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by Derek Kessler Tue, 06 Oct 2009 5:47 pm EDT

O2 Germany Palm Pre

Attack of the blurry cam! Over at webOS Blog.de they've gotten their hands on some shots of a live O2 Palm Pre from Germany, complete with blue-themed box sleeve, European plug, and that QWERTZ keyboard. As expected, apart from the preponderance of German it's not much different than the Pre that we have in North America (well, that and a SIM card slot and GSM radios).

Two more shots after the break, and even more at webOS Blog.de.

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16 Comments

Posted by socca1157 on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 5:53 pm EDT

I thought the packing of the Pre for Sprint was very nice.

Posted by Conect11 on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 5:58 pm EDT

wait, they have a sim card spot??!


PPPPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

Posted by mtesm on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 5:59 pm EDT

GSM tends to get sim slots.

Posted by mtesm on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 5:58 pm EDT

I don't get why they have to be different and use a qwertz.. whats the gain of swaping the y and z

Posted by SirataXero on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 6:19 pm EDT

"German keyboards ... interchange the Z and Y keys, both because Z is a much more common letter than Y in German (Y seldom appears except in borrowed words) and because T and Z often appear next to each other in German. Consequently, these are known as QWERTZ keyboards, and occasionally "kezboards".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_QWERTY_keyboards

Is there anything Wiki can't answer?

Posted by Derek Kessler on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 6:38 pm EDT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life

Apparently not.

Posted by sjcea on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 5:58 pm EDT

Why is this news worthy ?? Blue box ?? So ???

Posted by dbh123 on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 6:32 pm EDT

Because it's another piece of proof that the GSM Pre is real and close to shipping...

Posted by ride.safe on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 6:33 pm EDT

Ok, when does the US version get the SIM card slot?

Posted by zr123 on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 8:56 pm EDT

Would a UK model have a QWERTY or a QWERTZ keyboard? I currently have the CDMA version with Bell, but I would be interested in getting a GSM version for my brother who's on the Rogers/Fido network.

Posted by Diesel Donkey on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 9:12 pm EDT

Since the main language in the UK is not German, the UK Pre will have a QWERTY keyboard.

Posted by Mavoz on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:53 pm EDT

"Since the main language in the UK is not German, the UK Pre will have a QWERTY keyboard."

...polite but very factual!

In Australia we get confused with Austrians at times...pity Palm distribution didn't get us confused too and send us a supply of GSM pre's!

Posted by ToniCipriani on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 9:13 pm EDT

QWERTY.

http://www.palm.com/uk/en/assets/images/products/phones/detail/pre/galle...

Posted by rnatau on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 3:21 am EDT

Does anyone know how the system software would update if the phone was used in a foreign network? (as this seemed to be carrier-dependent...)

Posted by symos on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 4:38 am EDT

Yeah, I've been wondering about that too...

Posted by vladi on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 5:53 am EDT

I don't think there should be a problem since server will recognize PRE based on it's IMEI instead of sim-card or network that is attached to.

I always wondered if WebOS loaded into Europe spec PREs will have different version numbering than the one on Sprint because I am sure Europeans will not get NFL and NASCAR apps by default. And that alone makes it not equal to WebOS used on Sprint.
Will WebOS go regional like most of the smartphones?