Local Sprint store rep told me that Best Buy got 4,000 units TOTAL for the entire US. Most stores have "a couple"
If I were Palm/Sprint, and had limited supply, I'd probably concentrate the supply in "real" Sprint stores, too, but if I were a large authorized reseller (BB, RS and Walmart), I might have hard feelings. Side note: nobody here in Colorado seems to have the Touchstone charger. Local Sprint rep said they're 100% backordered. Dumb decision by Palm, if it WAS a decision, since the impulse buy of the Touchstone might make up most of the purchases, once everyone fully gets that the thing will charge just fine from a microUSB cord. Cheers, Don From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of silverdragon53222 Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Treo] Re: Palm Pre in the real world I replied to your message below via Email nearly immediately after you sent it and it arrived in my Inbox. Unfortunately, my reply has YET AGAIN failed to appear promptly here in this list. Last time this happened, which was just a couple of days ago, it took like a day and a half for my message to get through. The message headers indicated that it was stuck between two Yahoo servers for over a day! Looks like the same thing is happening with my most recent reply, so I will retype it below via the Yahoo web interface. Right. I have read that Best Buy, Radio Shack and others will have limited supply of Palm Pre handsets. Actual Sprint stores will get the bulk of the first shipment(s). Not sure if that is true, anyone know for sure? So, anyway, I will also be standing in line bright and early on Saturday morning at the Sprint store of my choice (there are multiple to choose from in my area). Hopefully I get my hands on one! --- Michael --- In [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> , "Don Ferguson" <d...@...> wrote: > > 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:treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > Michael M. Rye > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:33 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > 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" <d...@... > <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:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> <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> <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]
