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Palm Pre a Best Buy exclusive?
Engadget —
... retailer for the Palm Pre. That means that Best Buy will be the only place other than Sprint where you'll find the Pre for purchase on US soil for the first 60 days after launch (whenever that might be). Assuming the rumor is true of course. [Via PhoneArena] Filed under: Cellphones Palm Pre a Best Buy exclusive? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Palm Pre to be Best Buy exclusive?
SlashGear —
... rumor is that Best Buy Mobile will have an exclusivity deal with Sprint for the smartphone. The deal, believed to last for 60 days, would mean that the new handset would only be available from Best Buy or the carrier themselves, while the rumor is attributed to an unnamed “credible source”. ...
Palm Pre May Be a Best Buy Exclusive, At Least For a Few Months [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... WebOS Arena (jeez, that didn't take long) is reporting that the Palm Pre will be exclusive to Best Buy Mobile (and Sprint stores, obviously) for its first two months, citing a "credible source". ...
Best Buy to get the Palm Pre exclusively?
CrunchGear —
... The two worked together last summer on the Samsung Instinct launch so there is a history here. Plus, when Best Buy has an exclusive, the retailer will advertise as such which will nearly double the amount of ad spots consumers will see. Both Sprint and Palm needs this phone to be hot and a Best Buy exclusive launch would do nothing but help out the fledgling wireless carrier and manufacturer. Lets classify this as a credible rumor. ...
Best Buy to Sell the Palm Pre Alongside Sprint?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... course. This partnership makes sense seeing the Sprint also launched the Samsung Instinct exclusively with them during the summer of 2008. This liaison will benefit all three of the companies in the deal. Best Buy will get its hands first which will make it the place to get the device. Sprint may come back to win over customers with Palm’s formidable touch phone.
Interesting. Chalk it up as rumor for now, but I could see this easily becoming reality.
[Via: WebOSArena]
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Palm Pre Exclusive to Best Buy?
Gearlog —
... was announced a week ago, and now the rumors are starting to fly. WebOS Arena is quoting a "credible source" who told them that Sprint and Best Buy are getting an exclusive on the eagerly-awaited handset for two months. ...
BestBuy venderá la Palm Pre
Celularis —
... que terminó hace unos días. Y según la información que vemos en uno de los nuevos blogs relacionacionados al ...
Best Buy to Get Exclusive Palm Pre Action?
I4U News —
... and getting your hands on a Pre, Best Buy will be the only other source for the handset. Best Buy is said to have the exclusive locked up for the first 60 days of availability. Best Buy is no stranger to exclusive smartphone launches; it did the same thing in the summer of 2008 with the Samsung Instinct. I cant help but wonder if the Pre will be enough to help Sprint actually grow its customer base again or if the device will be nothing more than an also ran next to the iPhone. Via WebOSArena Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
Gadget Rumor: Best Buy Gets 60 Day Exclusive With The Palm Pre
GadgetReview —
According to a ’source close to Sprint or Best Buy’, Best Buy Mobile has obtained a 60 day exclusive right to sell Palm’s latest phone, the Pre. Nothing is official, but at this point does anyone really care? I’m still cringing from Palm’s early and rapid exodus from CES!
[Webosarena]
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Rumor Mill: Best Buy nabs the Palm Pre
Gadgetell —
... phones, they know what they are doing. They even landed the iPhone 3G before you could pick it up at a Walmart.
The Pre will probably grab a lot of attention from the average consumer since Best Buy is virtually everywhere. This is a smart move by all the parties involved since it will increase exposure for the phone. The fact there is a deal at all lets you know that Sprint, Palm, and Best Buy think they have a winner on their hands.
Source: [WebOS Arena]
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Palm Pre exclusive retailer to be Best Buy?
Phones Review —
... that it will be going with Sprint the rumours start to hit the net waves.
The latest whispers is that Best Buy will be the Palm Pre’s exclusive retailer, which basically means other than Sprint, Best Buy will be the only place one can purchase the Palm Pre in the United States for the first 60 days after the Palm Pre launch.
Of course as yet we still don’t know when the Palm Pre will actually launch and also depends on if said rumour is true or not.
Source – webosarena
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