Say you’ve got a snazzy new smartphone coming out that can make or break your company. Who’s the first person you’d go to to help plug the device? A distinguished actor? Some titan of industry? A former, preferably non-disgraced politician? How about a loud-mouthed drive-time radio host?
Palm is hoping that its upcoming Pre phone will win over the Fartman, Howard Stern. But it seems that Stern himself initiated the potential relationship. A diehard Palm-user, Stern is very publicly looking for a handset to replace his long-outdated Treo. “I’m embarrassed to hold up my phone right now, it’s so old-school,” he announced on his show.
According to CNET, Palm has since approached Stern–who has ruled out the keyboardless iPhone and is looking very seriously at a new Blackberry–about giving him a secret demo.
“They’re going to show me the Pre and then take it away. They’re trying to build excitement for this thing. If people don’t buy this, I don’t see how Palm keeps going,” said the radio host turned tech pundit.
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