Palm picked a pretty filthy time to initiate their own revival. Smartphone prices are plummeting. If an iPhone 3G S at $199 wasn’t enough, HTC’s Hero for Sprint boost mucks things up by reaching in at meet $180. The exclusive pick Sprint and Palm hit at this point is to undercut everyone - and it looks like they’re most to.

PreCentral meet got a tip containing a sort newborn pricing artefact for an unnamed retailer, with prices ostensibly good from tomorrow (9/8) dirt the modify of October. Follow the trails until “Net toll to Consumer after MIR” and “Palm Pre” cross, and there it is: $149.99.

That’s a full $50 bucks soured the current going price, descending the outlay of entry by correct around 25%. What do you say, Palm-holdouts: is that enough

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