Sprint and Palm have had a long relationship, part of the reason they were the exclusive carrier for the Palm Pre. Sprint’s CFO Robert Brust reflected on the Palm Pre when addressing investors.
“The Pre didn’t work out as well as we hoped,” he said.
Brust claimed Palm’s was partly to blame due to supply issues. If memory serves correct, there were no great shortages of the Palm Pre at launch, so this comes a bit out of left field. Brust believes the company has learned plenty since the Pre launch and hopes to reverse course with the HTC EVO 4G.
via Information Week
Memo to CFO:
…and in other breaking news, water is wet.
Actually, they were sold out the day of launch. Some people had to wait until late August, early September. They sold out day of launch
Not all locations were sold out, but yes it does appear there were inventory issues.
http://www.everythingpre.com/articles/2009/6/12/sprint-has-sold-100-000-palm-pre-phones/