"When Verizon finally picked up the Pre Plus the next year, the carrier ordered millions of devices and then flippantly refused shipment and decided to focus on

"When Verizon finally picked up the Pre Plus the next year, the carrier ordered millions of devices and then flippantly refused shipment and decided to focus on the Motorola Droid, leaving Palm sitting on millions of unsold units that couldn't be used on any other carrier in the world." Was this breach of contract, or not? If Verizon's "flippant" refusal of shipment was permitted by the contract, then this is Palm's mismanagement. They should have negotiated terms that would have mitigated this risk, or insisted on "NO DEAL" precisely because of this risk. Palm was a large company. They had lawyers - what were they doing and saying about this?