Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint
Interesting — just a couple days after Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told a conference that “it’s too early to tell” if the Pre’s a hit while talking about Android, the latest Best Buy ad shows Palm’s baby on sale for just $99 on a two-year contract. That ought to spike some sales, but we’ll see if its just a one-week special or a permanent drop before we start trying to read any tea leaves here — anyone running out to grab one?
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Palm Pre drops to $99 at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Sprint, Android
While speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm: Tech event in Pasadena on Friday, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse apparently got all kinds of verbal when it came to Android and his carrier. The honcho (and TV commercial star) remarked at the industry conference that he was “Glad we waited on Android,” adding “The reviews say now it’s ready for prime time. It wasn’t when it first came out.” While we knew Sprint had interest in Android phones (and potentially some forthcoming models), we hadn’t heard a peep about timeframes, and the last thing Dan had to say was that he thought Googlephones weren’t quite ready for prime-time. That’s all changed now with the appearance of Android 1.5, it seems, as Hesse stated that the carrier will ship at least one model with the OS onboard this year. We don’t want to be zany conspiracy theorists, but the timing of this seems to dovetail nicely with the very public launch of HTC’s heavily modified Hero and Sense UI… a device which has been rumored to be making its way to Sprint sometime this year. The carrier obviously has a storied history of partnering with HTC on phones, so it wouldn’t come as a surprise to see it land on Sprint (we certainly haven’t seen any other carriers pipe up). Regardless, it looks like Sprint won’t be putting all of its eggs in the Palm basket for long. It’s going to be a very interesting holiday season.
Sprint’s Dan Hesse says Android coming to Sprint this year, is glad to have waited originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint, webOS
Know the best way to guarantee long lines outside of Sprint stores on June 6th? Have your CEO announce that he expects a shortage of Palm Pre handsets at launch. According to a Reuters transcript of Dan Hesse speaking to investors,
“We don’t intend to advertise it heavily early on because we think we are going to have shortages for a while. We won’t be able to keep up with demand for the device in the early period of time.”
If true, if troubled Palm can’t meet demand then this is certainly bad news for investors in a white-hot smartphone market with plenty to entice rejected Palm hopefuls this summer. Then again, Nintendo drove gamers nuts (and some would argue, artificially inflate demand) for almost two years with its chronic Wii shortages. Problem is, Palm isn’t as fiscally solvent as Nintendo was in 2006… by a long shot.
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Sprint CEO expects Palm Pre shortages, sleeping bag sales skyrocket originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 20 May 2009 07:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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