http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/ Engadget Comments for Sprint fires employee who leaked weak EVO 4G sales numbers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
If he used his exchange email to send out those numbers, he blew it.]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
Well, if the guy was in the marketing department he deserves it. Give the guy a break if he was in the dark about the whole thing though.]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/It was Oprah. Damn you Oprah!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/celebrity-nerds-oprah-has-an-evo-4g-and-you-dont/]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Exactly!]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
LMAO....

Evo 4G = FAIL

iPhone will = WIN

Android fanboys can start bitching in 3, 2, 1....]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Uh oh, I smell an Apple fanboy... Shooo shoo!]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/lol 6 minute down rank into oblivion]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
Can't hear you, all the way down in oblivion.

- WebOs user]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
webOS that is probably getting killed by HP at this very moment? HA...like you even have any right to speak.

The Pre was another such "iPhone killer" much like the Evo 4G. Launched on Sprint. FAILED. Palm and webOS then FAILED as well.

And now the whole legacy of Palm is GONE. And they are owned by a new company...never to be truly independent again.

Sorry that you Apple Haters can't stand the truth. You attack Apple and the iPhone. Well I'm going to attack android and the shitty phones that run it.]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
I didn't know that phones give their owners the "right to talk".

Where did you get that I'm an Apple hater, I've got an imac, a macbook pro and an ipod touch. The iPhone never appealed to me, and in my opinion WebOs is still miles ahead of the iOS, the only thing that's going to make me jealous of future iPhone 4 users is that gorgeous screen.

]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
I dont know The guys at radio shack said they sold almost 100,000 themselves over the weekend.. Best Buy and Radioshack sold out at every location in So Cal in about 5 hours and were out for at least a week..]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/How annoyingly pretentious.
-Another webOS user]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
You may want to pencil in the upcoming Engadget All Phones That Aren't iPhones Bashing Day which will fall on June 24th.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
"the guys"? Lol]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
JINX!]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
it says the sales number is from sprints own stores.. what about all the other retail outlets that cell the phone?

been over a week and my (2) that i ordered havent been shipped yet still awaiting inventory.

and you cant buy this phone online anywhere right now without it saying 7-14 days wait]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
When you work for a corporation, what do you expect? Your arse is theirs and people fail to realize the importance of privacy in such environments. Career fudged...]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
As much as most people find Engadget and the comments to be utterly useless, I actually find this and a few other blogs a great way to keep a tab on the consumer pulse of tech. I'm overweight in tech when it comes to equities. In fact, the day of the initial Sprint press release, was the day I "sold on the news" fir a tidy profit. I suspect Sprint has been overbought currently, and just prior to next quarter, will be optimal time to go short.

]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
If they sold out, then they sold as many as they possibly could have. No?]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
sounds like the employee was downranked into oblivion. pretty normal round these parts for saying things how they are, so why should we be surprised. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
could of just been the numbers from sprint stores this guy released, and sprints numbers include all the stores.

sprint.com and sprint stores dont offer the instant rebate.. for that reason they probably dont sell as many as bestbuy and wirefly.. because quite frankly anyone shopping their doesnt know much.. or likes to wait for mail in rebates?


which the phone has been sold out on since the night of launch.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
He exposed sensitive, financially relevant data to the XDA-developers site before it was public. That's a reason to get fired. He's lucky he didn't go to jail for it.

You can bet if someone posted Apple sales figures the day before Apple announced them that they'd have their door kicked in faster than a Gizmodo editor.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Ha.. So true.
Never tell the truth about an Android device when it's negative or you'll get fired/stoned to death/downranked into oblivion.
]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/This is too funny -- they basically lied about the whole thing then were forced to tell the truth...and the employee who told the truth is the one getting fired...wow what a fucking system we have here.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Force choke in 3, 2, 1..]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
Absolutely not. Regardless of how you feel about it, that employee had no right to post that information. That information isn't even necessarily accurate (it doesn't cover other retailers, etc) and has the potential to cause material harm to his/her employer. That is absolutely grounds for dismissal, again, regardless of your own opinions on the subject. Plain and simple, no matter what company this employee worked for, they did wrong.]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
I applaud you. You took on board someone else's argument and openly changed your mind. That's so rare to see on here.

I agree for the reasons above. They should have been fired.]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
ALL companies take their PR very seriously. It is the public face of their company. Unless this person worked in the PR department and has authorization to post these numbers to whatever site/publication he chooses, he is in the wrong. My brother works for Microsoft and he CAN'T tell me about some things because it isn't his place to do so. And I can respect that and I don't push him for knowledge. Same principle.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Absolutely right.
We should all put company as priority before truth.
Let's be understanding to the company that is supposed to post sales figures for investors without lying about them anyway.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/
That is just the way Sprint works. I used to work for Sprint, and hate the company, but you couldn't pay me enough money to switch to another carrier. I've tried the others and found them wanting. So every month I mumble F you Sprint, and pay my bill so I can enjoy the best coverage.

One thing that needs to be taken into account in regards to those reported numbers from the ex-employee though is that they are only for corporate stores. There are about three times as many franchise stores, and god knows how many mall kiosk stores out there that sold on average 50 or more phones the first day. So you can take the reported corporate numbers, and tripple them, and then add in all the Best Buy, RS, and Wal-Mart sales and you will be getting close to the actual sales for day one.]]>Jun 14th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/sprint-fires-employee-who-leaked-weak-evo-4g-sales-numbers/Jun 14th 2010 8:44PM