This popped up this weekend but it’s worth a look. Apparently there’s a special manual that Palm and Sprint put together to train in-store folks how to sell the Pre. They won’t sell the phone to just anyone, mind you. Only early adopters and artsy hipsters with jobs AKA “non-IT Centric business users” should apply. Real business people should look elsewhere including the WinMo-powered Treo Pro.
A few more tidbits:
* The device can be supported by existing IT infrastructure and will make many IT managers’ standards list.
* [Non-Palm] charging solutions may not work properly.
* Due to anticipated high demand, employee availability will delayed to first meet the needs of our customers.
* The sealed form factor of the device makes repairs challenging and the potential for damage is significant.
* Palm ® Pre™ Smokes the Competition
Most interesting, however, is Charlie Sorrel’s take. Charlie is a great guy – met him a few times in Barcelona – and he believes that the Pre is the iPhone’s Zune – a nemesis that spirals into obscurity and in-jokes after a few weeks. Man, Chuck, harsh on many buzzes much?
I find it hard to believe that they won’t sell a $500 product to anyone that can slap down their plastic or cash.
What they mean to say is that they don’t want negative reviews from users that aren’t unbiased.
Pre kicks ass
This is strange, at least. Stargazing?
I don’t see any reason for this not to smoke the iphone, other than its on sprint. If they come out with an unlocked gsm it wouldn’t hurt its chances. I would buy it if I didn’t already have the g1. If I had a sprint contract I would definitely buy it. Once AT&T brings out its android phone there is gonna be a huge shake up in the market. As android becomes available on more carriers it will be tough for exclusive phones to compete.