Sprint “Can’t afford to sell the Pre to the Wrong Customers”

It looks like this whole thing “limited provision on launching” position is a serious trouble for Sprint (NYSE: S). So serious, in fact, that Sprint’s leaked launching guide contains a varlet alerting Sprint sales reps to warning that they (Sprint and Palm (NSDQ: PALM)) “Can’t afford to sell the Pre to the Wrong Customers.” The Palm Pre should, according to Sprint, be sold to “non-IT centric business” customers.

Sprint is presumably trying to steer open of any enterprise-related issues with the Palm Pre. The Palm Pre apparently isn’t as wellspring suited for endeavor-responsibility as its Windows Mobile River-powered cousin, the Palm Treo Pro. Sales reps are being instructed to keep the Palm Pre away from business users that need “extensive set of security policies” or central device management capabilities.

Aside from supply pressures, Sprint whitethorn be trying to avoid negative pressure on the Palm Pre during the critical “limited provision” gross sales bicycle. If Palm does indeed incline up Pre production to hit the vacation shopping time of year with violence, they’ll wish all the positive Pre-ballyhoo they can get during the Summer months.

If you’re an IT centric user that understands the drawbacks for the Palm Pre but distillery wish to get your custody on the WebOS-powered smartphone, we’d recommend not mentioning anything about security measures policies or your company’s fleet of smartphones – lest remainder up being pushed onto a Palm Treo Pro against your will.