Likewise. I've read that Best Buy, Radio Shack and others will have limited stock of Pre handhelds. Not sure if that's true? So, I will be standing in line at my Sprint store of choice (there are multiple in my area) tomorrow morning prior to opening.
--- Michael ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:13:57 -0600 "Don Ferguson" <[email protected]> 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:[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] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
