Palm Pre hacked and running on Verizon
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It’s not the fabled GSM Pre, but PreCentral forum member Cleanser has apparently managed to unlock his Pre’s CDMA radio and get voice and SMS service on Verizon — data’s still a no-go, but he’s working on it. Other devices have been flashed between the networks for years, so we’ve no doubt that this is possible, but we doubt it’ll ever be super-easy — according to Cleanser, the hardest part was getting someone to add his device’s MEID to the system, and that’s always gonna be tough, regardless of VZW’s big talk about open network access. Still, it’s heartening to see a webOS device on another carrier — Palm, you want to maybe do this up official sometime? Video after the break.
[Via PreCentral]
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