Here we have an ad from Sprint that's directed at early 1st gen iPhone adaptors. Bringing out the fact that the Pre can run "multiple applications" and save you $1200 in the long run, that's if you drop your 1st gen iPhone and come over to Sprint for the Pre. A smart move by Sprint and indeed "perfect timing".
Sprint made the first move, now let's see how Apple/Att reacts to this.
[via FaceBook/Sprint]
I'm sure that's just PhotoShop...
Title says it all. John, who just switched from his 1st Gen. iPhone to the Pre, thought there was no better way to show his love for his new Pre than to: Smash his iPhone with a steel Hammer! Epic. Though extreme, not to this level.
He calls the 3 photos, "Problem, Method, Solution".
Are you a Switcher? How'd you like your new Pre?
More photos after the jump! Click them to enlarge.
Looks like AT&T is perhaps a little afraid of the Palm's new WebOS, since it heard 3500+ Web Apps could be ported over from the iPhone to the Palm Pre, easily. Now that some images are flying around with a possible new iPhone, could AT&T be going to a head to head in a "Rumble in the Mobile Jungle" for dominance of the cell phone market? After my first hands on impression of the Pre, I would have to say: be very worried AT&T.
It looks like AT&T is taking the Pre pretty seriously. An internal AT&T memo has been circulating around retail employees, listing some anti-Pre talking points.
I hate to say it, but AT&T got us on a few points, but a few are just down right derisory remarks at the Pre, at least in my opinion:
I'll leave the rest for our readers to debunk on...
DigiTimes is reporting that the honored ODM for the Palm Pre will be Chi Mei Communication Systems. They're not well-know like the other Tawiness based OEM out there like HTC and Inventec. Best-know for their handsets for Motorola. Since 2005, CMCS has been part of Foxconn, interestingly enough the ones behind th production of reported 800,000 iPhones per week. The question is, could they keep up production with the demand for the Pre? We'll find out "soon".
Also reported that, "Shipments expected to begin in March at the earliest, indicated the sources." I doubt we'll see the Pre in March, more like April if they are getting close to release it to the Palm Pre consumers. Let's cross out fingers...
Palm has pushed out a SEC filling regarding what Roger McNamee said on the Bloomberg TV interview that happened a few days ago. You know, how McNamme said that all iPhone 2G users will not go back once their contract with AT&T ends, that the Palm Pre is a million times faster than the iPhone and how Palm Pre will basically be the next Jesus phone. And apparently, Palm wants to clarify and correct on those statements. Go figure...
Get the full details including thetranscriptof the interview here.
Clarifications and Corrections
For purposes of clarification, it should be noted that:
1. Although market share estimates such as those in the fourth paragraph of the transcript that "Blackberry's global market share is about 1.2%, and Apple's is about 0.9 of 1%" are, by their nature, approximations, one third party industry analyst report indicates that in 2007 and 2008, Blackberry's share of worldwide mobile phone shipments was 1.1% and 1.9%, respectively, and Apple's was 0.3% and 1.2%, respectively.
2. With respect to the statement in the fourth paragraph of the transcript that "in the US, smart phones went from 10% to 20% just in the last year," one third party industry analyst report indicates that smart phones made up 11.1% of U.S. mobile phone shipments in 2007 and 19.5% in 2008.
3. With respect to the statement in the fourth paragraph of the transcript that smartphones are anticipated to increase their share of the U.S. mobile phone market to "50% within 5 years," one third party industry analyst report estimates smartphone share of the U.S. mobile phone market will reach 42.0% in 2012.
4. With respect to the statement in the fourth paragraph of the transcript that "this is a huge market: 1.2 billion units sold per year," one third party industry analyst report estimates worldwide mobile phone shipments exceeded 1.2 billion in 2008.
5. With respect to the statements in the tenth paragraph of the transcript that the Palm Pre is "going to be a million times – well, not a million times – several times faster" than Apple, Inc.'s iPhone products and is "going to run rings around them on the web," the Palm Pre is still under development and it is premature to state the speed at which the device accesses the web or the relative speed of the Palm Pre compared to the smartphone products of competitors.
6. With respect to the statements in the twelfth paragraph of the transcript that "there are aspects of the Pre that are unlike any phone you've every seen before," "the Pre is the first one that is the next generation" and "the result is it does a lot of things the others guys don't do," the Palm Pre is designed to be the first phone based on the Palm webOS™ platform and as a result will have different operating characteristics and features than other phones, however; the Palm Pre is still under development and it is premature to compare its full functionality with that of other phones.
7. The statements in the fourteenth paragraph of the transcript regarding the relative development and stability of Sprint's, Verizon's and AT&T's 3G networks are generalizations regarding wireless cellular network performance that may or may not be true depending on a variety of factors specific to geographic regions .
8. The statement in the second paragraph of the article that "not one" person who bought an Apple, Inc. iPhone on the first shipment date "will still be using an iPhone a month" after the two-year anniversary of that day is an exaggerated prediction of consumer behavior pattern and is withdrawn.
9. With respect to the statements in the second to last paragraph of the article that "the underlying technology for Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry is about 13 years old, while the technology behind the iPhone goes back almost nine years," estimating one specific age for the many technology components underlying any mobile phone is inherently imprecise and these statements are withdrawn.
10. With respect to the implications in the second to last and last paragraphs of the article that Palm's new operating system will give it an edge over competitors that "are going to run out of gas way before" Palm, estimations of the relative useful lifespan of smartphone operating systems are conjecture, unverifiable at this time, and age is not necessarily predictive of their relative long-term success.
[Via PalmInfoCenter]
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