OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21754/_Palm_Sold_370000_Pre_Phones_in_May_June_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:29 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Into the channel... http://osnews.com/thread?371144 http://osnews.com/thread?371144 Isn't the same as phones sold to end users, so this isn't yet a viable number to assume anything by, unless every one of those phones sold into the channel has a customer that has already reserved it: don't count your chickens before they're hatched, or phones before they've been taken out of a store by an end user to go with a mobile phone plan! Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JonathanBThompson) Comments RE: Into the channel... http://osnews.com/thread?371146 http://osnews.com/thread?371146 Yeah, obviously. I made sure the article mentioned that this is about sales from Palm to Sprint - not to customers. We'll have to wait a few months for that (Palm's quarterly results). Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments Let's put these figures into perspective. http://osnews.com/thread?371152 http://osnews.com/thread?371152 Let's put these figures into perspective. During the original iPhone's first full quarter, Apple sold 1.1 million iPhones, so if Palm were really to hit the 1 million mark, they're really doing a good job, especially compared to the marketing machine Apple put behind the iPhone.

Back in the real world... In the first quarter Apple was selling the iPhone it cost more than twice what the Palm Pre costs (later the iPhone's price was dropped so that it was merely twice the price of the Pre). The iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS both sold around 500,000 units in the U.S. in their first weekend on sale (the 3G and the 3GS being the first iPhones comparatively priced to the Palm Pre).

Palm definitely isn't doing bad with the Pre, but it isn't even getting close to the bar the iPhone has set. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rhavyn) Comments Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?371164 http://osnews.com/thread?371164 In New Zealand one can purchase an iPhone 3GS 32GB outright without a contract for NZ$1,379.00 incl GST (US$887) - I wonder how that would compare to the Palm Pre if it is eventually sold outright; does the Palm Pre include expansion slots or is it deliberately crippled like the iPhone? If it is crippled then I have a feeling that those unwilling to shell out for the iPhone but don't wan to be crippled with a Palm Pre might go for a LG KM900 ARENA and throw on another 32gb card for $50 or so (expanding it to 40gb in total). Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments And as a result... http://osnews.com/thread?371168 http://osnews.com/thread?371168 Over 370,000 emergency calls to 911 were placed -- because of a silly button placement.Edited 2009-07-01 17:46 UTC Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (defdog99) Comments It's selling and that's a good thing http://osnews.com/thread?371170 http://osnews.com/thread?371170 Palm needed a winner. As far as I know, Sprint is selling 5 of Palm's phones now, including the Pré, 755p, and Centro. They seemed to run out that first weekend selling the Pré.

Obviously, the GSM version will help immensely but there are still niches in the world where CDMA phones are being used, correct? If they have the production, they should be getting them to those other areas also.

To me, it's an imperative that Palm survive, if only to push Apple and RIM. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments Just analyst estimates http://osnews.com/thread?371236 http://osnews.com/thread?371236 Oh, and these are just analyst estimates. So, the true number could be half that, or it could be double that. We still don't really know how many phones were sold, and we won't know until Palm decides to release the numbers. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (arpan) Comments RE: Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?371336 http://osnews.com/thread?371336 Using the word "crippled" is really funny. There are more disadvantages to having small amounts of onboard memory and expansion slots than having enough memory in the first place.

But the Pre, for $199 only has 8 GB. That may not be enough to compete with the now $99 3G with 8GB, or the 16 GB 3GS also for $199, or the 32 GB 3GS for $299. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (melgross) Comments RE[2]: Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?371337 http://osnews.com/thread?371337
Using the word "crippled" is really funny. There are more disadvantages to having small amounts of onboard memory and expansion slots than having enough memory in the first place.

But the Pre, for $199 only has 8 GB. That may not be enough to compete with the now $99 3G with 8GB, or the 16 GB 3GS also for $199, or the 32 GB 3GS for $299.


Those are priced based on a contract, I am talking about buying the device outright - so I can take it and use it on another carrier; in my case, instead of Vodafone I can use it on the XT Network. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: And as a result... http://osnews.com/thread?371465 http://osnews.com/thread?371465
Over 370,000 emergency calls to 911 were placed -- because of a silly button placement.


And what has that got to do with the story? more mindless spam by repeating the same thing over and over and over again with each post? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments