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2011-08-21 , 23:26
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Palm started with Sprint, Nokia started with T-Mobile in the US. That's the number 3 and 4 carriers respectively.

Bad business decision, in my opinion - but that's based on hindsight which I have now, they didn't have it then.

Sexy devices don't always sell when they're not marketed well. The Palm Pre... remember those weird as hell commercials with the chick that just plain freaked you out? [ look here ]

The business decisions were questionable. Supporting their bread and butter Symbian though? That's one I can understand.
Yeah those commercials were something, reminds me of ps3 ads.
Pre did eventually landed in verizon but it was just too late droid had already entered the arena, well nokia were just not too keen on cdma on their flagship phones, and all they had was two carriers AT&T and T-Mobile they tried AT&T with various symbians and as usual they had to bends backwards, always a crippled devices with full of bloatware, T-Mobile however did not cripple their device or fill with bloatwares, they just could not grip the customer traction each quarter.
End of the day I still say that all these mobile phones not being in black ink directly relates to the carrier options in USA. I mean even though you spend half a grand on a phone and buy it unlocked you still have to pay the carriers for their service, almost or all same plan you would get when buying the phone subsidized. Anybody with clear thinking and no emotional attachment to any kind of phone manufacturer or a OS would never pay $70 for a service and get a phone for ~500 while they can get a very competetive device for ~200.