Quote "The 2004 Daytona 500 had 33.5 million viewers in the U.S. In addition to the national

broadcast here in the states, NASCAR also claims to broadcast in over 130

countries worldwide. Based upon that one race, the 75 million fans stat seems like a realistic representation."

So, eat your words because a third of those Nascar fans switching over because of a "phone" is possible…Remember how many switched to ATT and paid higher monthly charges because of an Iphone? Boogity Boogity Boogity…let's get a Palm Pre boys! (IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THEN CONTINUE TO ENJOY YOUR NASCAR IGNORANCE)

I hope your Family Plan is an Everything Plan! If not your 9 year old will be telling you to get a new plan because Sprint Has Already Posted over and over again "NO Plans Other than Everything, SE or Biz plans will be accepted."

All Older Fair & Flexible, Family, Grandfathered, or Sero plans are Exempt from getting the New Palm Pre UNLESS they upgrade the the Everything Plans. NO Exceptions!

Just adding a Data plan has already been rejected.

Essentially Sprint is denying 30+ million of it's current subscribers from getting this phone without upgrading. Now that ATT and Verizon have already stated they will have the phone in 6 Months, even fewer people will switch to Sprint for this new wonder phone. Most will just wait till their carrier gets it in stock. Sprint is essentially betting the house on a 6 month fling praying that millions sign up for $100 plans and that just won't happen!

I have SERO right now with my HTC Touch but you all knew it was too good to be true. Hang on with your old phone if you can but you can't expect them to partner up with Palm for a new Jesus phone just so they can lose money on it with SERO customers.

Even if you switch plans you still have the best value among the U.S carriers.

The real question is, can three similar technologies all be worth a premium?

I wish there were an iPhone app that allows you to input monthy costs, data plans, hardware cost, rebate info, etc. of two phone plans and see which one is lower. Don't hold your breath for it.

My family plan includes unlimited data and text, so my 9yr or anyone on our plan, could get a pre and use most of the features. He is a little tech nut, even so young. My Grandma on the other hand would not be using it, would not use data and it would be a waste to sell one to her. She is someone who would return it and probably be very upset they even sold such a thing to her. If they kenw her (or that type of customer) they would know it would not be a good fit. It is basically about customer service and knowing your customer. Why alienate customers trying to shove stuff they don't need or want down their throats just to make a good sale? It will bite them in the butt later. If you give the right phone/plan to the right person the first time, you have loyal customers. So, that is all that refers to. They won't deny customers a phone, but I'm sure they are going to make them get the data plan. They did it with my Instinct. I wasn't sure about the cost, but it isn't much more and I'm so glad I did it. I love all the features and I'm sure I have not come close to using it all.

Also, I know that the companies subsidize the price of the phones. The phone will cost people $200 with a new contract, but trust me, they cost a lot more. The company expects to make up the difference in price by selling the data services with it. If you had a voice only plan and were not bringing much money in to Sprint, why would they want to subsidize the cost of the phone, like the Pre when you won't even be using most of the features? Why give that phone to Granny and knock all the money off the price when she is on a $40 plan? On the other hand you get these techy people who pay $100/mo for everything, then it is worth giving them a really good deal on the phone.

I used to work for a cell phone company. That is how I know the way it works. Maybe things changed a little since I left, but I don't think that much has changed. I hope it helps explain things a little.

I won't bash the competition. It was so long ago I had ATT/Ameritech service. It wasn't the best, but that was in the late 90's. I have a friend with an iPhone and it seems pretty cool, but not cool enough for me to leave Sprint and everything I have. I don't think ATT can offer a better plan, service, coverage or network that Sprint does. Sprint always seems on top of things. Sprint and Verizon were the first to get to 3G networks. Now I think they are going to 4G.

Anyway, for those who are not sure about Sprint and see a lot of the hateful people, there are usually reasons why they are not happy (they didn't get their own way). A lot of times there issues would have been handled the same way at ANY of the companies. So, there are a lot of us that love our Sprint phones and service. I've gone over on minutes and they worked a deal with me. If you are a good long standing customer they will go out of their way to help with reasonable requests.

I hope this helps some.

Sprint isn't trying to deny anyone the RIGHT to buy the Pre, but the fact is that PDA phones are among the most returned, simply because alot of people don't need them, and have no idea how to use them! Why push a PDA onto someone who really doesn't want it? Great customer service means not only selling someone what they want, but steering them away from something they really don't need!