Sprint? Worst service EVER! - Zach

It was going so well, until they announced Sprint exclusive. =/ - RAD Moose

it had to be somebody, and Verizon/ATT were taken. Unless you wanted tmobile's spotty 3g - Joshua Shapiro

sound quality has been issue in past with palm - imran

What is up with these exclusive carrier business. Don't companies realize that sales would be much higher if they allowed the product onto any carrier that can support the hardware? - Wizetux

ANy prices? - Keith

Wizetux, then they wouldn't be subsidized or have support from wireless carriers - James

James, I highly doubt that. LG has phones that are getting subsidized and they are supported on several carriers. Carriers are going to want to offer the phones that customers want because they don't make money on the phones, but the plans themselves. The phones just bring in the customers. - Wizetux

What's the difference between the "Nova" and "Pre"? - Tyson Key

Wizetux, true, hadn't thought of that. There must be some barrier from shopping it to multiple carriers, I bet carriers are willing to pay more for exclusivity - James

James, what it probably is is the fact that Palm went to the carriers and asked them who would want to front the funding for the research and design for the exclusive rights to the phone. Otherwise, Palm may not of had the capital to build the device. - Wizetux

Wizetux - Because somehow Sprint had a pile of cash lying around? - Brian Roy

@ Tyson - Nova is the new Palm operating system, Pre is the new Palm phone. - exactabob

Brain: Well, perhaps. Have you looked at the prices of their plans? They are worse than the cable TV companies. At least they can't lock you in for two years. - Wizetux

Have you looked at their earnings reports? - Brian Roy

Brian: and right there you may have answered the ultimate question as to why they might have fronted the money for the phone. To up their sales... - Wizetux

If as Scoble say "[The Palm phone] is better than the iPhone" it would surely increase the number of people who would want to use it and thus use Sprint service. - Wizetux

@exactabob Thanks for clearing that up. - Tyson Key

Yup, free advertising, help with R&D costs. Plus Palm and Sprint have always been partners - James