Most definitely Yahoo is having delivery problems again. Two of my messages that I sent over a day ago just showed up in this list a little while ago.
--- Michael Don Ferguson wrote: > It appears Yahoo groups is having delivery problems again. I sent this > Wednesday night at 5:14pm and received it Friday morning at 4:37am. > > > > Yikes? > > > > 24 hours and 12 minutes 'till the Sprint store opens tomorrow!! > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don > Ferguson > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Treo] Palm Pre in the real world > > > > > > > > > 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" <[email protected] > <mailto:don%40ferguson.us> > <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] >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
