Turns out the pre-pay option was the idea of an enthusiastic Sprint store here. I called them this afternoon and they said that they were told in no uncertain terms that they are not allowed to pre-sell anything. People can buy the phones when the store opens in the morning . . . and I'll be standing there when they do!
Cheers, Don From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael M. Rye Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Treo] Palm Pre in the real world 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] <mailto:don%40ferguson.us> > 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:treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Carl >W. Brooks >Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:28 AM >To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> >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] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
