Best Buy Still in Talks to Sell Pre, Not Final Yet 8
by Dieter Bohn Fri, 23 Jan 2009 4:47 pm EST
We've already reported that outside of Sprint stores, rumor has it that Best Buy will be the exclusive retailer for the Palm Pre in the US. Joe just sent in a tip that a mobile exec at Best Buy has confirmed that they're "holding talks to sell Palm's Pre Smartphone" but they're "not yet ready to announce a retail deal." As you might expect, Sprint is also in on the negotiations as well.
Typically we're just sort of let this thing ride, but the fact that all three players here are still engaged in negotiations means that, well, as we said before, they're intending on making the Pre launch as big as humanly possible. Perhaps we might get more than just Sprint marketing dollars behind it, perhaps Best Buy will be pushing it as well?
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As long as I can still buy from Sprint and not step foot into Worst Buy, they can do as they wish.
Best Buy better hurry up and put a close to this deal already. Because if they don't, another retailer (Radio Shack) will side-step them and jump in on the fun. I have a feeling the Pre is going to do extremely well so this should be interesting as to what Best Buy will do.
I'd even suffer through the necktie mannequins at Radio Shack, Worst Buy just blows chunks.