RSSPalm unveils its European Pre rollout plan
By Tim Conneally | Published July 7, 2009, 1:04 PM
Mobile network operators O2 and Movistar, subsidiaries of Telefonica, will be Europe's first exclusive operators to carry the Palm Pre, the device maker announced today. O2 will offer the device In the UK, Ireland, and Germany, and Movistar will offer it in Spain, with availability some time before the holidays.
Rumors of a deal between Palm and Telefonica began to stir last week, with expectations of a price and launch date this week, but neither was supplied today.
O2 is also the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the UK and Ireland, and Movistar is is the device's exclusive carrier in Spain, meaning that Germany is the only country in the EU thus far to offer the Apple iPhone 3G S and Palm Pre on separate networks. Of course this will change soon, as countries such as Italy and France offer the iPhone on more than one network, and Palm plans to sell the Pre through multiple networks like it has done with various Treo models.
Back in North America, the Pre is expected to debut in "the second half of 2009" on Bell Mobility in Canada. Pricing and availability there are also still unknown.
Only time will tell but it is doing well at the moment and is not sitting back. Multiple country availability, three OS patches in as many weeks. SDK about to be released. Applications growing (and not those crappy 49500 fart type/near useless Apple apps).
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|I find it hard to believe that the Pre will be around for long. Contrary to BN, European sites seem to find its construction shabby. And why on earth should you invest into a brand new mobile platform of a company on the verge of extinction? It offers nothing revolutionary over other major players that are - besides iphone - supported by many hand set makers. So go invest in a Pre, wonder when those apps come while they are being developed for platforms with large market share and cry when you invested cash into the few apps that may appear when the whole platform tanks...
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