Sales smartphone Palm Pre start on 7 June?

It became known that the sale of Communicator, Palm Pre in the United States will begin June 7. It was reported resource Boy Genius Report, referring to the insider source. According to him, the device will be available not only in specialized centers, sales of Sprint, but also in stores Best Buy. It is about 4500 copies of Palm Pre, which will be shipped to Best Buy stores across the country. That is, each of them will have one or more communicators to sell. What is the reason for such a small volume, are not reported.

The operator Sprint has used a similar scheme in conjunction with sales of Best Buy, for example, during the release of Samsung Instinct. The emergence of Palm Pre stores in major U.S. reseller of electronics, perhaps, should draw attention to this novelty. Recall, Palm Pre - this is the first model is based on the new operating system, WebOS, the company holds a great hope. Communicator provides setback slider with touch multi-touch display and advanced down QWERTY-keyboard. It was expected that he will be able to compete with the iPhone (it is expected that its new version will be presented June 9). Cost Palm Pre from Sprint, as states the source of the order of $ 200 with a contract to re-connect subscribers, $ 300 - for existing subscribers of the operator and $ 1000 without a contract.