Rumor: Palm release on AT&T delayed till the summer

This latest bit on Palm is a bit of a rumor based on a rumor, but here goes. According to Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek, the launch of Palm with AT&T has been delayed until sometime in June or July. Of course, the delay of the launch is based on a rumor that Palm is even coming to AT&T in the first place. Yup, although that is expected, it has never been officially announced.

“Beyond generally lacklustre handset sales in the current quarter, which are already reflected in our previous estimates, we have recently learned that AT&T has delayed the planned launch of the Pre and Pixi on its network from April to June/July,” Misek writes.

The reasons behind the delay. Well, those include the obvious in that the Pre and Pixi have not been doing as well as everyone expected hoped. Additionally, AT&T is also noted as having “cited a long list of technical issues with the Pre and Pixi.” And to add a little extra bad news to that, it was also noted that AT&T has decided to reduce the marketing budget for the webOS based devices when they do launch.

In the end, I think it will be good for Palm when the Pre and Pixi are available with AT&T, but I would also imagine that a budget cut in terms of marketing is not what Palm was hoping to hear.

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