A leaked document, supposedly from AT&T's internal network, has been making its rounds around the internet. The document compares the features of the Palm Pre and Apple's iPhone in such a way, that it would seem the Pre couldn't hold a candle to the vastly popular iPhone.
Image courtesy of precentral
The Palm Pre has generated an enormous amount of hype, and AT&T must be finally taking notice of it. The result? Some really drastic measures. AT&T has been circulating the document (above picture) amongst its employees in a possible attempt to lure customers away from the Pre. It shows a biased comparison between the features of both handsets, which leans heavily towards the iPhone.
Some debatable 'shortcomings' of the Pre include:
- Limited choice of colours for the handset
- "Unproven" App Store
- The UI is "not intuitive"
- Limited free Wi-Fi access because the Pre is unable to take advantage of the free access point at Starbucks
The document also points at some very valid flaws in the Pre, such as the fact that it is not a world phone. However, there has been some speculation that a GSM version of the Pre would be released to carriers worldwide.
However, it does beg the question. How can one make such radical arguments against a product that has not even been released? You be the judge.
So sad for at&t
The document says unproven which is quite different from unapproved; aside from the fact that it's true.
Because the iPhone comes in more colors than black and white?
What do you mean by "dragging music files into itunes"? When you install iTunes, it automatically finds and organizes your music files. If you want to add other files later, you have it add a folder to the library. What do you do? Do you really sit there and manually dig through your music folders to find songs you want to add to your player and then copy them to your player??
Regardless, some people hate iTunes. It's all about personal taste, and AT&T thinks theirs and Apple's taste is better. Like a business would.
But I guess when other companies make ads bashing Apple (Microsoft for example), it's good that they're standing up to 'the man'?
Apple sells purely through marketing. All companies do. There are great phones on the market that would easily trump the iPhone, but they don't have the marketing power that Apple does. Those phones don't 'sell themselves'.
Bad Apple (ATT)....
What I would really like to see are the reports that the other carriers have as sales tools to use against the iPhone.
No it does not. No one begs for questions. People raise questions. People can beg for answers. Beg the question does not mean the same as raise the question.
http://begthequestion.info/
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