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

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Post by adk » Wed, May 20, 2009, 4:05 AM UTC

Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official
engadget.com

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

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Post by jhancock » Wed, May 20, 2009, 4:36 AM UTC

"$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.

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Post by noor420 » Wed, May 20, 2009, 4:47 AM UTC

"Bell Canada" will be carrying this sweet phone here in Canada.

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

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Post by adk » Wed, May 20, 2009, 4:49 AM 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 do too, mainly because I want to see more JS/HTML based mobile device development, possibly some standard APIs in the near future.

I've been spoiled by the web and I don't like having to deal with multiple languages, platforms and dev environments just to be able to reach a decent portion of my potential audience.

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Post by electromagnetic » Wed, May 20, 2009, 4:53 AM UTC

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.

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Post by cubicle67 » Wed, May 20, 2009, 5:02 AM UTC

How many people are waiting for the new iPhone (assuming there is one) expected 2 days after the launch of the Pre before deciding what to get?

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Post by mingyeow » Wed, May 20, 2009, 5:07 AM UTC

I am so goddamn excited. I cannot wait to get one... (but i will still wait to see if there is gonna be an iphone 3)

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Post by anigbrowl » Wed, May 20, 2009, 6:07 AM UTC

Ugh, carrier contracts. Why do you Americans tolerate these lock-ins? One thing I miss about Europe is that you can just buy the phone you want and take it to the carrier you want.

This is why I use MetroPCS. It's not the world's best service and it only works in major cities, but I pay $50/mo for unlimited voice/text and I have no contract. If you want the blackberry I think the unlimited data plan is about $75.

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Post by stcredzero » Wed, May 20, 2009, 6:12 AM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #8

Ugh, carrier contracts. Why do you Americans tolerate these lock-ins? One thing I miss about Europe is that you can just buy the phone you want and take it to the carrier you want. This is why I use MetroPCS. It's not the world's best service and it only works in major cities, but I pay $50/mo for unlimited voice/text and I have no contract. If you want the blackberry I think the unlimited data plan is about $75.

I hope the competition does away with those things.

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Post by oomkiller » Wed, May 20, 2009, 6:24 AM UTC

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.