Comments on: Palm Pre Slows, So Sprint Hopes Android Will Be Its Hero

By: mysocialbrain: 03-09-2009 : protagonist

mysocialbrain: 03-09-2009 : protagonist — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:05:13 +0000

[...] plam pre sales not so iphone killing really, i never would have guessed [...]

By: Tank

Tank — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:30:47 +0000

I do not know what you are paying… but this is what I have with Sprint and I wouldn’t give it up to save my life with AT&T. I get all this for $69.99 bucks a month. Can AT&T beat that???

* Everything Data 450 $69.99
* 450 Anytime Minutes Included
* Nationwide Long Distance Included – FREE
* AMERICA – ROAMING Included – FREE
* Unlimited Any Mobile, Anytime – FREE
* Unlimited Sms Text Messaging – FREE
* Unlimited Picture Mail – FREE
* Unlimited Data Usage – FREE
* Sprint TV – FREE
* Sprint Radio – FREE
* Sprint Navigation – FREE
* Sprint Data Essentials Pack – FREE
* Nights & Weekends Start at 5PM-7AM – FREE
* Caller ID – INCLUDED
* Call Waiting – INCLUDED
* Three-way Calling – INCLUDED
* Voicemail – INCLUDED

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:17:24 +0000

Looks like the prediction was pretty accurate. The app explosion started today with Palm’s launch of the first paid apps.

Palm also beat or met every single analysts expectation at their last earnings call and jumped 20%+ as the shorts got squeezed on wall street.

Now Palm just announced it was opening up the platform even more as they changed their terms — open source apps are welcomed and may be distributed outside the official app catalog! (source: http://www.precentral.net/palm-freeing-webos-development)

By: patpat

patpat — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:38:21 +0000

you may pay the same for the iphone but its a better deal for sprint seeing as you get unlimited EVERYTHING. not to mention iphone wifi only in places where where wifi is available, the pre has the sprint now network where internet is on the go all the time. you also get unlimited tv and data which on iphones would probably be at least an extra $40..esspecially for unlimited internet since iphone users dont even pay for that since they use free wifi.

By: Sprint Employee

Sprint Employee — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:31:01 +0000

WHy dont you come to the corp store i work at and say it to me face to face, I dont know if you have been going to a 3rd party sprint dealer but us at the sprint corp store go through lots of traing and know all the details weeks before the phone is launched.

By: Comcast Should Buy Sprint

Comcast Should Buy Sprint — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:21:06 +0000

[...] portfolio of devices has vastly improved with hardware such as the Palm Pre and Pixie and the upcoming Android-based Hero. And Sprint’s wireline businesses could offer Comcast an advantage when it comes to access [...]

By: OStatic Buffer Overflow… | google android os blog

OStatic Buffer Overflow… | google android os blog — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:44:57 +0000

[...] needs a hit. Sprint, the beleaguered mobile carrier, announced that it will start selling HTC Hero, a touchscreen phone based on Google’s Android OS, on Oct. 11th for [...]

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:34:55 +0000

I am a blackberry user and i love the tour.

On Palm Pre, if you look at their relative sales versus Blackberry Tour, you know who is selling more. In fact the buyers are voting with their wallets.

You make good points about Pre, except none of that matters if the device doesn’t sell. Does it. 10,000 units a week is not enough for them to stay in business.

By: WKL

WKL — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:28:04 +0000

The pic is an accurate representation.

Having played with both, I do like the improvements in the front panel hardware controls of this over the Magic.

By: Palm Pre Slows, So Sprint Hopes Android Will help | Verizon Pre

Palm Pre Slows, So Sprint Hopes Android Will help | Verizon Pre — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:01:18 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:15:47 +0000

“The device is being hurt by the availability of the BlackBerry Tour, which is one of the best smartphone devices”

The BlackBerry Tour – one of the best smartphone devices? Are you kidding me? GigaOM must be sponsored by Blackberry to have allowed that statement.

Palm Pre is much superior than the Blackberry and all of the Android phones. It beats the iPhone in every department except for the number of apps. Prepare for an app explosion by the end of September to start chipping away at that advantage.

By: Ramneek Bhasin

Ramneek Bhasin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:24:48 +0000

Sprint plans are not cheaper than AT&T by any yardstick. I have two iPhones and two Pre’s and pretty much paying the same monthly amount to both AT&T and Sprint.

Regardless, Sprint and Palm have both missed the boat … at least for now. By the time network issues hit mainstream media, it will be too late for them to recover with just PR alone. AT&T would have made just the right amount of infra investments to keep their nose above water. Sprint and Palm need to do some radical out-of-the-box thinking to get out of this hole, unfortunately.

By: “OFFICIAL: Sprint Announces HTC Hero!” and related posts - BeWell Buddy

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:12:31 +0000

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By: Mo Kilma

Mo Kilma — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:09:29 +0000

“Some analysts say that Sprint, which had hoped to sell 1-1.5 million Pre devices in the first year, will miss that target. Palm is selling about 25,000 devices a week, according to David Eller, an analyst with Town Hall Investment Research.”

25,000 devices*52 weeks = 1,300,000 Pre sold during the first year. So they will be meeting the target of 1-1.5 million sold.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:26:44 +0000

I’m curious to see one of these in person. I’ve never been on an Android phone.

By: gbp

gbp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:41:36 +0000

Nope,
SPRINT changed the stock “HERO” to “SPRINT HTC HERO” by removing the bottom chin.

SPRINT has history of modifying the HTC phones ( HTC diamond and the upcoming HTC Touch Pro2 are different from the original HTC models).