Internal Sprint Pre Documents Leak Out Right Here 58
Curious to know what Sprint is telling their own about the Palm Pre? Come on in and take a look from this leaked PDF sent in to us by a couple of very friendly tipsters. There's very little you don't already know if you're a Pre-fanatic (including what plans work, Exchange suport, etc). We are pleased to say that there will be support for Cisco Unified Messaging and a heap of WiFi security protocols: EAP-TLS, PEAP v1/v2, EAP-TTLS, EAP-FAST, and LEAP.
We're also happy to see that Sprint is following AT&T's lead and doing some head-to-heads of their very own, as you can see in the image above. We can also confirm that until you set up your Palm Profile, the Pre won't work at all. You'll also need to accept Google Mobile's terms of service in order to get GPS services working properly. Multiple Exchange accounts are a go with full push support and the ability to search through Global Addresses on the server - but inviting attendees isn't up yet.
We have the skinny on some accessories and just who Sprint is targeting the Pre towards. Plus, you SERO-hopefuls probably won't want to see the plan details slide, we're just saying.
Read on for more shots from the document. (Update: How about a third source? It's up in full in our forums and plenty of discussion of the details there to boot!)
Thanks anonymous tipsters!
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"We can't afford to sell Pre to the wrong customers"
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I thought the Pre was the device for everyone, fun and business, as said by Palm themselves at all their conferences?
Thanks for the documents, moderately interesting.
It appears Palm doesn't want to have customers buy the Pre and find they can't integrate it into certain enterprise systems. Individually, the Pre might be right for them, but not within the corporation (at least not yet). For those customers, the Treo Pro will be the target device.
At least Palm doesn't have to send them elsewhere! {ProfJonathan}
Yay! DocsToGo has been cannibalised! Viewing only included, tough blow. My TX and Centro has editing all along, why so many steps backward?
Is it impossible to bring in the new without dropping previous features?
Oh I forgot, that is called innovation.
don't confuse PALM with SPRINT
Yes the term 'fat middle' has been used though...
It isn't that the device is 'not designed for professional or power users' or that the 'Palm [Treo] Pro is more powerful [what ever that means]'...
Rather, I imagine its because Palms webOS is a newbie in the game while Windows Mobile (on the TreoPro) is a legacy OS and has greater support at this time.
They seem to want to make sure that the people who get Pre's aren't ones who will have compatibility restrictions at their workplace/business.
I was wondering if purchasing Invisble Shield along with the palm pouch would be a good ideal?
Thank you for the info, link and promo code. I got mine for $15.47 with shipping. Oh before I forget I live in central IL and the 2 closest Sprint Stores to me (Champaign, IL) are NOT having a Pre party. So my husband called the Sprint Store in Terra Haute, IN and they will be open on Friday June 5th from 6 pm to 10 pm and will be selling the Pre a day early.
Also was told you didn't need an Invite either. I still have yet to get mine anyway.
Well it looks like they are completely discontinuing SERO.
In the pre plans section, it says, "The current SERO plans have expired and once customers upgrade, they will not be able to go back to previous
SERO plans."
I'm taking this to mean that if a SERO customer upgrades to any phone they will not be able to use the plan on the device.
Can we say OUCH...
RIP SERO, it was a fun 2 years.
Now bring on the EPRP and the Pre!
2 weeks baby!
Where are the pages that talk about the technical details of security and exchange support that the article text mentions? We want to see it all! :)
added!
@ SedahDrol
What their actually saying is if your charger isnt a sprint or OEM charger your charger could harm your pre. If this is the case and you take it to a sprint store with your general charger they can make you go through the insurance claim process if you have insurance.
Glad to see I was right about the target demographic for the Pre: small- to mid-sized businesses without dedicated large IT depts; essentially, businesspeople who don't have BlackBerry servers or Microsoft-driven security policies pushed out to devices. The slide may be misleading in that it suggests *no* security for the Pre. That's clearly not the case; it just apparently doesn't support specific enterprise-wide security infrastructure. {ProfJonathan}
I am pretty screwed at launch. I am on an employee advantage plan which means I can't purchase this great device at launch. SPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
Unless I want to spend the bread and get another account...which I can't sooooooo yeah, chopped and screwed on this one.
Where does it say remote wipe and multiple exchange servers are supported? Is there more coming?
Very interesting documents...
Try getting a palm pre at launch; good luck with that crap. The people with the money will be buying them up because there are no limits on how many you can buy. Now that we have the information, while it is exciting, there are many limitations on this must have item.
I am going to wait till the buzz dies down a bit.
I have a question... if I use Office 2007 and Outlook which brings in my AOL mail - can that be on the Palm Pre and sync or must you have something else like Exchange or ????
This is so confusing to me. I really want my emails from Outlook as opposed to AOL itself AND more importantly - I would want my tasks and calendar items to sync too.
Is that possible with Office Standard 2007?