AT&T CEO: AT&T Will Sell the Palm Pre
This is FUD!!!
How many suckers are born everyday? ATT is trying to create doubt, just like that fake Palm EOS, they want to keep as many customers as possible from switching to Sprint. I see nothing in that article which says ATT will be selling or getting the Pre. No one knows the particulars of the "alleged exclusivity" between Palm and Sprint. If it's 4 months or 6 months, Sprint can easily re-negotiate the terms. A few months ago Palm and Sprint had this to say about the exclusive period, "NO COMMENT."
Bell Canada and Europe are getting the Pre next.
Bell Canada and Europe are getting the Pre next.
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Well said! I can't blame him for saying it since it's a classic CEO move, but just hope other realize what he is really doing. I do believe at some point At&t and VZW will release WebOS devices since Palm wants to make money too and get WebOS in as many hands as possible.
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um it's already in the works so your post has zero merit. sry ATT will have the PRE>
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Um, obviously you did not read the article, here it is again for you:
"Today at the All Things Digital conference, run by Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that "he sees AT&T selling the Pre after the exclusive arrangement with Sprint expires." Sprint is the only network operator to officially announce that it will sell the forthcoming Palm Pre in the U.S. The Pre that will be available via Sprint starting June 6 uses CDMA radio technology. Palm itself has already admitted that a UMTS version is planned. Stephenson's remarks confirm that the Pre will be available on carriers other than Sprint once the exclusivity agreement runs out."
You can't negotiate a contract when one is already active, Spr...
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"Today at the All Things Digital conference, run by Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that "he sees AT&T selling the Pre after the exclusive arrangement with Sprint expires." Sprint is the only network operator to officially announce that it will sell the forthcoming Palm Pre in the U.S. The Pre that will be available via Sprint starting June 6 uses CDMA radio technology. Palm itself has already admitted that a UMTS version is planned. Stephenson's remarks confirm that the Pre will be available on carriers other than Sprint once the exclusivity agreement runs out."
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sprints only gonna be around another year or so anyways with the rate they are loosing people..... so why fight over it, by the time att gets it the hype will have died down anyways.
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nope they have already made a gsm version it's on youtube, sprint doesn't have the clout to extent any exclusive.
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Hey ignoramus, that GSM version is for Europe, stop spreading BS. If you want to continue to fool yourself and believe a rumor, have at it. 😉
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Do you really think it's that hard for Palm to make a 3G chip for the americas? This phone is coming to AT&T. Period!
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Your comment shows how much of an ignoramus you are. The Palm Pre version going to Sprint has a 3G chip, 3G did not start with the iphone. Sprint and Verizon had their 3G networks years before ATT. Actually, Sprint and Verizon are at 3.5G, so the radio chip will be at 3.5G as well. For the record, Palm does not make the radio chips. Come back here in Jan a let us know how well the Pre is running on ATT. 🤣 🙄
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Remember the Centro? Exclusive to Sprint? BUT HO, WHAT'S THIS?!? It's available on Vodaphone?!?!? Then a few months later. . . which carrier ended up offering the Centro?
Put yourself in Palm's shoes: is there any reason *NOT* to sell as many units of a device as possible? Is there any reason why (when you're already making a compatible device for sale in different markets) you can't introduce a device in a market after an exclusivity agreement expires?
I'd be surprised if there's any formal agreement for AT&T to get the pre right now, but I'm sure it will be out before the end of the year, or possibly unlocked, like they did with the Treo 750.
Put yourself in Palm's shoes: is there any reason *NOT* to sell as many units of a device as possible? Is there any reason why (when you're already making a compatible device for sale in different markets) you can't introduce a device in a market after an exclusivity agreement expires?
I'd be surprised if there's any formal agreement for AT&T to get the pre right now, but I'm sure it will be out before the end of the year, or possibly unlocked, like they did with the Treo 750.
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I have to agree. Sure, it is safe to give one carrier exclusive rights to the phone for a small amount of time, but Palm isn't going to succeed on just one network. They need to sell as many phones as possible. That exclusivity isn't going to be a long one like the iPhone. It's make or break for Palm. If this works without any major problems, they have to start selling it on other carriers...
I think the one crazy thing about this one is with the hype the phone has gotten, you'd think it'd be exclusive only to Sprint much like the iPhone and Storm...oh well...
I think the one crazy thing about this one is with the hype the phone has gotten, you'd think it'd be exclusive only to Sprint much like the iPhone and Storm...oh well...
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I agree... Palm, like RIM will have an exclusive model in each country for a period of time. Then.. they need to make money. Why hasn't Apple done the same ? Because they're a marketing machine, selling the demand... and its still selling. It WILL be eventually available on another US carrier, but they'll have to manufacture a slightly different hardware:
Eg. Current iPhone = GLOBAL 850/900/1800/1900 GSM + 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA.
