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      Best Buy to Get 4 Pres Per Store, Radioshack 2

      May 22, 2009 /

      Predator and prey, or the other way around.Yes, you read that correctly. According to a ‘most-trusty of ninja’ at the Boy Genius Report, Best Buy will only receive 4,250 phones from Palm for the June 6th Pre launch. With an estimated 1,000 stores (estimate from a Best Buy Mobile rep), that’s just four phones per store for launch.

      The story doesn’t get much better for other retailers. Radio Shack is only expected to see the Pre at 721 of their stores, each of which are expected to receive two units. The 721 stores fall in the highest expected consumer base for the Pre.

      This is looking like terrible news for Palm, and it’s definitely the wrong way to go about generating hype. It makes me wonder what happened. Did they short-order touch screens? Are they worried about network stability? Was this just really poor decision making? Whatever it was, it’s bad, and I’m guessing this will go down as a bad year for Palm.

      Mobile, News

      Best Buy to Bypass Pre Rebate

      May 20, 2009 /

      Best Buy has Palm's best interests in mind.Seems like all the news points to the Pre this week, and probably for good reason. The Pre is Palm’s final hope, but the company has given itself plenty of setbacks. For one, their pricing is set to match the iPhone, but only after a $100 mail-in rebate.

      Best Buy is looking to give Palm some help by making the rebate instant, delivering your Pre for $200 out the door. Of course you’ll still have to sign a two-year service agreement, which is pretty much industry standard for receiving a discounted phone. Remember, though, Pre stock is going to be limited at launch, so don’t wait around to get yours.

      Source: Brighthand

      Mobile, News

      Sprint: Not Enough Pres For Launch Demand

      May 20, 2009 /

      Palm Pre.According to Sprint CEO Dan Heese, there just won’t be enough Palm Pre’s to meet demand at the device’s launch. Obviously he’s chosen his words carefully, suggesting there’s going to be massive demand for the Pre, or maybe Palm just hasn’t made very many of them. Either way, the company is throwing all of their chips in on this phone, and rightly so. Without it, Palm’s doomed.

      I’d like to think the Pre will be successful, but it’s going to be a tough sell. Sure, it looks like a great phone, and a lot of people are excited about it, but who will buy it? Sprint customers are a great place to start, but that means no growth for the wireless provider. The loyal Palm users are another likely demographic, but that doesn’t get a great device in the hands of new users. Your final hope is first-time smartphone users, assuming they can be lured from the iPhone or a Blackberry, both of which are potentially cheaper than the Pre.

      Source: Reuters

      Computers, Mobile

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