Palm Pre GSM Gets Introduced Through O2 UK, Available ‘Free’ On Contract!

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October 19, 2009 ||

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Palm Pre, the most coveted Palm Phone is now available on GSM through O2 carrier. But, before you rejoice, let me tell you, (as of now) it’s only for the lucky ones residing in UK .

Palm which launched the Palm Pre earlier through Sprint hinted long back about the launch of GSM version of the Pre which was obviously a long wait for the Palm Pre admirers.

Palm Pre GSM was launched in UK and Ireland(reportedly) on October 16th and Germany on October 13th. As of now, Palm Pre GSM is available via O2 carrier in UK on a 2 year contract or an 18 month contract (whichever settles best with you) at £44.05 or £73.41 per month.

In a way, if you are planning for Palm Pre GSM on O2, you get the Palm Pre free against the slated contract fee. O2 is offering the Palm Pre for free on a 2 year 34.26 GBP per month contract with unlimited WiFi and 3G data. You can find more information at the O2 website.

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The Palm Pre features a 320×480 pixels capacitive touchscreen, a 3 MP camera with LED flash, 8GB on on onboard storage,built in GPS, a Li-on removable battery. And yes, it’s the world’s first phone that comes with Palm’s exclusive Web OS.

It has the ability to integrate contacts from various sources (including some social networking sites) and view them as one list, has Microsoft Outlook to Google and everything you’ll ever need to work with the web using its Wi-Fi.

Share files over bluetooth or listen to music on a stereo headset that fits into the 3.5mm audio jack. Watch your favorite movies, browse through image gallery and explore countless dimensions of fun. The versatile Palm Pre brings all this and much more power rightto your Palm.

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Featured : Palm Pre With TouchStone Charger

The Palm Pre is also blessed with Palm’s Touchstone technology that allows it to wirelessly charge the phone when place over the touchstone block. The phone is held by magnetic field and charging begins once the power to the Touchstone is switched on.

The Palm Pre has always been compared with Apple iPhone even before it was released. Some even went to claiming it as an “iPhone Killer“. In a way, it does settle as a vivid competitor, particularly with the multitasking feature that lets you switch between open applications (something what the iPhone cannot do, yet!).

“What the GSM Pre won’t have, at least initially, is the latest version of webOS. For manufacturing deadline reasons, Palm and O2 will ship the Pre with webOS 1.1.3, a few updates behind the Sprint CDMA model.

According to Palm, the eventual aim is “parity” between the two devices, but that won’t come until later on in 2009. Which is unfortunate for our European friends, but hang tight, we’ll get there”, reported mypre.com.

Precisely said, the global release of Palm Pre GSM has not been announced yet.