GSM Pre and GSM Pixi to Get Plussed 47
It's safe to assume we'll see webOS devices in the first half of the year because AT&T said so and because they've popped up on server logs. Now that we have the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus, there's another question to ask: which webOS devices?
Short version: it's no surprise, but we're expecting that there will be Plus versions of the GSM Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. Hopefully they'll arrive in time for AT&T, but it's no lock yet.
How do we know? Enter Scaredy (Hi back atcha, Scaredy!), who had previously spotted the CDMA Pre Plus make its way through Canadian testing. Now he's found the P101UNA and the P121UNA pop up at TÜV Rheinland, a testing and certification company. Both received a "US + Canadian NRTL certificate," which is TÜV's way of of saying that OSHA and Canada's SCC probably won't bring the hammer down (in other words, we're not talking FCC just yet). As we've learned, the P101 is the Pre Plus and the UNA is the the GSM version, ditto P121 for Pixi Plus.
As much as we like Verizon around these parts, it would be a shame if AT&T didn't get the Plus versions of the Pre and Pixi. Heck, it would be as much of a shame for Europe to not eventually see some Plus action. So while code numbers showing up TÜV Rheinland doesn't do much more than suggest such models exist out there somewhere, that's enough to whet our appetite and give hope to the GSM holdouts here in the US of A.
Thanks to Scaredy and ToniCipriani for the heads-up!
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Totally.
Guess that leave's T-Mobile.
So when is PreCentral going to doctor out the buttons on all of their Pre imagery? ;)
I use that button a lot. How can one live without it?
I guess all of us early adopters on Sprint get the short end of the stick...
I don't understand this mentality. You had the revolution 7 months ahead of everyone else.
Wait another 6 months, and the revolution of the revolution will land on Sprint (and hopefully all other carriers soon after).
Yea...cause you know, a company like Palm has to abide by greedy people rules and not come out with ANY updated phones until YOUR contract expires. Makes total business sense. Dude...get over it. Sprint will most likely get either the Plus or a completely new Pre come June. It's the game of business. They are not trying to screw anyone over.
Remember when the whiners complained incessantly about the app storage limit and then Palm fixed it and people wondered what the whiners would whine about next?
Yeah, we have our answer...
@brendilon;+1
LMAO so true
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! you didn't get the short end of anything.
Well yes. Palm gave us 3D games like "Need for Speed" before they gave us camcorder video recording. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait till next month (Feb. 2010) to get it. Boy, that seems like an eternity.
Wanna talk about sticks?
Some of us can't even get a hold of the *original* Pre.
Hell, we can't even get a real answer about whether it will EVER be available in our countries.
PALM YOU LISTENING?
One way to get what you want is to give details. State the country you're from, that way we all would know where the demand is coming from. You know, there are over 90 countries where the Palm Pre phones could be sold,that is a lot of markets. And the Palm Pre was released only about seven months ago (June 6, 2009).
Naw, Sprint isn't going to miss out on its premier customers upgrading again after a year, so look for something cool from them around June/July. I'm hoping for 512MB RAM and 32GB storage! Now that would be sweet :)
@butters
There is no early adoption for webos. Early adoption is for concepts, not devices. If I go buy Radio Shacks newest transistor radio when it releases tomorrow, does that make me an early adopter?
Early adoption for mifi is winding down fast, hurry and get it if you want to justify your "wireless early adopter" tshirt from Spenser Gifts.
Interesting point! I never thought about it this way before.
I always thought of an early adopter as a person who purchases a product in its infancy; and not necessarily in a proof of concept phase. That is, a person who purchases a product at the early stage of its adoption - thus the term, early adoption. So a product like webOS, because it is a completely new product built from the ground up, it could be referred to as early adoption. One can then argue that the term is being used appropriately because we were not certain whether webOS would gain widespread adoption when we bought the Palm Pre smart phone. And the debate on the web during the first few months after the Palm Pre launched was generally centered around wither Palm
I have replied to your statement in one of the posts below.
