I got the email for Premium members at the same time I got the email from Pre confirming the sign up. That was certainly helpful, wasn't it? My boss has one as well, just having traded in her 3rd Instinct (they kept breaking) she is lamenting the loss of viewing/editing Word documents.
I think it's odd there is no removable media -- but I'm not sure if I'm going to miss it or not. Sprint tweeted yesterday about how wonderful their launch was -- no real big issues at all. On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Don Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK, since everyone is dieing to know, here was my experience: > > I decided to go to a relatively new Verity (Sprint authorized retailer, but > it's exactly like a Sprint corporate store, even down to the furniture) > store, figuring maybe peoples' habits haven't gotten them used to doing > there since it's new. I showed up at 5:45am and was third in line behind an > interesting guy who's the brains behind www.facefile.com (interesting > concept) and a bright young man who works for IBM in Boulder (but works out > of his house). Yes, we had plenty of time to chat as we waited for #4 to > show up, but it was a pleasant morning - clear and lower 60's by the time > the place opened. I had time to go to Starbucks and get my morning > sustenance while they held my place in "line". Eventually #4, and 5 and so > on showed up. By the time the store opened there were about 20 people in a > real line. Because such information is super secret, we weren't allowed to > know how many units the store had, but they weren't turning anyone away, > and > by the time I got my Pre there were probably 25 people behind us in line. > > Sprint had clearly prepared for the morning and activation went off without > a hitch. The data service took a few hours to come online, as it often does > with Sprint. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
