Sprint executives are calling the Palm Pre launch over the past weekend a success. The company apparently recorded its best one day sales and best single weekend sales for any phone that it has ever offered.
Neither Sprint nor Palm revealed specific sales figures but market analysts have estimated that Sprint sold between 50,000 and 100,000 Pres over the weekend. Most stores sold out but Sprint will replenish its stores as quickly as Palm can provide more devices. Shortages are expected to continue for a while though.
The test for the Palm Pre will now be to see if it can maintain this momentum, especially in the face of the new iPhone 3G S (and its US$99 8GB iPhone 3G sibling) that will be available starting on June 19th.