Sprint Competes W/AT&T & iPhone, Signs Exlcusive
09.28.07 - 12:29pm
Sprint has signed an exclusive deal with Palm to be the sole carrier to release their Centro at least for the first three months. Palm was upfront about the first three month deal when they unveiled the phone Thursday night, yet they refused to talk about any other carriers carrying the phone after the 90 days were up.
The company almost seemed to be slightly peeved over the iPhone’s super successful launch when President and CEO of Palm, Ed Colligan answered in response to a query about the target market of the phone, “This (Centro) is not attempting to be an ‘iPhone killer’”. The iPhone is part of that 5% of the market; we’re going after the other 95% of the market.”
The iPhone out may have not been out long enough to take up a significant portion of the market, but it is the first that any other smart phone is compared to.
