Palm Pre madness
Posted in This Just In... on May 27th, 2009 by gkrakow
If you follow the tech news sites and all the blogs you know that anything having to do with the upcoming release of Palm’s new Pre touchscreen smartphone is “breaking news”.
Any little tidbit – and even some large bits (like one blog’s publishing of secret Sprint marketing documents) makes for big headlines on the Web.
Oddly, while “upset” about clandestine releases of internal paperwork, Sprint seems to be happy about breaches. If you look at their Pre homepage you’ll see they welcome the PR from bloggers and their inside scoops.
I think I understand why Sprint tolerates that. Of the four major cellular providers in the U.S., Sprint is on the shakiest ground. They need a big hit phone now.
That goes 1,000,000-fold for Palm. The Pre is probably a made-oir-break product for the company. It’s the foundation for the company’s financial comeback.
I hope it’s a big success. Palm reportedly has a number of other new designs in the works (including EOS a replacement for the Centro) based on their new webOS software. With the next iPhone and Android phones coming soon – this competition from Palm is a good thing.
We hope to get our hands on a Pre soon. Release day is set for Saturday, June 6th.
One oddity, BestBuy is listing an “unlocked” Pre on their Website for $849.99 ($199.99 with Sprint contract). Why would you want to spend that much on an unlocked CDMA phone? You still have to visit Sprint to make it work.