O2 UK will get Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus on May 28, skin you alive with pricing

You didn't think Germany was gonna have all the Palm fun, did you? The UK is keeping pace with its longtime nemesis by matching the May 28 launch date for the Pre and Pixi Plus on O2, and has even supplied us with a handy reference sheet containing all price plans available for the handsets. You'll find it after the break, but sadly it'll only be of interest to true WebOS enthusiasts. There's nothing south of £25 ($36) per month available, and if you want a reasonable call allowance, you'll have to get on into the £30 and above bracket. All contracts do at least come with unlimited texts and data, but overall the cost seems too steep to entice us, what with all the Desires and Bolds floating around at better price points.

[Thanks, Chris W.]

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Palm, Inc. today announced that the Palm® Pre™ Plus and Palm Pixi™ Plus phones will be available in the UK on O2 from 28 May. They will be available from free in all O2 stores and online at www.o2.co.uk.

"We are excited to bring Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to the market for O2 customers," said Jon Rubinstein, Palm chairman and chief executive officer. "With the choice of these two new Palm webOS phones, customers across the UK can stay connected, so they never miss a thing."

With a slider keyboard, a large touchscreen and a high-performance processor, Pre Plus is Palm's full-featured Palm webOS™ phone. It's designed for people who want an easy-to-use phone with advanced features to help manage the different aspects of their lives, both personal and professional. The keyboard makes for quick and easy typing, while the unique gesture area provides a sleek look and intuitive navigation. Customers also get 16GB(1) of storage (~15GB user available) for applications and media. Pre Plus comes with the Palm Touchstone™ Back Cover, so it's compatible out of the box with the revolutionary inductive Touchstone Charging Dock (sold separately).

As Palm's thinnest phone to date, Pixi Plus fits easily in your hand or pocket and offers a host of powerful features. It's great for social communicators and first-time smartphone buyers who want an affordable phone with a full QWERTY keyboard instantly accessible for messaging and web content. With the color Palm Pixi Touchstone Back Covers and the Palm Pixi Artist Series Back Covers, which are compatible with the Touchstone Charging Dock, you can easily switch covers to suit your mood and style (all will be sold separately at www.palm.com/uk).

[Johnny Ive Posted May 19th 2010 9:45AM]

@ToniCipriani Very mature, your mother must be so proud!

[ToniCipriani Posted May 19th 2010 10:18AM]

@Johnny Ive And like your comment is. I'm just following suit and speaking language you understand.

[willielewis2 Posted May 19th 2010 9:04AM]

Finally, now the Brits can stop complaining about not having the Pre in the UK!!!!!

[Maxwell Posted May 19th 2010 2:17PM]

@willielewis2 We've had the Pre since september. This is the pre plus.

[mhunterjr Posted May 19th 2010 9:08AM]

if wish US prices were this cheap. i'd take the 100 min plan if i could still have sprints free mobile2mobile and be a very happy camper.

[ToniCipriani Posted May 19th 2010 9:24AM]

Canada, your turn.

[dotrocket Posted May 19th 2010 10:50AM]

I can remember a tv ad a year ago saying "palm pre avalible now"

[xdeiri Posted May 19th 2010 10:51AM]

huge

[Johnny Rockets Posted May 19th 2010 2:51PM]

Wow, who the heck is going to buy this? Especially at those prices.

Just more proof that the exclusive deal with Sprint was a terrible idea.

Imagine how absolutely HUGE Palm's marketshare would be if the GSM version of the phone was released on all carriers worldwide a year ago?