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Smartphone Guru Dick Betts responded to the thread below:

The much expected event is about to hit "The Pre" is coming June 6th. Few things I have been reading for the last few days, sorry I have been mobile since Tuesday, I want to clear up. As many people that say they hate their carrier as many will say they love them. Guess what there is not a best carrier, depends on where you live etc so let's move past that. You need to get a phone from a carrier for 24 hours to see if it works where you live, work, play and favorite bar. If the phone works then you can change carriers. Early fee for changing carriers, last nite had a long talk with an agent who just signed a 2 year agreement with Verizon and wanted the Pre, her concern was the cancellation fee of $150. Do the math, if the phone works where she needs it to work she will pay Verizon $150 a month for the next 2 years, switching to Sprint her bill drops to $100 for the exact same service, net gain on switching $50 X 24 = $1,200 less $150 = $1,050. SWITCH!!!!

I know I read about why Sprint? Sprint has AT&T and Verizon extremely worried, they have stopped the bleeding and have plans coming out which in my opinion will reclaim the market share. Sprint and Palm teamed up and expect to sell "In the millions" of the Pre, that was the reason for the delay. Palm will never announce how long they offer a phone with just one carrier, remember the Centro. I do know for a fact they have tested the GSM model of the Pre which means AT&T and T-Mobile are in line to release, and as far as Verizon just paint a different name.

I have written about the war between the carriers ever since Dan Hesse was named CEO of Sprint and I do believe he is going to shake up the market. Just so you all know I am an AT&T customer so don't think I am plugging my company, actually I think they all suck when it comes to service, sorry did I say that out loud.

Watch what is about to happen with wireless cards in the next 60 to 90 days.

So with that all said come on Pre and watch certain other smartphones go runnin back to there Momma!

Happy Memorial Day all!

Dick

Read more: "Palm announces the Pre Release Date and a Rebate | outSmart Your Smartphone" - http://www.realtown.com/Dick15/groups/outsmart-your-smartphone/view/13225#ixzz0Gf1g2rKa&A