Go To Latest Video ReviewsPalm Pre Set for UK Launch Next Week
| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 2nd Jul 2009 |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersThe wait is nearly over...
More than six months have passed since Palm dished out a little shock + awe in unveiling the Pre at CES. Perhaps more significantly, it has been almost a month since those lucky Americans got their hands on the tasty smartphone but now it is our turn.
Palm has called a press event for next week in which it will announce the UK launch of the WebOS based handset as well as unveil what is expected to be an exclusive network partner. Our spies tell us that all the earlier rumours were indeed correct and O2 has sealed the deal with the Carphone Warehouse also selling the handset in a move which virtually mirrors the duo's arrangement with Apple for the iPhone.
We do worry however that this capture will convince the O2 to price match the Pre with the extortionate tariffs dealt out with the iPhone 3GS. *Winces*
As a brief reminder the Pre is a slider with physical Qwerty keyboard, 3.1in multi-touch capable capacitive touchscreen, HSDPA, WiFi, GPS, a 3.2MP camera, Webkit browser and 8GB of native storage. On the plus side it supports multi-tasking via its ingenious 'cards' UI but lacks a memory expansion slot, Flash web browsing and video recording.
So there's a week to kill before we get all the official details. I suggest you fill part of it by reading my Palm Pre first impressions...
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lifethroughalens said on 2nd July 2009
Ben said on 2nd July 2009
I think O2 may well pitch this as a cheap iPhone to flesh out their range of flagship handsets. Yes it may cannibalise sales of the cheaper iPhones but then they're probably n... more
sonisoe said on 2nd July 2009
palm has the synergy that no other phones currently have, but htc hero is excellent as well ? which one ?
falcomomo said on 2nd July 2009
would have to say that it wants to be going to the network that will market it the best; speed can be increased any time. Hopefully it will appeal to the masses of iPhone worshippe... more
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"WHY NOT T-MOBILE PALM, WHY??!!"
T-Who? Because they want to actually sell handsets on a network that exists, maybe? ;)
Very smart move by o2. Not... more