palm Pre, Storm 2 as well

In a recent report, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said that, “Over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre and a second generation Storm.” Quite a stunning statement and one that has caused some heated debate online. By all current accounts Sprint has the Pre for six months, when that six months starts and ends could be a bit blurry, but as things stand now, Sprint has the higher ground as far as the Pre timing goes. Then again, Verizon really isn’t the type of company to spout off some nonsense like this, so who is right? Well, it’s possible that the six month exclusivity on the Pre has already started (perhaps it was delayed behind the scenes), and the contract will expire within a shorter public time frame, but that seems rather unlikely. Especially, considering that as of now, Sprint has come out publicly in response to state, “We have the Pre through 2009.”

It’s minutely possible Lowell wasn’t actually talking about the Pre. It’s a bit easy to read into, but he says “like Palm Pre”, perhaps indicating they will have some sort of Pre competitor. Unfortunately I can’t really imagine that being true either since he also refers to the “cousin” of the Pre, which I can only imagine is the fabled mini Pre/Eos.

So at this point, evidence seems to be piling up, so who is wrong? As things stand currently, it would seem to be Verizon unless they shed some more light on the situation.

Also big news in there, aside from the conroversy, is the second generation BB Storm. Previously we had heard that the Storm 2 could hit as soon as next month or July, but it seems as of now that will likely be pushed back considering the 6 month timetable on the device, I can’t say I’m really surprised though.

And just to put some icing on the cake they also announced that they would be selling Android phones in the future, likely starting with the Android Motorola device later this year.

Big news for Verizon fans, but do you think the Pre will hit Verizon this year or not?