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04/30/2009, 06:25 PM
#30
 Originally Posted by Aridon
I still switching. Slider with real keys and a larger screen > smaller screen and treo form.
As for the BS on the shipment supply and intentionally holding them back.
Simply put, palm can't afford to lay out the cash for 2 million phones so that every snotty nosed brat can run out and have it on day 1 hoping they sell most of the phones to recoup their costs on the inventory rotting unsold.
Call it what you want, holding back supply to run up demand, making a smart business decision, whatever. This is one of those situations that no matter what people are going to look at it however they want.
Every major release, even those that didn't sell all that well have been met with spotty availability right out of the gate. Even the beloved Iphone. So before you condemn Palm for something that every other company has had issues with try and apply some common sense to the situation.
Playing devils advocate one can also say that Palm can't risk losing money from not having enough phones for people willing to buy it.
I think that Palm just has to trust in its product and let it ride. I think all of those other things are necessary if a product just can't live up to the hype. I'm hoping that the Pre is good enough where it can sell itself, no need for artificial markets. (Again this is based on pure speculation not on fact of holding back supply).
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