GSM Pre caught in the 'wild,' strapped to O2 display 15
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 6:42 pm EDT
PreCentral forum member Azthel has gotten his hands onto something pretty darned sweet: an O2 Germany Palm Pre, and unlike many of the other leaks we’ve seen, he managed to get some pretty sweet pictures too. Above is the in-store display you can likely expect to see all around O2’s European stores and it sports the same slanted metal Touchstone-tipped stalk as the displays in Sprint stores here state-side, leading us to guess that Palm was behind the design of the set-ups. Azthel has several more pictures over in the forums.
Another PreCentral reader, this time erasef301 was walking around the downtown shopping area in his German city where he spotted an O2 sign advertising the Pre. He was understandably excited, as the Pre is pretty darned cool (picture after the break).
With Palm ready to make a big drive into Europe we have to wonder how much traction they’ll be able to get in a market that has traditionally eluded Palm’s core offerings. While they tried unsuccessfully for many years to push Palm OS into Europe, both carriers and consumers seemed reluctant to adopt the platform. Palm’s Windows Mobile devices, specifically the Euro-centric Treo 500v and the Treo Pro, only enjoyed modest success in Europe, but nothing worth writing home to Sunnyvale. With the Pre set to land on O2 in the Germany in a week’s time and several other European countries shortly thereafter, we’ll soon have our answer.
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can't wait till we got some european developers working on webos.
lucky Europeans and their gsm-ness lol.
I'm in Canada, I absolutely love the Pre and I hate Hate HATE the iPhone and want this phone/os to succeed so much. I had it for a week with Bell but I had to return it because of a few reasons, one being EVDO/CDMA... GSM is just so much better in my eyes so I can't wait to get my hands on a GSM unit (crossing fingers)
i hope europeans come up with some good apps
probably not for a couple of months, until palm finally catches them up with OS updates and developers start working with the paid apps
Pretty convinced the Germans will... ;-)
If you knowing the PalmOS Software, you will remember the MetaviewSoft House!
He is ready for the PalmPre.
But, what kind of Software are you looking for?
PalmPre brings so much Specials inside WebOS
hey! i'm from germany and was also totally surprised to see the Pre in an o2-shop yesterday! It was a really hard time so see you guys talking about your Pre's since June... and we still have to wait!!!:P
But, whatever, my first impression was: Wow, nice one! And my second: Wow, expensive one!!! In Germany the Pre costs 480Euros, that's about $700 !!! Impressive difference between the price you have to pay for it, huh?!
So what du you think, you have further impressions of the phone and I badly want it: is it worth the price??
ps: sorry for my english, i hope you'll get the point and i'm looking forward to get some answers!
I don't think it's that expensive. You made one big mistake. You compare the german price without contract with the us contract price.
If you buy the Pre with the 100 Minutes a month contract you do get it for 89,95
Hey there,
i am from germany and looking forward to buy me a pre.
Can anybody from Germany tell me in which cities and o2 shops you are able the see the pre live.
Are there any people who bought the pre already in a german o2 shop?
I have the LG Arena (KM900) and am really happy to give it away for the pre.
As an o2 employee told in a forum nearly every o2 store has at least one pre. A couple hours ago i already was playing around with one of them. Nice!
I will be at the o2 event on monday in hannover and hope to get one with a free touchstone, so i didnt buy it right away :D
At the 8th of October, we will have the first PalmPre User in Germany. On this Day the Special Flagstore Events started in Munich, then Stuttgart, Hannover and Berlin. So there is not much longer waiting.
and whats with cologne?
i am really surprised about the 8th beacause o2 has there big pre launch partys on the 12th. This means a lot of stores will break the streetdate. i am happy about this, so i will get my pre a few days earlier.... :o)
and dont forget Frankfurt!
I wasnt invited tho :'(
I do hope i get mine next morning... ill be camping at the store... gonna get my sleepingbag and stay in front of the store door the whole night :D
Anyways... thanks for the headsup guys.
wht abt australia T^T
BTW in Berlin you can test-drive two fully working Pres in the Alexa shopping center!