I wonder what their plans for an unlocked version are. I'm a happy Sprint customer but I've got some friends on T-Mo that would love to go to a Pre.
lmoa!!! So true
i want the plus on att. i actually do miss data and phone @ the same time. And I hate this button on my sprint pre
I don't think palm will be releasing anymore flagship devices on sprint first ever again. Sprint backed the instinct against an iphone. I like my service and price but. Att I can't wait
Helloooooo...the GSM Pre Plus and Pixi Plus has been confirmed for SFR in France since CES a few weeks ago...
French units would carry the designation P101UEU and P121UEU. Different bands.
Just as in the case of the O2 Pre it's P100UEU and the Telcel Pre it's P100UNA.
Does that mean that AT&T's Palm Pre Plus won't work in Europe and European versions won't work in US?
Did you read my PS? The articles title doesn't mention american GSM but is assumed. The second paragraph talks about the existence of GSM Plusses as if they are not confirmed when SFR confirmed them a couple of weeks ago. Again US-bands are assumed. It's not actually until the last words where it's spellt out.. :)
Judging by how the CDMA Pre Plus is only a FCC Class II change of the regular CDMA Pre (see: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_i...), I don't see how the GSM version will be different. It will be the same unit just with the two existing GSM/UMTS radio boards. Changing the bands and everything will require a completely different process, i.e. resubmission.
And you don't need to post your reply twice, I know what you are saying. and you are assuming as well. You're just unhappy that there's no report about SFR and France, but I'm sure it was mentioned with the CES reports.
nothing to see here, circulate! :)
I don't care for the 16gb, or if I can run 50 apps at once.
I just want to run a game without it freezing everytime a notification comes.
It's like it teases me. I have Asphalt 5 but it freezes after I minimize the card or get a notification.
Maybe i'm just too hungry, but I don't see anything that suggests or justifies the article's title. None of that information seems specific to AT&T.
If I'm missing something obvious, lemme know. After I eat, I'll see if I've got enough strength to understand.
Even better. Unlocked GSM please.
@dieter
Hey, we already know Europe (France) is getting the plus this spring. At least that's what SFR is claiming, Palm has not deemed Europe/SFR to be important enough to write up a pressrelease about. See http://www.sfr.com/liens/actualites/actualite/article/sfr-et-palm-annonc... I don't know why this is never mentioned in the Precentral articles
For me, I couldn't wait and actually ordered my Pre today! :)
PS. I know Precentral is run from the US but if it's possible to make an extra readthrough of the articles to make them more general and less US-centric I would be really happy!
Read my reply to Goyena above. The units in question here are unannounced GSM Pre and Pixi Plus for North America.
Did you read my PS? The articles title doesn't mention american GSM but is assumed. The second paragraph talks about the existence of GSM Plusses as if they are not confirmed when SFR confirmed them a couple of weeks ago. Again US-bands are assumed. It's not actually until the last words where it's spellt out.. :)
I figured out the article was US-centric halfway through but got mixed up again when I read that part about T
double post, ignore.
Please unlocked GSM PRE+... so tempted to join V... now... please... don't tempt me...
when is o2 Europe going to get some pre plus and pixi plus action, also can the SFR version of the pre work on the o2 network?
As a new O2 Business customer on a 24 month contract I'm allowed a handset upgrade after 12 months. I'm Hoping the Pre Plus will be available on O2 by October :)
I do not know this news is true or false, but I really do not believe it! I just need to be able to play the game of champions online smart phones, and the price is cheap!
+1 for unlocked pre plus, esp. for us developers :)
YESSSSS!
Man, when when when? I'm snapping this up as soon as it's possible to get an unlocked AT&T GSM Plus.
Too awesome. I've been waiting for 16gb and more ram... very pleased by this news.
i travel internationaly i have been waiting for gsm pre
And Sprint misses the boat again!!
nd Sprint misses the boat again!! Boooo
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