Comments on: The Palm Pre not selling so well after all? http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-palm-pre-not-selling-so-well-after-all/ Intelligent Mobile Discussion Mon, 23 May 2011 18:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: DavidGreen http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-palm-pre-not-selling-so-well-after-all/#comment-3124 DavidGreen Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:07:07 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=6693#comment-3124 Maybe when one TelCo has exclusive distributorship, it lessens market favourability. I, personally, would never buy a smartphone on a TelCo's contract because I never make enough telephone calls to justify the overhead. And I certainly seem to read a lot of complaints about US Carrier, Sprint, on the net. I do and expect to do so in the future, use a smartphone as a PDA first and a phone second, and maybe I am not too alone in this area. Here in Australia, apparently Telstra has the exclusive rights to the Pre, and it too is expected to be lumbered with a hefty margin to cover call and data costs. Which is why I decided to get a Centro for the time being. ... besides which, I did try out TealOS, and while not functionally identical, did look the part :-) Maybe when one TelCo has exclusive distributorship, it lessens market favourability.
I, personally, would never buy a smartphone on a TelCo’s contract because I never make enough telephone calls to justify the overhead.
And I certainly seem to read a lot of complaints about US Carrier, Sprint, on the net.

I do and expect to do so in the future, use a smartphone as a PDA first and a phone second, and maybe I am not too alone in this area.

Here in Australia, apparently Telstra has the exclusive rights to the Pre, and it too is expected to be lumbered with a hefty margin to cover call and data costs. Which is why I decided to get a Centro for the time being.
… besides which, I did try out TealOS, and while not functionally identical, did look the part :-)

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