CES: An Interview With Palm CEO Ed Colligan

There are still plenty of unanswered question about the new newness unveiled by Palm (PALM) earlier today, but there are fewer unasked questions. I spent some time earlier this afternoon interviewing Palm CEO Ed Colligan , who answered some questions, dodged some others, and generally filled in some of the gaps from today’s press conference. Here are some of my questions, and Colligan’s answers: Pricing : It’s up to Sprint to set the street price, and you don’t want to do it until closer to launch, given the competitive environment. Exclusivity for Sprint : “It’s a launch exclusive. Not forever.” Non-U.S. markets : The big opportunity is not in other CDMA markets, but in UMTS markets; he says they will have a UMTS version, which is on the same development cycle as the CDMA version. The CDMA version will launch first, but the other version will follow soon after. He says the Pre will launch in markets outside the U.S. before the end of the ... (link)