Sprint’s Palm Pre Launch Guide Leaked

If you’ve gone through the webOS videos and still crave more, here’s some light reading (PDF lnk) to tide you over until the Palm Pre’s June 6th launch. The guide was just mailed out to Sprint employees to prep them for the big day, and a few flips through the 22-page document reveals some pretty interesting tidbits.

• Documents to Go will be preloaded, allowing you to view Office docs on the Pre right off the bat.
• “We Can’t Afford to Sell the Pre to the Wrong Customers” – Sprint basically says the Pre isn’t viable for “IT-centric” customers, who should go for the Treo Pro instead.
• “Does your company have specific security or manageability requirements for mobile devices?” If yes, then the Pre’s not for you. This is admitting the Pre’s not going to be replacing the BlackBerry any time soon.
• “The Palm Pre should be treated as a replace only phone”. The form factor is apparently not conducive to repairs, so you’ll be getting a brand new phone if anything should go wrong.
• Preorders start this week!
• Palm profile is required to receive over-the-air firmware updates,
• If you want GPS, you’ll have to agree to Google’s Terms of Service. If you’re onto their plot for world domination be warned.
• Push e-mail available through Exchange ActiveSync, supports multiple accounts.
• Security measures include PIN lock, password lock, EAS and remote wipe from your web-based Palm profile.

If you’re in the market for a Palm Pre, be sure to take a gander, it’s bound to have some pertinent information for you.

Palm Pre launch guide (PDF link)

[via Engadget]