I don't think anybody answered this. Can one pre-pay at a Sprint store half a day early and be guaranteed a Pre on release day??
--- Michael Michael M. Rye wrote: > Pre-pay? You can do that? Does that guarantee you get one if they are > short on release supply? > > --- > Michael > > ..... Original Message ....... > On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:25:54 -0600 "Don Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Carl, >> >> >> >> And WOW, you typed all that on your Treo! You are a patient man! >> >> >> >> Love what you wrote - it will be SO interesting to see how this plays out. >> 3.5 days until I pre-pay at the Sprint store. 4 days till the Pre is MINE! >> >> >> >> Bwahahahahahahaha!! Cough, cough. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Don >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carl >> W. Brooks >> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:28 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Treo] Palm Pre in the real world >> >> >> >> People are so blind. Most people could care less about application. There >> > is > >> a growing number of user that would add additional apps but most don't >> really care. Remember when people stood in line with cash in fists ( I was >> there in line, but just to check it out) to pay $500 for the iPhone, how >> many apps could they add? Zero! >> >> We had to jailbreak it later to add apps (I had the iPod Touch by then). >> >> The truth is most people just want a cool phone that works. Most people just >> graduated to a camera phone. Most people have just graduated to having email >> on their phone, i.e. Treo, Centro and Blackberry popularity among the >> prosumers. >> >> Many people have paid way more than $299 for a phone that could do way less. >> People have paid way more than $100 a month on a cell phone bill to just >> talk. Remember how much money people spent on the Motorola Razor? And it >> couldn't do anything fancy. Technology changes so fast that people forget >> this quick. MetroPCS has changed peoples thinking on what they should pay >> each month for a phone bill; prior to their $50 unlimited plan people paid >> an average of $100 a month for just voice (including any over limit >> > charges) > >> My point? The Palm Pre provides the average phone user a lot of functionity >> for the dollar. Much more than they have had before. The number of candy >> > bar > >> and flip phone users is way more than the smartphone users that own Apple, >> Palm or RIM phones. >> >> All three of these makers are targeting THAT group of people, not the >> current users of Apple, Palm or RIM phones. If some of these folk buy; then >> great, but they want the mass of new smartphone users. >> >> Look around you right now. Go ahead look around. How many people are >> > holding > >> a non-Smartphone and busy at it? Texting, playing whacky games that we used >> to play on Atari, taking photos of themselves, etc. These are the people >> they want. >> >> Having said that, the apps will matter in the long run. Palm's app store >> must be done right. There I no doubt that people will develop for it if the >> masses buy the phone. If both of these happen, then the app store must make >> purchasing these apps a breeze. >> >> Remember when everyone was screaming that Palmgear.com was robbing >> developers because they took a cut? Obviously Apple agreed with Palmgear. >> The problem with the online method was many people didn't know where, what >> and how it all worked. Some provided PRC files, others zip files. It was a >> mess. Users had to reply on fan sites to explain what, where and how. >> >> I am looking forward to the Palm Pre. Yes, I would love to have had the SDK >> out before launch so apps could be developed and available day one. Yes, I >> would like to have video recording day one. BUT I am delighted to have Palm >> back in the game. >> >> I am happy to see Palm finally providing the things we have asked for like >> > a > >> real MP3 player, Video or movie play back, multitasking, a fantastic web >> browsing experience, a large beautiful color screen, mass media storage, >> GPS, WIFI and a decent camera. It is almost like Sony is back in the game >> again LOL. >> >> I am excited for what the mobile experience can grow to with the >> > re-emerging > >> of Palm into the Smartphone arena. Let's just hope they don't lose their >> mind again. >> >> Palm has an army of loyal followers who are ready to move these and future >> devices to the masses. Here's to them staying on top and using us to their >> advantage and not just taking us for granted. >> ----------------------- >> Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
