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Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

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Post by mattmaroon » Wed, May 20, 2009, 2:36 PM UTC

jhancock wrote: post #2

"$199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract" I really hope this Palm Pre does well. I would have higher hopes for it if it didn't have carrier lock-in. We'll see if this Sprint-only deal lasts long or if it goes carrier neutral soon.

It won't last long. Palm has done this over and over. They launch on one carrier first because they get paid a lot to do it, then 6 months later start rolling out to everyone else.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

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Post by mattmaroon » Wed, May 20, 2009, 2:37 PM UTC

oomkiller wrote: post #10

I applied to get the SDK when the application page first went up, has anyone been accepted yet? It was my understanding that this wasn't going to be an Apple-style beta, where everything was locked up tight.

I got in. Haven't done anything with it yet.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

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Post by ssharp » Wed, May 20, 2009, 3:06 PM UTC

jhancock wrote: post #2

"$199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract" I really hope this Palm Pre does well. I would have higher hopes for it if it didn't have carrier lock-in. We'll see if this Sprint-only deal lasts long or if it goes carrier neutral soon.

I guess it depends on your definition of "well".

The videos I've seen of it make it look pretty second-rate. It probably compares well against other smart phones but it doesn't seem like a "real" competitor to the iphone. A JS/HTML SDK might be nice but it's not as deep and powerful as the iPhone's.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

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Post by electromagnetic » Wed, May 20, 2009, 3:18 PM UTC

truebosko wrote: post #19

electromagnetic wrote: post #5

I hope this Palm comes to Canada soon, however I hope it isn't the biggest bitch-slap on the planet like the iPhone's data packages are.

It looks like Bell Canada will have the pre: http://www.precentral.net/bell-canada-confirmed-get-pre

Oh god shoot me now. They're even worse than Rogers, who at least have good customer service. I suppose if Bell has a good data package, I might be able to deal with them; I'm pretty good with accents so I suppose I can do customer service in India for a few more years.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

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Post by riahi » Wed, May 20, 2009, 5:37 PM UTC

jhancock wrote: post #2

"$199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract" I really hope this Palm Pre does well. I would have higher hopes for it if it didn't have carrier lock-in. We'll see if this Sprint-only deal lasts long or if it goes carrier neutral soon.

The difficulty is that the Pre is a CDMA 1x-EVDO handset, which is really only compatible on a few networks (Verizon, Sprint, and a few other regional carriers). Unless Palm has a super-secret GSM one waiting in the wings, it could take some time for the Pre to filter over to other networks.