Here comes Palm's Pre
The information was posted on Sprint’s Website this morning.
Palm’s new iPhone killer – the Pre – will be available from Sprint beginning June 6th.
According to their press release, the Pre will sell for $199 with a 2-year service contract AFTER a $100 mail-in rebate. That means when you go to buy one you’ll have to pay $299 (plus any applicable sales tax) and wait to get your hundred bucks back.
The phone will actually be available at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores and also online at Sprint.com.
It will be interesting to see if there are Apple iPhone-like lines outside Sprint stores on Saturday the 6th.
The timing is interesting. It’s just two days before the start of Apple’s 2009 WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) in San Francisco where Pre could interfere with partisan discussions of the upcoming, third-generation iPhone.