I have to admit, this post on The Motley Fool has me scratching my head. The author found a smartphone survey and based on some of the findings is making a giant, no, huge leap that the Palm Pre is already dead upon release. Say what?
What he’s jumping on is that only 4% of the massive 4,292 survey respondents indicated they intend to buy a Palm Pre. His reasoning, that this means few people are going to buy a Pre, is because he compared this 4% to the 37% and 30% who indicated they are going to buy a BlackBerry and iPhone, respectively. Therefore, the Pre is already in trouble.
He goes on to say that the Pre is not buzz-worthy and that folks are just not excited about it. I find this so far off compared to what I am seeing that all I can do is laugh about this. I’m seeing that the Palm Pre has so many people buzzing in anticipation of the launch, more than most phones in recent memory. I guess what Palm needs to do is just release the darn thing already.
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