T-Mo 3G needs 1700/2100 AWS
Sprint/VZW need 850/1900 CDMA 1x/EVDO.
Palm already manufactures Euro spec Pre, - 850/1900 is used in 'the Americas' for GSM/UMTS - won't be difficult or expensive.
Eg. Current iPhone = GLOBAL 850/900/1800/1900 GSM + 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA.
T-Mo 3G needs 1700/2100 AWS
Sprint/VZW need 850/1900 CDMA 1x/EVDO.
Palm already manufactures Euro spec Pre, - 850/1900 is used in 'the Americas' for GSM/UMTS - won't be difficult or expensive.
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It is not going to happen, I do not know why it is so hard for some of you to understand that. Palm specifically said, THEY WILL NOT LAUNCH THE PRE IN AREAS SERVED BY SPRINT. Palm does not need another US carrier, especially when the Pre will be launching in 70 other countries outside of the US. For the record, an imported unlocked Euro GSM version will only have Edge access and will not have access to all of the features.
It's amazing the crap some people are so quick to believe. 😳
It's amazing the crap some people are so quick to believe. 😳
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I don't know why you're being so dogmatic about this. . . especially since you're almost certainly wrong.
Again, they did the same thing with the Centro, and they have no reason why they shouldn't do it with the Pre. I'm guessing you don't know this, but Palm's market share has really shrunk, and more than a few tech analysts have written them off - especially after the Foleo. Palm really needs to have as much sales as they can get, and limiting to one carrier in the single largest mobile phone market just isn't a good business strategy.
I think I speak for more than a few folks here, scorpio, when I say I reserve the right to mock you ceaselessly when Palm releases the GSM/UMTS pre in the US. 😛 😉
Again, they did the same thing with the Centro, and they have no reason why they shouldn't do it with the Pre. I'm guessing you don't know this, but Palm's market share has really shrunk, and more than a few tech analysts have written them off - especially after the Foleo. Palm really needs to have as much sales as they can get, and limiting to one carrier in the single largest mobile phone market just isn't a good business strategy.
I think I speak for more than a few folks here, scorpio, when I say I reserve the right to mock you ceaselessly when Palm releases the GSM/UMTS pre in the US. 😛 😉
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Why would At&t want to sell a phone in which the hardware itself will be at least a year and a half to two years old by the time they could release it? Why would a customer want to by a highend phone with hardware that is that old? Why not launch what ever the next highend WebOS device is instead of the Pre? Apple, BB, HTC all release a new version of their highend phones yearly if not sooner. Palm will do the same. Think of the Pre as the G1...no one els will want it becasue they can launch a new version with all the updated chipsets, processors, touch screen, RAM, ect. You know Plam is already working on the Pre's successor. His comment was an atempt to save as many current At&t customers that might be considering leaving for the Pr...
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Palm won't have new hardware available that soon - look at their history. Their development cycle has been very slow, especially compared to other PDA makers; HTC or Nokia's smartphone offerings in any single year are way ahead of Palm. Also remember that they're developing this new webOS all by themselves - there's no open developer community like there is for Android, nor is there (yet) a paid developer community like there is for Symbian & Windows Mobile. They've really got to make sure the user experience is everything they're promising, otherwise the hardware doesn't matter.
The hardware really isn't that far behind the cutting edge, and is still farther ahead of what most users will need. It will be more than good enough if the...
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It also comes down to how long before it shows up on AT&T, six months is the latest.
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Here is their open dev community first of all...http://predevcamp.org/
I also seem to remember the Treo 800w and Treo 850 (Pro) being released not even a year apart from each other. Treo 600 in 04, Treo 650 in 05, Treo 700 in 06, and 750 in 07. Not even counting Centro or 680 or 755. That is one a year no matter how you look at it. They do not the release anything close to the amount of phones as HTC or Nokia do but they do release at least one a year which replaces the previous one. The current hardware is nice but could be better. 3MP camera...eehh...8GB on board (7GB for user storage which is arguable not enough by even today’s standards) could be a lot better. Higher res screen, maybe an SD slot, or slide out landscape key...
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I also seem to remember the Treo 800w and Treo 850 (Pro) being released not even a year apart from each other. Treo 600 in 04, Treo 650 in 05, Treo 700 in 06, and 750 in 07. Not even counting Centro or 680 or 755. That is one a year no matter how you look at it. They do not the release anything close to the amount of phones as HTC or Nokia do but they do release at least one a year which replaces the previous one. The current hardware is nice but could be better. 3MP camera...eehh...8GB on board (7GB for user storage which is arguable not enough by even today’s standards) could be a lot better. Higher res screen, maybe an SD slot, or slide out landscape key...
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