G 4 Games HP / Palm Pre 3 to Avoid Sprint? Rumored Release Date: July (ATT and Verizon) G 4 Games by bogdan on July 11, 2011 The HP Pre 3 (aka the Palm Pre 3) is a device that is eagerly awaited both in Europe and in the States. While the folks in Europe can pre-order the HP Pre 3, some of the US aficionados have recently received a blow, …
Beating out Verizon , Canada’s Rogers becomes the first carrier in North America to pick up the Pre 2 today, hawking it for CAD $99 — about $97 — as long as you’re willing to put your name down for a new three-year contract with a qualifying voice and data plan. Since Rogers runs HSPA on 850 and 1900MHz, you can bet this is pretty much the same phone Palm is offering unlocked in the States for $450; you’re just paying a little less upfront and a whole lot more over time
So the Pre 2 has been announced for SFR in France and Verizon in the States, along with an unlocked model for developers… but so far, we’d only seen one of the three in the FCC. Well, here are the other two: on the left, the P102EWW, and on the right, the P102UNA.
Finally, the update to webOS 1.3.1 for the GSM Palm Pre has arrived to our friends and relatives across the pond. After a little over a week that we, here in the US got the webOS update , Europe finally gets it too
Palm had a meeting this morning discussing their plans and Jon Rubinstein briefly discusses some of their road map for 2010. Though it feels like recently Palm’s momentum has taken a turn for worst as the Droid, Hero, and Eris come out here in the States making it Android’s time to shine,
There’s no doubt that the Palm Pre is a very anticipated device. We were anxiously clamoring for it in the States before its release, our Canadian friends are counting down the days (it arrives August 27th on Bell for $199.95CAD) and Europe is still lingering, waiting to see if that October rumored release pans out.
Breaking news – If you’re a Best Buy Reward Zone member in the States, you might want to check your email or log in to your account online and have a look at the coupons and special offers available to you. I received an email earlier today from them telling me about some special offers and coupons available for this weekend (August 14th – August 17th), and most interesting among them, the $25 off a Palm Pre. I have no use for it myself so I will pass the coupon and my Reward Zone membership card to a friend of mine so he can save himself $25 on the Pre.
AdAge.com (subscription) Canadian actress Tamara Hope gets spoofed in Palm Pre commercial MobileSyrup.com By Kate O'Brien ⋅ August 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment Canadian Tamara Hope has starred in a bunch on new Palm Pre ads in the States, perhaps we'll be … Creepy?
However long you think you had to wait for the Pre in the States, you must remember that Europe is waiting longer and so is Canada. I would have gone mad by now! Recently it was reported that Bell, Palm’s exclusive launch partner in Canada, had begun employee training for the Pre and now we have a little more indication that a release date could be coming sooner rather than later.