NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to start selling Palm Inc.’s much anticipated new smart phone, the Pre, on June 6 for $200.
The device could give Palm a needed boost in sales and help Sprint stop the defection of subscribers to other wireless carriers. The price — which requires a new two-year service plan and a $100 mail-in rebate — and the launch date are both close to what industry watchers were expecting.
The Pre, which looks like an iPhone but sports a slide-out keyboard in addition to a touch screen, is seen as Palm’s chance of reversing a long slide and taking on newer, smart phones such as the iPhone and BlackBerry.
The device could give Palm a needed boost in sales and help Sprint stop the defection of subscribers to other wireless carriers. The price — which requires a new two-year service plan and a $100 mail-in rebate — and the launch date are both close to what industry watchers were expecting.
The Pre, which looks like an iPhone but sports a slide-out keyboard in addition to a touch screen, is seen as Palm’s chance of reversing a long slide and taking on newer, smart phones such as the iPhone and BlackBerry.
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