Verizon announces pricing for Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Verizon Wireless is pricing its first devices running on Palm's webOS platform, the Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus, at the same price that Sprint Nextel sells the Pre and Pixi--$150 and $100, respectively, with a two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. Verizon also is offering a Pixi Plus for free after a mail-in rebate with the purchase of another Palm device, through Feb. 14.

The devices went on sale Monday. The two smartphones will feature a downloadable application that turns them into mobile WiFi hotspots that allow customers to connect up to five WiFi-enabled devices to Verizon's network. The service will cost $40 per month for 5 Gb and 5 cents per megabyte overage, in addition to a customer's monthly service costs. The pricing is in line with the carrier's MiFi device from Novatel, service for which also starts at $40 per month.

Aside from the mobile hotspot service, the Pixi Plus features the addition of WiFi and the Pre Plus has double the internal memory, from 8 GB to 16 GB.

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