The Global Certification Forum, a mash-up of networks, manufacturers, and testing agencies has given its stamp to the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus. As noticed by the:unwired, the two devices passed through the GCF’s all-knowing hands with model numbers we’ve seen and deciphered before: P101UEU and P121UEU. If you require a refresher, P101 is the Pre Plus, P121 is the Pixi Plus, and UEU means UMTS Europe (their American GSM equivalents were appended with UNA).

The certification was sparse on details, though we do have confirmation that the phones will be quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dualband UMTS/HSDPA at 900/2100 MHz, otherwise known as not compatible with AT&T.

[via: Engadget]

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Scaredy pings us to let us know that the O8F-CASY has landed at the FCC. That’s the Palm101UEU to you. Ok, actually we are thinking that it’s the European / GSM Palm Pre Plus. ToniCipriani chimes in on the forums to say that the photo date for lifting photo confidentiality (a fairly reliable sign of release date in the past) is September 11th, 2010.

Palm had previously submitted a plan jane North American Palm Pre that we saw back in November, the P100UNA - which is the non-plus, GSM, North American Palm Pre which we were hoping to see in May. What we’d actually like is for the standard Palm Pre to get end-of-lifed and replaced by the GSM Pre Plus. Scaredy had caught the North American Palm Pre Plus, the P101UNA at a German certification site before, so hope springs eternal we’ll have real GSM Palm Pre Plus phones in the US and around the world. 

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