Sprint Treo Pro Now $249, Proclaims Print Ad

Saturday February 21, 2009

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I guess Sprint's ad sales team didn't get the memo that the Treo Pro has been delayed from its original launch date of Feb. 15. In the Feb. 21 issue of The Economist (shown at left), there's a full-page ad proclaiming a $249 price (with two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate) for the Sprint Treo Pro, which as you can see on Sprint's site is currently languishing in an eternal netherworld of lab testing.

Of course, this isn't the first retail screwup for the Treo Pro; a few weeks ago Best Buy's web site was advertising the vaporware phone for $699. That sales page has now disappeared from Best Buy's site, which is understandable as there are, in fact, no Sprint Treo Pros to be had. Similarly, a few weeks before that, someone at Sprint accidentally pulled the trigger on their own Treo Pro sales site, then yanked it from the Net within hours.

What's up, Sprint? One misfire we can understand, but this launch seems like a massive series of sales malfunctions.

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Posted By: Sascha Segan

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