http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/ Engadget Comments for Palm Pre coming to the UK and Ireland October 16, Germany October 13, all O2 exclusives http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 26th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Oct 6th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
http://newsflash.o2online.de/newsletter/promo/2009/20090924_PalmPre_2/index.jsp?xtan=eMSj3LwGWWLJIT6lW3cTJtAd]]>Sep 24th 2009 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Why should someone get an expensive contract for such a, not that special phone? Other phones have often more features.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/My last phone was on 3. Perfect reception and fast download speeds in London.

My iPhone really struggles though. Even when it says it has signal, it won't connect half of the time. 3G is pretty much non-existent inside of buildings too. Maybe it's the iPhone that's at fault but it's easy to blame O2 when they've had so many high-profile outages recently.]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Not really. You can get a HTC Hero on T-Mobile in the UK for £36.50 a month, on an 18 month deal (none of this 2 year crap) with 800 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data. I'd say that was a much better deal, I don't know where all these 24 month contracts have come from all of a sudden in the UK, it's a horrible virus that needs stomping out to be honest.

I know because my brother has just ordered one.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Palm need to step in as they are going to suffer with lackluster sales like this, but I suppose 02 cant risk undercutting the iphone, all in all just looks like a poor decision with Palm going to 02 :(]]>Sep 24th 2009 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
I am still on 12 month contract with t-mobile renewed year on year. I am sure I am paying that bit more for it but I get bored of my phone after 10 months or so.]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Although, why did you put the "unlimited" between quotes, is it or is it a fake unlimited offer?]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
I had to get a 3 year contract... Its horrible, but thats what happens when you have 2 cdma, and 1 gsm provider....

o, and i payed 200 bucks for the phone...


]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/The company that practices unethical business who knows what they
will steal from the customers with WebOS.



]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
I'll wait for the next pre and hopefully they will have sorted out the build quality issues.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/06/telecoms-iphone) so it wasn't such a great deal for O2.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Their tariffs are getting from bad to awful. I remember a time when £25 12-month contract could get someone 100 mins/200 texts. Even their HSDPA performance is awful. With my HSDPA capable phone, I was regularly capped at 120kbps download speed. ]]>Sep 24th 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Shop/Phones/Palm+Pre/ ]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Heres o2 Uk Pricing for the Iphone on the exact same tariffs as the Palm.

Tariff £29.38 £34.26 £44.05 £73.41 £34.26 £44.05 £73.41
iPhone 3G 8GB £96.89 £96.89 Free Free Free Free Free
iPhone 3GS 16GB £184.98 £184.98 £87.11 Free £87.11 Free Free
iPhone 3GS 32GB £274.23 £274.23 £175.19 £96.89 £175.19 £96.89 Free

Same price as the Iphone 3G and just £90 cheaper than the far better Iphone 3GS 16GB

]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
i went android instead and never looked back!

thanks palm!]]>Sep 24th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/481€ without a contract (O2 my Handy: 1€ + 24 montlhy rates of 20€)
50€ with o2 mobile flat (with internetflat something about 35-40€ a month)
90 with a o2 contract (internet flat, 100 min to all german phones about 30-35€ a month)]]>Sep 24th 2009 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
The 50 € with O2 mobile flat is 30 € per month (when doing the contract online it is 25,50 €) / internet flat included / 24 month
The 90€ with O2 inclusive paket is 20 € per month (when doint the contract online it is 16 €) / internet flat included / 24 month

So these prices are not too bad, except for the 24 month, but that is quite standard in Germany. The Palm Pre seems to be not SIM locked.]]>Sep 24th 2009 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/Sep 24th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Good luck to them though. It'll be a welcome change to see someone carrying around something other than an iPhone/BB/Nokia 5800.]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/palm-pre-coming-to-the-uk-october-16-o2-exclusive/
Not seeing a lot of sales here.]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:30AM