Forum member STARGATE found a full page ad from sprint featuring the Palm Pre in a copy of the USA Today this morning. This is good Sprint. Spread the word. There’s only so much the little guys like us can do. The question on all of our minds now is this: will our multi-touch loving fingers get to grace the ever-so-clickable keys of the Pre soon?
The difficult truth may be that we won’t see the Pre for another 5 weeks or so. I’m getting ahead of myself there, but part of it is that we’re only NOW seeing advertisements from the Now-Network. That’s a bit slow on the game if you ask me Sprint, but then I think about the things I saw at CTIA. The Pre is polished and quite functional, but it isn’t finished yet (which is why they wouldn’t let journalists touch the thing without a Palm/Sprint rep’s hand still on it) and they needed to control the experience to keep press positive. If the ads are just coming out, they’re probably entering the final stages of development and ramping up production of the device. They need some time for the ads to hit and make their impression on the public. For that and other reasons, I’d say we’re going to see the Pre drop in early to mid-May.
I know it’s not what we all want, but I’d rather have a polished device that kicks the iPhone’s shiny silver Apple from here to Cupertino.
Thanks to STARGATE for finding the picture! Keep an eye out readers! If you see any signs of the Pre, let us know!
*Edit* xBerserker also found a new Sprint video ad discussing the Now Network, just as the print ad does.
Check out the video below (which to our knowledge is the only one) and see for yourself. Although it was a little slow in getting the lock, due to being indoors and practically below ground in an undisclosed nuclear fall-out shelter (just kidding), it eventually gave us what we were looking for.
More Palm Pre videos from CTIA 2009 and MWC 2009 for your viewing pleasure!
Tim Pettitt demo Palm Pre @CTIA09
Sprint Palm Pre calling features demo @ CTIA09
Palm Pre classic application demo
Tim Pettitt demo Amazon store on Palm Pre @ CTIA09
Fandango demoed on Palm Pre at CTIA 2009
Tim Pettitt demo FlightView Palm Pre @ CTIA09
Sprint Palm Pre calling features demo @ CTIA09
Palm Pre: 26-minutes live demo!
Palm Pre demoed on Sprint Webcast 03/12/09
Due to technical difficulties, the audio portion of the video did not get captured.
Palm Pre Calendar Synergy Live Demo at MWC09
Palm Pre gestures demo in slow motion
Vic Gundotra Demo HTML Google Map Palm Pre at MWC09
