Underwhelmed by Pre launch buzz

by Ben Smith on 16th October 2009

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It’s now only about 7 hours until the Palm Pre goes on sale in the UK. We went to the launch party earlier in the week, but since then there’s been little buzz about the device. Twitter’s been pretty quiet on the subject, and even the subject of some teasing on the subject…

This is what sarcasm looks like kids...

…even the O2 site seems to be intent on underplaying a device that had the network calling itself ‘the home of smartphones’ not so long ago.

is-o2-underplaying-the-pre

I’m sure the site will update in time for shop-opening, but right now on launch-day the Pre is relegated to a small panel, whilst a low-cost pre-pay handset dominates the online store. Marked with a ‘coming soon’ tag, you wouldn’t even guess the release date was public. Perhaps O2 is trying to avoid a repeat of iPhone launch days where their systems struggled to keep-up with sales volumes?

For my part, I’ve decided to celebrate ‘Pre launch day UK’ in a slightly unconventional way…

How I'm celebrating Pre launch day...

How I'm celebrating Pre launch day...

Tagged as: celebration, launch, o2, palm, Pre

  • http://jimwild.net/ jimwild

    Come on Ben, the Genio is the pinnacle of mobile technology. What more could you want!

    Seriously though, good move! Can I have a fiddle with your N900?

  • http://www.adonisdemon.com Abul

    I’m not sure if Jonathan Morris is listening to the same people that were spreading the rumours of the Palm Pre winning Gadget of the Year, but I’ll put a bet on there no more than 10 people in that “huge” queue - and 9 of them waiting to buy an iPhone.

  • http://whatleydude.com James Whatley

    Dun dun dun, @adonisdemon in ‘not clicking through’ shocker…

    Caption: “This is what sarcasm looks like kids…”
    ;) )

  • http://jimwild.net/ jimwild

    Come on Ben, the Genio is the pinnacle of mobile technology. What more could you want!Seriously though, good move! Can I have a fiddle with your N900?

  • http://jimwild.net/ jimwild

    Come on Ben, the Genio is the pinnacle of mobile technology. What more could you want!

    Seriously though, good move! Can I have a fiddle with your N900?

  • http://www.adonisdemon.com Abul

    I'm not sure if Jonathan Morris is listening to the same people that were spreading the rumours of the Palm Pre winning Gadget of the Year, but I'll put a bet on there no more than 10 people in that “huge” queue - and 9 of them waiting to buy an iPhone.

  • http://www.adonisdemon.com Abul

    I'm not sure if Jonathan Morris is listening to the same people that were spreading the rumours of the Palm Pre winning Gadget of the Year, but I'll put a bet on there no more than 10 people in that “huge” queue - and 9 of them waiting to buy an iPhone.

  • http://mostlythis.com Mac Morrison

    yeah but its like got la roux in the super funky adverts

    it really needs a vl=tone app built in. WANT.

    oh best go off and make one of them now.

  • http://mostlythis.com Mac Morrison

    erm you did get 15% discount on that N900 I hope!
    valid til oct 21st - you may want to cancel and reorder. check twitter for deets.

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    I did and Quidco too. In fact I think it was your tweet that alerted me to it. Also used cash-back credit card for even more spendy-WIN.

    If I got my maths right I got 15% discount plus 10% cashback from Quidco and 1% from my credit-card… Not cheap, but *cheaper*… 24.5% discount?

  • http://whatleydude.com James Whatley

    Dun dun dun, @adonisdemon in 'not clicking through' shocker…Caption: “This is what sarcasm looks like kids…” ;) )

  • http://whatleydude.com James Whatley

    Dun dun dun, @adonisdemon in 'not clicking through' shocker…

    Caption: “This is what sarcasm looks like kids…”

    ;) )

  • http://mostlythis.com Mac Morrison

    yeah but its like got la roux in the super funky advertsit really needs a vl=tone app built in. WANT.oh best go off and make one of them now.

  • http://mostlythis.com Mac Morrison

    yeah but its like got la roux in the super funky adverts

    it really needs a vl=tone app built in. WANT.

    oh best go off and make one of them now.

  • http://mostlythis.com Mac Morrison

    erm you did get 15% discount on that N900 I hope!valid til oct 21st - you may want to cancel and reorder. check twitter for deets.

  • http://mostlythis.com Mac Morrison

    erm you did get 15% discount on that N900 I hope!
    valid til oct 21st - you may want to cancel and reorder. check twitter for deets.

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    I did and Quidco too. In fact I think it was your tweet that alerted me to it. Also used cash-back credit card for even more spendy-WIN.If I got my maths right I got 15% discount plus 10% cashback from Quidco and 1% from my credit-card… Not cheap, but *cheaper*… 24.5% discount?

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    I did and Quidco too. In fact I think it was your tweet that alerted me to it. Also used cash-back credit card for even more spendy-WIN.

    If I got my maths right I got 15% discount plus 10% cashback from Quidco and 1% from my credit-card… Not cheap, but *cheaper*… 24.5% discount?

  • Anonymous

    I’m really splitting hairs about getting the N900 or not…for a while I was saying, NO I won’t but now I keep finding more reason’s to get it…AGH i want it now…feel like buying me one! hehe!

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    See http://www.quidco.com if you’re in the UK for a 10% cashback and 15% discount from the Nokia store right now.

  • Anonymous

    ow u just had to do this to me….i’m gonna spend another £400 now!! DAM!!!!!
    thanks

  • Anonymous

    there goes my bonus…just bought it!!! Looks like i will be selling my N97 soon, can’t rele afford to keep both!

    Ben you are a bad influance on me!! haha

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    LOL… Sorry mate.

  • Anonymous

    well i suppose u did technically “save” me £100 on the cost of the phone so thanks for that…can always cancel worst comes to worst!

    btw Quidco actaully say’s the discount code won’t work on pre-orders but it does woohoo

  • llaadd

    I'm really splitting hairs about getting the N900 or not…for a while I was saying, NO I won't but now I keep finding more reason's to get it…AGH i want it now…feel like buying me one! hehe!

  • llaadd

    I'm really splitting hairs about getting the N900 or not…for a while I was saying, NO I won't but now I keep finding more reason's to get it…AGH i want it now…feel like buying me one! hehe!

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    See http://www.quidco.com if you're in the UK for a 10% cashback and 15% discount from the Nokia store right now.

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    See http://www.quidco.com if you're in the UK for a 10% cashback and 15% discount from the Nokia store right now.

  • llaadd

    ow u just had to do this to me….i'm gonna spend another £400 now!! DAM!!!!!thanks

  • llaadd

    ow u just had to do this to me….i'm gonna spend another £400 now!! DAM!!!!!
    thanks

  • llaadd

    there goes my bonus…just bought it!!! Looks like i will be selling my N97 soon, can't rele afford to keep both!Ben you are a bad influance on me!! haha

  • llaadd

    there goes my bonus…just bought it!!! Looks like i will be selling my N97 soon, can't rele afford to keep both!

    Ben you are a bad influance on me!! haha

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    LOL… Sorry mate.

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    LOL… Sorry mate.

  • llaadd

    well i suppose u did technically “save” me £100 on the cost of the phone so thanks for that…can always cancel worst comes to worst!

    btw Quidco actaully say's the discount code won't work on pre-orders but it does woohoo

  • llaadd

    well i suppose u did technically “save” me £100 on the cost of the phone so thanks for that…can always cancel worst comes to worst!btw Quidco actaully say's the discount code won't work on pre-orders but it does woohoo

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