At an official Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre press event this morning, Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse said today that the reports saying the company will have the device on an exclusive basis for six months are wrong. According to CNet, Hesse said: “They need to check their facts. That just is not the case. Both Palm and Sprint have agreed not to discuss the length of the exclusivity deal. But I can tell you it’s not six months.”
Last week, Reuters quoted Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s CEO, as saying in a webcast that over the next six months consumers could expect to see devices “like the Palm Pre and a second-generation Storm” on its network. Shortly after the story was published, a Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless’s spokesperson Jeffrey Nelson posted a message on Twitter, saying: “VZW CEO: We will have the Pre. Didn’t say when, but it’ll be part of our portfolio. Lowell did say a lot of new devices over next 6 months.” The message may have been implying that the timing could have been off.
But there was plenty of information that followed to make the statement sound totally believable. A Sprint spokesperson confirmed to Dow Jones:

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