Spectrum of Greed

Great device - no freedom

The Palm Pre - Sprint phone is just one more in the “pick your network provider by picking your device” disaster that defines the US wireless marketplace.  Instead of being able to say, “I would like an iPhone, and I would like to use Verizon”, or “I would like a Palm Pre, and I would like to use AT&T”, we are left with having to prioritize.  Would we rather pick our network first, then decide which phone we must settle for, or the other way around?  For business and consumers, this is very frustrating.  For cellular business providers, it is a way of life.  But there is one market opening concession to consumers in the Pre that makes it VERY exciting. (continue reading…)