Comments on: Sprint: the Pre broke all our sales records! http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:11:32 -0500 hourly 1 By: TechGreen » Blog Archive » A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1050131 TechGreen » Blog Archive » A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:31:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1050131 [...] The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...] [...] The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...]

]]> By: A second opinion on Palm’s Pre app numbers « Kentmihlbauer’s Blog http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1041243 A second opinion on Palm’s Pre app numbers « Kentmihlbauer’s Blog Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:19:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1041243 [...] A second opinion on Palm’s Pre app numbers By kentmihlbauer The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...] [...] A second opinion on Palm’s Pre app numbers By kentmihlbauer The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...]

]]> By: A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1040971 A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1040971 [...] A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers Jun.19, 2009 in FeedNews The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...] [...] A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers Jun.19, 2009 in FeedNews The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...]

]]> By: A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1040946 A Second Opinion On Palm’s Pre App Numbers Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:59:37 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1040946 [...] The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...] [...] The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...]

]]> By: A second opinion on Palm’s Pre app sales http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1040913 A second opinion on Palm’s Pre app sales Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:19:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1040913 [...] The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...] [...] The Pre is emerging as a polarizing device, even more so than the G1 (which everyone agreed was kind of beta), probably because it’s the closest thing to a legitimate threat that the iPhone has faced. Who wouldn’t get defensive? With strong sales in its first two weeks and an entirely new OS for developers to do their thing with, it’s strong out of the gate but controlled — because the jockey is holding the reins tight. Palm didn’t expect a dynamite launch or a million app sales in a week; what they’ve got so far is, if we can believe what they say, pretty much what they’d hoped for. [...]

]]> By: Rubinstein ascends the CEO throne at Palm « Kentmihlbauer’s Blog http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1036231 Rubinstein ascends the CEO throne at Palm « Kentmihlbauer’s Blog Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:44:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1036231 [...] they bet the job on the success of the Pre or had it arranged months ago, it’s probably a good step for Palm to take: the smaller and [...] [...] they bet the job on the success of the Pre or had it arranged months ago, it’s probably a good step for Palm to take: the smaller and [...]

]]> By: Rubinstein ascends the CEO throne at Palm http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1035258 Rubinstein ascends the CEO throne at Palm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:03:19 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1035258 [...] they bet the job on the success of the Pre or had it arranged months ago, it’s probably a good step for Palm to take: the smaller and [...] [...] they bet the job on the success of the Pre or had it arranged months ago, it’s probably a good step for Palm to take: the smaller and [...]

]]> By: thebonafortuna http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034413 thebonafortuna Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:49:20 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034413 Tuche good sir. Tuche. Tuche good sir. Tuche.

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1526897028">Lee Lloyd</fb:name> http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034325 Lee Lloyd Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:42:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034325 So, just so I can make sure to keep straight the ever-shifting rationalizations for why the iPhone is the most important phone in the world: When comparing iPhone sales to Nokia or RIM, sales figures are unimportant, it is how much people talk about the phone, and how much buzz it generates which determines how much influence the phone will have on the market. When comparing Pre sales to iPhone, suck it you looser punks, you will never catch up to a sales juggernaut like Apple, and everyone knows sales are the only thing that ultimately matter. Does that about sum it up? I tried to follow the cardinal rule of tech journalism, namely that whatever metric makes Apple look good in the current context, is the correct metric to use, but only in the current context. So, just so I can make sure to keep straight the ever-shifting rationalizations for why the iPhone is the most important phone in the world:

When comparing iPhone sales to Nokia or RIM, sales figures are unimportant, it is how much people talk about the phone, and how much buzz it generates which determines how much influence the phone will have on the market.

When comparing Pre sales to iPhone, suck it you looser punks, you will never catch up to a sales juggernaut like Apple, and everyone knows sales are the only thing that ultimately matter.

Does that about sum it up? I tried to follow the cardinal rule of tech journalism, namely that whatever metric makes Apple look good in the current context, is the correct metric to use, but only in the current context.

]]> By: Daily Crunch: Test Flight Edition http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034211 Daily Crunch: Test Flight Edition Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:51 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034211 [...] Sprint: the Pre broke all our sales records! High-altitude floating wind harvesters may replace your local windmills Wiimbledon 2009 set for June 27 at Barcade in Brooklyn, help us raise money for sick kids NEC develops unmanned, self-flying drone for civilian use WWDC 2009 Keynote recap Getting to know Grand Central Dispatch, OpenCL, and your 64-bit OS Tweet ThisTipcrunchgear419:http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/09/daily-crunch-test-flight-edition/SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Daily Crunch: Test Flight Edition", url: "http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/09/daily-crunch-test-flight-edition/" }); Previous Post [...] [...] Sprint: the Pre broke all our sales records! High-altitude floating wind harvesters may replace your local windmills Wiimbledon 2009 set for June 27 at Barcade in Brooklyn, help us raise money for sick kids NEC develops unmanned, self-flying drone for civilian use WWDC 2009 Keynote recap Getting to know Grand Central Dispatch, OpenCL, and your 64-bit OS Tweet ThisTipcrunchgear419:http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/09/daily-crunch-test-flight-edition/SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Daily Crunch: Test Flight Edition”, url: “http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/09/daily-crunch-test-flight-edition/” }); Previous Post [...]

]]> By: no beats the wiz http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034196 no beats the wiz Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:58:01 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034196 the only good thing about the pre and sprint is that it might bring down AT&T's pricing the only good thing about the pre and sprint is that it might bring down AT&T’s pricing

]]> By: Shanky Baba http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034182 Shanky Baba Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:20:03 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034182 I think Pre could have much better launching pad but I think the investor @ Palm didn't had much money to spare. Well, I hope Pre is a success! We need some competition for iPhone. I think Pre could have much better launching pad but I think the investor @ Palm didn’t had much money to spare. Well, I hope Pre is a success! We need some competition for iPhone.

]]> By: tdburn http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034135 tdburn Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:41:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034135 I'm rooting for Sprint because I need them to continue to exist so that I can enjoy my SERO plan. I’m rooting for Sprint because I need them to continue to exist so that I can enjoy my SERO plan.

]]> By: Eric Foor http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/08/sprint-the-pre-broke-all-our-sales-records/comment-page-1/#comment-1034126 Eric Foor Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:25:35 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=94194#comment-1034126 Of course, considering that AT&T and Apple are putting somewhat high prices on upgrades and plans for people. Of course, considering that AT&T and Apple are putting somewhat high prices on upgrades and plans for people.

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