Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Sprint to start selling Palm's Pre on June 6 - WSJ.com

May 19, 2009

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Palm Inc. said that their long-anticipated smart phone, the Palm Pre, will hit stores on June 6, just a few days before Apple Inc. may unveil its next iPhone.

The stakes are high for Sprint and Palm. Palm badly needs a hit device to turn its fortunes around, while Sprint continues to see an exodus of subscribers. Both view the smart phone as the key to their turnarounds. The Pre, meanwhile, has a lot to prove as it seeks to capture some of the success that the iPhone has had over the past two years...