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  • Sprint locks down the Palm Pre for all of 2009

    Sprint locks down the Palm Pre for all of 2009

    Posted on February 19, 2009 | No Comments
    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.

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  • Sprint removes data tethering from Palm Pre feature list?

    Sprint removes data tethering from Palm Pre feature list?

    Posted on February 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Perhaps we shouldn’t read too far into this, but here’s what happened. The technical specifications on Sprint.com for the Palm Pre used to list “Phone as modem” with Bluetooth and USB tethering as a feature. Now, however, that feature is gone. You’ll recall that earlier this week, Sprint announced its Simply Everything Plan + Mobile Broadband for $150 per month.

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  • Sprint Nextel loses $1.6 billion in Q4

    Sprint Nextel loses $1.6 billion in Q4

    Posted on February 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember Sprint? They're supposed to come out with the Palm Pre shortly but they just lost $1.6 billion in Q4 and dropped 1.3 million customers, 1.1 million of those monthly customers. Whoa.

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  • Rumor: Stephen King to launch Kindle exclusive today [Update: Confirmed]

    Rumor: Stephen King to launch Kindle exclusive today [Update: Confirmed]

    Posted on February 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Later today in NYC, Amazon is expected to unveil the K2 (we’ve known this since 1/27, but welcome to the party WSJ) and with it an exclusive Stephen King novel, says the WSJ. There isn’t a whole lot else about this supposed King deal, so we’ll have to wait until the press conference at 10AM today. I hope King shows up so I can kick him in the shins for the countless hours of sleep I lost as a child because of “It.” Be sure to check CG for live coverage of the event. Amazon’s Kindle screen manufacturer Prime View International, however, did shed some light on the previous Kindle and what to expect from the new hardware. Confirmed: The Steve King e-novel is named UR and the pre-orders will be downloaded as soon as it becomes available.

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  • Treo PRO now available from Sprint for $249

    Treo PRO now available from Sprint for $249

    Posted on January 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Palm and Sprint might have a pickle on their hands. Now that the Palm Pre is the hottest upcoming phone of 2009, how are they going to sell the Treo PRO when the Pre is rumored to launch next month? Sprint thankfully has priced the PRO well with to a $200 price cut and a $100 MIR which brings the MSRP down to a respectable $249. Still, Windows Mobile on the PRO or the sexy, new webOS powering the Pre? Eh? At least the Treo PRO's aggressive pricing shows that Sprint is willing to cut Palm's outrageous pricing down to a reasonable level cause the iPhone is $199 and the Pre/PRO are hardly iPhone's; okay, the Pre is hot, but you get the point.

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