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 Originally Posted by Kyusaku
I kinda feel bad for Palm. Releasing on the heels of this event could prove devastating for the Pre. Because this doesn't give people enough time to fall in love with the Pre You're going to have a lot of people just go for the new iPhone because they're more comfortable/familiar with it and the extensive third-party support.
Yep
 Originally Posted by MannyZ28
On the flip side.....currently the Pre is being hailed as the first true iPhone killer, you see the two mentioned together just about everywhere. So once the new iPhone is announced, the Tech Press will right away want to compare it to the Pre, which means, more press for the Pre.
You can look at it both ways, only time will tell how it pans out.
Manny - intresting twist, however I cannot suppor tthis suggestion. Good marketing plans take hard work and planning. hanging off another prodcuts coat tails is not a good idea.
 Originally Posted by mikah912
Gosh, if only Palm and Sprint had launched this 2-3 months ago, everything would be different.
Wait...actually nothing would be different. The attention at WWDC would be the same. The next iPhone would sell exactly the same. Palm and Sprint would have exactly the same chances to survive and thrive in this market.
mikah - Your seuggesting that timing of a launch is not important. It;s acutally VERY important. here are some quick reasons:
- Phone contracts last 1 to 2 years. If the Pre / new Iphone are released at the same time, any customer who goes with one over the other will be lost for some.
- The pre is unproven / unknown phone. 2 months where it's major competetors (G1, Iphone, BB Storm) have all the older version of there phone on the markets, gives Palm the 'stage' all to themselves. When you are the only show in town, you get alot more business.
- Airtime: Marketing the Pre w/o Apple marketing the new Iphone will get palm more free advertisement via news casts, blogs, etc.
- Time to fix problems - Let's face it there will be some bugs. 2 months is long enough to figure thenm out a push a fix to the phone. Then, when ipohn is released, the phone is 100 % ready.
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