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Sprint locks down the Palm Pre for all of 2009
CrunchGear —
... Sprint may have lost $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter, but things are looking up, if only briefly. CNBC is reporting that Sprint has the exclusive rights to the Pre in the US for all of 2009. No comment on exclusivity after 2009, though. So, despite the GSM Pre that was spotted at MWC, we won’t be seeing one Stateside this year.
Will you be switching to Sprint, staying with Sprint or hitting up friends in Europe for a GSM version?
via CNBC
Sprint Has Palm Pre Locked Up in U.S. for Entire Year [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo —
... Since the Pre is what's gonna save Palm (if it can), you can bet they're itching to put it on as many as carriers to make it available to as many people as possible to kickstart their new platform. Also, don't forget that the Pre is just the first of many WebOS phones, so there'll be plenty of other hardware running the multi-tasking wunderkind OS. [CNBC] ...
Palm Pre Bits for the Week
jkOnTheRun —
... Word on the street, Wall Street actually, is that the Pre will be a Sprint exclusive in the U.S. through 2009 at least. Makes me wonder if the launch is actually slated for mid- to late June and this is a 6-month exclusive deal. (CNBC) ...
Palm Pre to be Sprint Exclusive for 2009
Mobile Whack —
... selling the Pre at least until the end of the year, if not even longer. We’re counting on Sprint to be smarter than that and to have secured at least a two-year exclusivity deal with Palm. After all that’s what the competition did. On the other hand we wouldn’t mind seeing the Pre available from multiple carriers especially since the handset is meant to revive the whole Palm business. Would you switch to Sprint to get the new Pre when it comes later this year? via CNBC Tags: exclusive , Mobile News , Palm , Palm , pre ...
