Sprint Settles on “Better Losses”

We all know Sprint hasn’t been doing fantastic lately. With the iPhone and Blackberry Storm looming over it’s head, it’s hard to believe that they could make it out alive even with help from the Palm Pre (which is to appear later on Verizon’s network). Sprint, who is #3 in the carrier battle in the U.S, posted financial results of a second-quarter loss of $384m and a casualty of 257,000 subscribers. Even though they’ll have the “first 4G network”, are you going to stay, or have stayed, with Sprint?

Weekend Roundup

We’re sorry for skimping on the posts, it’s just that something else has gotten in the way. Either way, normal posting will resume tomorrow (Monday). So let’s get started!

-Windows Marketplace will launch with over 600 apps.

-Man drops iPhone 3GS in pool and it lives to tell the tale

-Sprint thinks it can take a bite out of Apple. Let me say this: Palm was and is dead, it’s only on Sprint (who is also dying), and the iPhone can multi-task. Did I mention how Palm uses someone else’s software to sync music? To stupid to come up with your own media manager? Did I also mention the fact that the keyboard sucks? At least the iPhone has landscape.

-Android 1.5 gets official SDK.

-MiLi Pro turns your iPhone into a projector. [Read]

Palm Pre now available for Sprint

Introduced at CES 2009 in January, Palm Pre was expected to be an “iPhone killer.” Unfortunately, the Palm Pre is not even close to killing the iphone yet, not to mention the new fast iPhone 3G S. However, it does beat the iPhone in multi-tasking, and it is easily the best phone for Sprint. It runs Palm’s new WebOS and has a physical slide-out keyboard. The browser has zooming capabilities and is smooth. It does have an App Store, but it is in Beta and has only around a dozen Apps currently. The voice quality is great also. The Palm Pre includes Bluetooth, Wi-fi, GPS, and 3G. It is currently available for $199 with 8GB of storage. It has only been two days since its release and we don’t know what the Palm Pre can really do. Can it satisfy the Sprint users as much as the iPhone does to AT&T users? Can the Pre save Palm from the terrible economic crisis it is in? Is the Pre Palm’s and perhaps Sprint’s only hope (this one went a little too far)?

Palm Has Another Field Day

While we all carry our Blackberry’s and iPhone’s with pride, Palm will always be the father of the smartphone. Today, all loyal follower of Palm get to read through the Gesture Guide over at Engadget, watch entire demos of the Pre thanks to PalmPreForum.org, and have a greater view of the cost of the device, and a look at the Eos, a new Palm phone coming to AT&T.

Best Buy has listed their deal on the Palm Pre in an ad that has been run.

Looks like a great deal! Engadget pointed out the $849.00 price tag that has us baffled. That’s far far away in another galaxy from the $550 that Sprint would charge for an off-contract price. What happened? Either way, you aren’t walking out of BestBuy with out the Simply Everything Plan.

And lastly, it seems that AT&T might be getting in on some of that webOS action. The company has given this phone a 2009 release, although we were stunned at some of the missing specs. There seems to be no Wi-Fi, or App Store introduction, and it does not clearly state that MP3 playback or any playback will be supported by the phone. (iPod-like function) There is also no mention of an external card slot to expand memory, leaving users with a mere 3.75 GBs.