This week, both Verizon and AT&T said they would offer the Pre in the future. Sprint doesn’t have a breakout phone like AT&T’s iPhone or Verizon’s Blackberry. Right now, Research In Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry, is easily commanding the enterprise space while the iPhone dominates the consumer space.
The confirmation from Sprint came on Thursday afternoon from Sprint spokesman James Fisher who simply said, “We have the Pre through 2009.” The length of the exclusive isn’t really much of a surprise given Sprint’s track record of exclusives in the past, which usually last six to nine months, and it falls within Verizon’s timeline.
The Pre gains iTunes compatibility by telling the desktop app that it is an iPhone that doesn’t understand Apple’s copy-protection. This allows the Pre to download content that isn’t copy protected, including iTunes Plus and music that users have uploaded themselves.
Sprints Palm Pre goes on sale nationwide June 6 for $199.99 with a two-year contract.
