You're like the guys that say Scarlett Johansson is a little fat. Seriously.

@macjonny: why so douchey?

any comment will do.

Please?

FYI, Radio Shack has the Treo 800W for $29.99 in store on an upgrade if you can find it in stock.

How about a Pre with a boobies screen saver?

Darn. That was supposed to be a reply to Pete.

He had a rap hit in the 80's. It was so bad that it was awesome.

mine!

Holy crap, people. Get a grip! Many of you are taking this completely out of context. All this memo says is that they want their salespeople to properly qualify the customer and make sure the Pre is the correct device for the consumer before they walk out with it. With a limited number of handsets, they want as low a return rate as possible. The last thing they want to see is a bunch of people returning their Pres because it wasn't what they expected, especially while they have a ton of people waiting on them. They would lose Pre sales that way because they cannot just resell that phone to the next guy.

This memo doesn't mean they won't let you purchase it if you're not the correct customer. It means the salesman won't SELL it to you. Big difference. At the end of the day, the buying decision is ultimately up to the customer (stock permitting).