Oct 16

Palm Pre now available on O2 UK

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And the Telefonica rollout of the GSM Pre continues. Starting today, those gorgeous people populating the sinking, but still glorious, isle of the United Kingdom can get their hands on a Palm Pre by hitting up their nearest O2 store. And by hitting up we mean becoming customers, not robbing the place. Anyway, the cheapest (or least expensive) 18-month tariff on which the Pre can be had for free is £44.05 ($71) per month, which throws in 1,200 free minutes and “unlimited” data and WiFi. That monthly price drops to £34.26 ($55) if you go for a two-year contract, but the bundled minutes are also fewer at 600. There’s also an option to pay £96.89 ($157) for the handset upfront, which cuts the cost of the subsequent price plans, full details of which can be found at the read link.

[Thanks, Cuan B.]

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Palm Pre now available on O2 UK originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 09

Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXXXVIII: Palm Pre knockoff doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up

Posted in: BlackBerry, iPhone, kirf, palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili

Yes, this was only a matter of time, and we’re a little surprised we didn’t see one earlier. Regardless, this is the Palm Pre knockoff we’ve been waiting for. Seemingly called just iPhone +QWERTY — this KIRF is being marketed as just that — a real business phone with a hybrid identity blending the BlackBerry and the iPhone. And really, that’s not too bad of a description for this little dude, we guess. Boasting analog TV, Bluetooth, and an FM radio, it runs the much-loved OPhone operating system, and can be had for 600 RMP (about $88). There are two more shots after the break. Hit the read link for a full peek.

[Via PMP Today]

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Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXXXVIII: Palm Pre knockoff doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 07

Screen Grabs: Palm Pre isn’t helping things be any less miserable on ‘Heroes’

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Hey — it’s the Palm Pre hanging tough in the morally ambiguous hands of Nathan Petrelli! Does it help him decide who to crush or love when he gets up in the morning? Does it get reception when he flies into the upper atmosphere to change world events so dramatically that half the characters are confused and the other half have disappeared by the time he’s back in NYC? What’s going on, Nathan? You seem depressed. You want to go with a different carrier, don’t you? Got a hankering for the GSM?

[Thanks, Dylan]

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Screen Grabs: Palm Pre isn’t helping things be any less miserable on ‘Heroes’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 07

Palm Pre coming to Spain on Telefonica on October 14

Posted in: launch, palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili, webos

The European operators are really liking mid-October for their Pre launches, and that trend continues now that Spain’s Telefonica has unveiled an October 14 availability date for Spain’s very first webOS device. The phone’s being offered on plans that will bring the cost of the handset itself down to anywhere between €0 and €219 (about $322) — and if you’re wondering exactly what you have to do to get it for absolutely free, well, you’ll be shelling out €60 or more a month in voice plus €15 in data. You’ll be able to pick it up both online and in your friendly local Telefonica shop, so it’ll be interesting to see if any lines start forming — just how many Palm fanatics are their in Spain, anyway?

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Palm Pre coming to Spain on Telefonica on October 14 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 06

GSM Palm Pre for O2 Germany pictured in the wild

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The Palm Pre is scheduled to make its big GSM debut on O2 in Europe in just a few weeks, and it looks like final production units are making their way into the wild — these shots of a German Pre complete with final box art and a localized keyboard just hit the wires. Nothing here you’re not familiar with already, but man — the GSM and the Pre, gettin’ down. We’d only dared to dream, you know? Now all we need is a version with some North American 3G bands and we’ll be all set.

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Oct 04

Screen Grabs: Palm Pre stumps the experts on Numb3rs

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The Palm Pre showed up on a recent episode of Numb3rs, and we can only assume that confused look on Charlie’s face is the simplistic calculator that ships stock with webOS. Or could it be something much more sinister?

[Thanks, Marshall]

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Screen Grabs: Palm Pre stumps the experts on Numb3rs originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 01

Paid apps hitting the Pre tomorrow?

Posted in: apps, palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili, webos

The release of webOS 1.2 got all of the stars aligned for a barrage (or, at the very least, a trickle) of paid applications to start hitting the Pre, and the word on the street is that the first of those will be dropping tomorrow, October 2 — for users in the US, anyhow (Canadians apparently need to wait a while longer, a problem that Android users up there are all too acquainted with). The company will smartly be tying purchases to users’ Palm Profiles, meaning you’ll be able to redownload previously bought apps on any device you choose as long as your account is currently tied to it. Of course, the big question is what apps will be available to blow some cash on in the first round of Catalog approvals — what’s everyone hoping for?

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Paid apps hitting the Pre tomorrow? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 26

Pre drops to $79.99 at Walmart

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Hey, thought that $99.99 Amazon deal for a Palm Pre was really snazzy? Well today, Walmart appears to go one better by cutting the smartphone’s price down to a staggering $79.99 (on contract and with mail-in rebate). If prices keep going this low, you can probably expect the Pixi to show up for about nothing (zero, zip, zilch) sooner rather than later. If you’ve been looking for a deal to get into the Pre, this is it… but too bad if you dropped $200 a few months ago.

[Via everythingpre]

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Pre drops to $79.99 at Walmart originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 25

Palm Pre confirmed for Verizon? Probably.

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We were already pretty sure that reports that Verizon was passing on the Palm Pre were unwarranted, but the rumors just keep coming. Now BGR is reporting that it’s confirmed — albeit through an unnamed source — that the carrier will in fact land the device. It’s all starting to seem like a non-starter of a story at this point, considering we sort of already knew the Pre was probably going to Verizon, but at least now we’re less unsure that it’s not not on its way, right? Right.

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Palm Pre confirmed for Verizon? Probably. originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 25

Video recording hacks for the Pre making nice progress

Posted in: palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili, video, webos

The Pre’s proven to be an eminently hackable platform pretty much from day one, and given that, it stands to reason that major “missing” features are going to either be added in the hard way or a few good programmers are going to die trying. The virtual keyboard developments are seen as a big win for users, and next up is true video recording — something inexplicably missing from the device considering its ample (well, theoretically ample) processing power. Work on homebrew recording tools seems to be moving along nicely, with some open-source tools already available — so far, they’re apparently able to push it to 480 x 320 at 30fps, but it comes out encoded strangely and doesn’t resemble anything your average end user would want to be dealing with. That’s where Palm hopefully comes in with a future webOS update, but for now, at least we’re able to play around. Follow the break for video of the hack in action.

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Video recording hacks for the Pre making nice progress originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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