http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/ Engadget Comments for Palm Pre now available on O2 UK 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/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
And now, continental Europe please!]]>Oct 16th 2009 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
In regards to the actual phone, I had a play yesterday and while WebOS is nice, the handset felt very cheap and there was already give in the slider, I wouldn't trust it to last the life of an 18 or 24 month contract. ]]>Oct 16th 2009 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
Palm is losing money hand over fist. There is a chance Palm might file for chapter 11
before the end of the contract. :)

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It's a shame but Palm really needed to get the Pre out the door much earlier, certainly before the wave of Android / Win Mo 6.5 handsets came flooding out. I don't know a single person who's even slightly excited over the Pre launch and I can see it being a massive flop, especially with the very public issues O2 has had with its 3G network recently. Don't get me wrong, I hope that it does well, I've always liked Palm's products and want to see them survive. I just fear it's all too little too late now.]]>Oct 16th 2009 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
Oh well...N900 on T-Mobile it is...]]>Oct 16th 2009 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
Actually I saw an ad for the Pre just last night, unfortunately they're using the same ads as the ones in the states, big mistake! Us Brits are far too cynical for that type of advertising to work. Just played with one, not bad but I absolutely hate the keypad! :( ]]>Oct 16th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
The only thing that would encourage me to choose this handset would be an extensive update for the same money - 16-32 GB on board, improved build quality & materials, Micro SD card and a better keyboard. Now is not the time to be settling on a 18 month - 2 year contract with this handset. ]]>Oct 16th 2009 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
It's going to sell but it's clearly no iphone beater (in terms of sales).]]>Oct 16th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
Only issue is I can only update to 1.3.1 of WebOS which means my itunes synch doesn't work... :\]]>Oct 16th 2009 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
or you can try doubletwist. good luck.]]>Oct 16th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/There is nowhere NEAR as much hype over this as the iphone - nowhere near. Advertising dollars maybe? But that's different. The majority of non-techy nerdy people don't even know this exists, let alone is available on o2 in the UK.

Now, where's that HD2? I'm bored of my iphone...]]>Oct 16th 2009 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
I even saw a video last week of a guy whose had a Pre that had cracks in the screen and he was not happy, so dropped it into his beer glass and watched it die slowly.

WebOS is still very good though, but at these prices I wouldn't go near an O2 shop. In my opinion O2 and Orange orices are way too high and they have bad contract options. T-mobile and Vodafone offer much better choices and prices, just too bad T-mobile UK will be no more in a year when its new owner Orange swallows it up.]]>Oct 16th 2009 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Strange. And there has been no hype here about the Pre. And the hype when the original iPhone was released was immense. The queues outside apple stores at midnight showed that to be honest. ]]>Oct 16th 2009 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
I think the USA will run into similar issues over the next 50 years... Do you really think your quality of life will continue to rise?]]>Oct 16th 2009 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/I was supprised at the palm I thought it was a dummy phone and when I picked it up touched the screen it was responding very well, the screen is actually amazing on the pre as a iPhone user I must say the screen is alot better to look at but not use seemed abit slow to be honest but not too slow that it's unusable !
The pre's build quality is abit iffy some screen wobble and the keyboard could be better but it's the first pre and it's impressive palm fans wouldn't complain.
Shame it's on o2 you would think palm would have it on atleast two carrierrs to get as many people as they can o2 signal where I am is rubbish personally orange for me is better and with me using a iPhone on orange when putting it next to any o2 handset the data speeds are alot faster so wouldn't mind a pre on orange I would change from iPhone to pre tomorow if it was on orange shame really as I was impressed by the pre :( I want one :D ]]>Oct 16th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/>3) Blackberry (although I still question whether or not they are smartphones) 4) S60, and for mainly business users

Bizarro world. In North America s60 is about as far from 'business phone' as you can get. Blackberries are tied to everybody's corporate networks via BES and nobody would consider a tiny screen with a non-qwerty keyboard 'business oriented'. I know that of course Nokia has changed that considerably and has Qwerty phones and nice big-assed screens - but Blackberry is embedded here in the corporate world because they've been doing nothing but (until recently). Strange to think of Nokia s60 devices as business phones....but I get that it is a completely different environment and evolution there. I'd guess that for businesses in NA, it is Blackberry first, Windows Mobile 2nd, and iPhone 3rd. I've never heard of anybody or any company in NA using s60 as their phone of choice for business.

Not a judgment at all - just an observation about how different things are!]]>Oct 17th 2009 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 17th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/
I can't help but feel the agenda should have been to get webos out to as many folks as possible and followed up with news of more exciting models in the pipeline to keep folks interested, at the moment Palm is a one trick pony unlike Apple who can afford to experiment with marketing models, and perhaps overpriced at that.

Now folks are distracted with so much news of Android phones, and I can't see too many folks opting for this at current price points. The OS is really nice so this is a bit of a anticlimax. ]]>Oct 27th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/I was the second to last but someone came out and told us their system was slow/glitching and that it could take longer than expected. Since I couldn't be late to work I just left and plan to go back after work.

Maybe that's why it's not really working online either?

]]>Oct 16th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/It turned out that O2 does not allow me to do a contract. only Simplicity for 6 months than upgrade from that.
Went online and bought it. Got of 100 pounds refundable if constant monthly paying. dhaaaaa
I mean c'mon that would if been possible in the store as well.. right?
I asked the girl: how many pre's did you sold today? She replayed I dont know exactly it was a busy day (this at 11 a clock in the morning) LAKE OF ADVERTISING PRE. so all the hype was not enough to catch attention. ive seen people coming in the store and not even looking at the demo units. sad
But Hey ! im getting my pre tomorrow :) ]]>Oct 16th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/palm-pre-now-available-on-o2-uk/Oct 16th 2009 11:53AM