Palm Pre: Sprint is screwing up their one shot

I've had an iPhone for almost two years and absolutely love it. The fact is, I can't live without it as it's become a dependable tool for my personal and business life.

Yet AT&T's coverage is awful where my daughter goes to school. I've let them know about it and they just say "it shows as "normal" on our reports". Well, not one of our phones works in the school building while we watch people with Verizon and Sprint talking away.

So we've started to look elsewhere. Three of our four phone contracts will expire on May 18th and we'll be taking our business elsewhere. Since my daughter will be going to college this fall and AT&T has the same issues there, we've done a study between Sprint and Verizon.

At this point, and upon hands-on review, we've taken a liking to the yet-unreleased Palm Pre. Every day we watch the online news, the rumors, the forums and every day we're disappointed that Sprint has been taking so long.

Frankly, Sprint, I'm tired of waiting for an announcement. Every day you leak more tidbits but never tell us when it's coming out. It's time to stop yanking my chain and release the date. Your financial quarterly today would have been the perfect opportunity and you blew it, choosing instead to talk about old phones.

Friends have told me to just get the new iPhone, or go to the Blackberry Storm (which I've played with and would be a good alternative). But no, I have been loyal to a phone that doesn't yet exist.

That loyalty is fading, Sprint. As me for a date or I'm moving to the next pretty girl.