Sprint’s CEO, Dan Hesse anticipates that the Pre will be in limited supply on launch day. Are they anticipating a buying frenzy for the Pre or are the creating a shortage to make it sound like the Pre is selling really well?
I don’t know about you but every one I have talked to about the Pre didn’t even know when it was coming out.
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Sprint Nextel Corp announced that Palm’s much anticipate Pre smartphone will launch on its 3G network Saturday June 6th for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
Palm states that the Pre will be able to run multiple apps at the same time, which is something the iPhone can’t do.
Some of the Pre’s features include:
- 3.1 Inch touchscreen supplemented
- Physical slide-out keyboard
- 8GB Internal storage
- GPS
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- 3-Megapixel camera
It will be the debut of Palm’s new webOS platform based on standard open web technologies such as CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript.