Palm Pre, The Watch and Wait Continues

Mar 09, 2009 in Palm Pre Users

Since we don’t know the exact release date of the Palm Pre, and most of the technical feature articles have now been published it is interesting to watch the rumor mills and other commentary getting bandied about on the net. Last week Andrew Nusca from ZDNet had an article speculating on Palm betting the farm on their Pre when they are in financial straights (as if every other manufacturer in this economy wasn’t). Anyway he complained that they should have released the Pre shortly after the show at CES. I don’t necessarily agree with him but he makes an interesting point. The longer it takes to get the pre to market the longer it will take for them to make a return on their investment and the wait is hurting sales of their current products.

Over at Precentral they are having a naming contest for those who want to express their loyalty to the "Palm Pre" over the Iphone and the Blackberry.

What do to with the terms PreVert and PreJect? I think:

PreVert: A CrackBerry user who has a secret lust for a Palm Pre
PreJect: An iPhone user only rejects the Pre because of his rampant Apple fanboyism.

You might want to head over and leave a comment or vote for your favorite.

Today if you check out the Palm.com opening page they are pushing the "palm pro" the windows mobile 6.1 version of their mobile offerings. The Pre has disappeared from the front pages of their site as well as the top pages of their blog, replaced by the "Treo Pro."

The facebook conversation continues this week with Collen Bullington, a Palm advertising exec answering questions about the promotional end of the campaign. For all the questions she refuses to be drawn in and reveal a release date.

And then we have those who go overboard and make the prediction on pure speculation:

[RETRACTED]Palm Pre: hits stores March 15th By Tom Hanna, Site Founder

Palm Pre Release Date Update - Treonauts

Sprint CEO Reiterates Planned Palm Pre Release Date First Half (by June) 2009 Although hopeful rumours that the next generation Palm Pre smartphone might be released as early as April.

Palm wants $49 million for launching the Pre, developing other …

For the moment, the actual release date of Palm Pre is not known, but the smartphone is said to be outed in the US first, via Sprint (the carrier apparently has exclusivity on the handset)