Sprint EOL list reveals target Palm Pre launch, plenty more
Sprint customers, have you found yourself wondering what Hesse & Co. have in store for you this year beyond the illustrious Palm Pre? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. While we can’t post the list itself, one of our ninjas came through with a tasty internal document that may shed some light on things for you. It doesn’t cover all of the handsets Sprint has in store for 2009 but it does shed some light on a few handsets we’re all eagerly awaiting. Note that this is an End of Life (EOL) list so the replacement devices may add an element of confusion. Some of the handsets listed below are already released, such as the Motorola i365 and the Samsung M220, yet they are listed next to dates in the future. This simply means that these handsets will fill any gaps left by the corresponding EOL device. As for the handsets on the list that are not yet released, the EOL dates represent the target death of the EOL handset (in the warehouse, existing store inventory will still be sold) and the target in stock-date at Sprint’s warehouses for its replacement. In other words, these replacement devices are projected to be in stock by the dates specified so a release on or around said date is most likely a safe bet. So without further ado, hit the jump and soak up all that Sprint handset goodness we’ve extracted from the EOL document for you.
UPDATE: To clarify a bit of confusion, the sheet shows a target in-stock date of 3/15 for the Pre. It also shows that it will be replacing the Palm 755P which has a projected EOL in late May. For comparison sake, the Treo Pro shows a target in-stock date of 2/15, replacing the 800W which has a projected EOL in April. For the Treo Pro, we know that the target in-stock date corresponds with the launch of 2/15. This could indeed put the Pre launch on or around 3/15, but we wouldn’t bet on it. Sprint wants to move their stock of Treo 755Ps before they get to the Pre, and if we were a betting bunch, we’d peg the Pre release closer to May/Early June than Mid-March.
Device Name – Projected Warehouse EOL – Replacement (if available)
- Sierra Compass 597 USB – Early February – Sierra 598 USB
- Motorola ic602 – Early February
- LG 160 – Mid-February – Samsung M220
- LG Rumor (blue) – Mid February – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
- Motorola i325IS – Mid February – Motorola i365IS
- LG Rumor (green) – Mid March – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
- Franklin Wireless U680 USB – Early April
- Palm 800W – April – Palm Treo Pro (target in-stock 2/15)
- LG Rumor (black) – Mid April – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
- Motorola i615 – Mid April
- Samsung M520 Lumina – Mid April – LG LX370 (slider)
- RIM BlackBerry Pearl (red) – May
- LG LX400 – Late May
- Palm 755P (blue) – Late May – Palm Pre (target in-stock 3/15)
- Sanyo 6750 Eclipse (pink) – June
- Palm Centro (berry) – June
- Motorola Q9C – Mid June
- Sierra 597E – July – Sierra 2-in-1 Aircard
- Palm Centro (green) – July
- Palm Centro refresh (black) – July
- Motorola VE20 – July
- HTC Touch Diamond – July
- RIM BlackBerry 7100i – August – RIM BlackBerry 8350i
What I meant to say is Backbeat IS Don Louie!!
^Thanks for the belly-laugh.
None of these dates, for the releases seem like they’ll be met, I pretty much counted on the the Pre not making it but the Pro not making it is kind of disappointing. I wanted to see the Rumor II also
I am sorry, my 11-year-old has been off his her and on this site. I am going to let her continue to post here because her doctor says it is less dangerous than her other behaviors. Thanks for understanding.
LMAO!
Right on cue, MrMultiLoginTroll [formerly known as DonLouie].
Fuck you, ya cunt.
Gotta love these rumours,
People gets hyped up over this Pre, no one knows jack S… and every one screams what he is thinking of has heard.
Like a good soap operea, jummie.
Any rumours about Pre hitting Europe?
Most of the time we have to wait a bit longer.
The pre Pre fun already started!
Calm down a little and let the infomation digest, phones more often than not don’t meet launch date based on varying factors. I’ve seen lots of people sporting the Rumor and to some degree the Rant and seeing the Rant just released a few months ago, am at a loss as to why the Rumor II is coming when it’ll be less than the current messaging phone
@Attila tha Hun who said: “Calm down a little and let the infomation digest”
There is -no- “information”, only grandstanding and baseless speculation. Both of which aren’t worth jack-shit, yet the same flame-baiting Trolls roll on [as shown in their forthcoming diatribe(s) ].
The people that call you out personally are, as you call it, flamebaiting. As a grownup you have to be adult enough to ignore it, at this point it doesn’t look like it will happen. backbeat’s post can be considered “grandstanding” because they are everywhere and speculation is waht these blog site are built upon. Unless it’s outright lies there’s no ned to justify the claim with a response.
^@bitchboy-in-drag who said: “speculation is waht these blog site are built upon”
Your definition is not a truism. Fuck you -and- your continued assault on intelligence, MrMultiLoginTroll.
I want adult conversation, a few jabs here and there is commonplace but backbeat’s issistence on labeling me and any ony else puts me in the position of reader and not contributer because I can take the crossing of names but will not stand to be called a bitch or a cunt since the offender clearly assumes all diagreeing points come from one person. Dueces homebodies
The rumors are people! If you go into any Sprint store right now, The Treo Pro is out today (2-15) and the Plam Pre is coming out
(3-15) It’s a go, because that have already posted the Treo 800w on the end of life list and ask any employee, they are allowed to tell you that it’s being replaced with the Pre!
@Attila the Cunt: Ya get what ya give. If you were not to interject attacks where you have no business, no response would be made. Just a thought.
On Feb 16, 2009 @ 3:00 pm, Tony V Said:
“The Treo Pro is out today (2-15) and the Plam Pre is coming out (3-15) It’s a go,”
oh, ok. The Pro is out?
^Only to those who live in fantasy or those whose spine was removed.
Tony V, I don’t see the Treo Pro on the website so you are either mistaken or misinformed. I wonder if the phone will make it to market before the end of the month?
The Palm [Treo] Pro is listed in Best Buy’s
March Mobile Buyer’s Guide (Pg. 7):
http://bestbuy.shoplocal.com/bestbuy/default.aspx?action=entryflash&adref=header&h=488
Prices effective Feb. 22, 2009 – Mar. 28, 2009
:-/
I guess I am the only one who gets a kick out of backbeat’s posts.
They’re funny and witty.
Sometimes I wade through posts that I don’t care about to see if he/she’s attacked.
Is any one concerned that 8 gig memory is too small and that the Pre lacks a card slot? would there be any way of upgrading it in the future or just sell it and get another? Or is this just a way of selling more phones making the initial folks kept buying the next better phone?
For a “Power User” I think that 8Gb could be used up pretty quickly. I don’t understand their thinking either.
you are full of shit..you do not know shit
So, when is the Pre being released??? Not March 15 I take it…
Can this be true? Just finished watching the TV show 24 on FOX. Now this show has been using sprint phones on the show for a while. They had a commercial tonight about #s and at the end of it they said 4G coming soon, after they showed the 4G… They showed the Palm Pre… WOW!!! could the pre be 4G? Is that why they are taking forever to release it? Plus during the show, they showed what looked like an instinct, but doing video phone calls. I heard a rumor that there is a new instinct coming out and I know with 4G, there is the possibility to do video calls with the 12mb download speeds!!! Can this be????
YOU ARE INDEED FULL OF SHIT!