{"id":706498,"date":"2010-04-01T00:38:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"15502 at http:\/\/www.precentral.net"},"modified":"2010-04-01T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T04:38:53","slug":"palm-serious-about-att-training-practice-pre-pluses-en-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/706498","title":{"rendered":"Palm serious about AT&amp;T Training: &#8216;Practice&#8217; Pre Pluses en route?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feedproxy.google.com\/sites\/precentral.net\/files\/articleimages\/Dieter%20Bohn\/2010\/04\/att-practice-pre.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"312\" class=\"lightbox2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.precentral.net\/sites\/precentral.net\/files\/articleimages\/Dieter%20Bohn\/2010\/04\/thumb_450_att-practice-pre.jpeg?resize=450%2C312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/03\/31\/atandt-getting-practice-pre-pluses-tomorrow\/\">Engadget has word<\/a>&nbsp;that select AT&amp;T will be receiving &#8216;practice&#8217; Palm Pre Plus phones tomorrow for select employees can use for learning \/ training. Given the problems that Palm has had with buy-in amongst Verizon employees (necessitating &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.precentral.net\/ceo-jon-rubinstein-details-plans-accelerate-webos-sales-company-email\">Project Jumpstart<\/a>&#8216; to evangelize the platform within the company), we can only see this as a smart move. Whether or not this means that we might see an AT&amp;T launch sooner rather than later remains to be seen. The leaked slide does make it pretty clear that these devices are not meant to be seen by prying eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteleft\">Combine this with the fact that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precentral.net\/verizon-slahses-palm-pre-plus-4999-pixi-plus-2999\">Verizon just slashed prices on webOS products<\/a>&nbsp;and we can draw at least one conclusion: there&#8217;s a concerted effort to turn webOS sales around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\"><em>Thanks to everybody who sent this in!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=hLIyjWbktwc:Q6cikcYoutQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=hLIyjWbktwc:Q6cikcYoutQ:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=hLIyjWbktwc:Q6cikcYoutQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?i=hLIyjWbktwc:Q6cikcYoutQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=hLIyjWbktwc:Q6cikcYoutQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Precentralnet\/~4\/hLIyjWbktwc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Engadget has word&nbsp;that select AT&amp;T will be receiving &#8216;practice&#8217; Palm Pre Plus phones tomorrow for select employees can use for learning \/ training. Given the problems that Palm has had with buy-in amongst Verizon employees (necessitating &#8216;Project Jumpstart&#8216; to evangelize the platform within the company), we can only see this as a smart move. 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