November 22nd 2009 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
While the Palm Pre may be launching on Friday on Telcel (Mexico’s largest cellular network), other networks in the nation are snapping up the Pre as well. In fact, if you go to Iusacell’s website you’ll see the Pre displayed front and center with a “cómpralo aquí” (buy here) link that opens a pop-up where you can sign up for more information and to be contacted by a Iusacell representative.
Unlike GSM carrier Telcel and #2 Telefonica, Iusacell is a CDMA network. Regardless of the network, it’s good to see Palm still making headway in expanding the footprint of webOS outside the US. As for when we’ll actually see the Pre on Iusacell is anyone’s guess…
Thanks to Akitayo for the tip!
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November 20th 2009 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
We’ve been expecting that Europe would get ‘parity’ by the end of November, and that doesn’t give Palm much time to get it done. If you follow the O2 Pre closely, last night was a confusing period for Palm Pre owners in Europe, with an official O2 Twitter account stating that webOS 1.3.1 would come last night and then it was “delayed” for unspecified reasons.
While Nexave.de forum moderator Deerhunter couldn’t offer a concrete reason for the delay, he did offer some insight into what may have happened. Essentially, the updates that Palm puts together have to be first verified and approved by the carriers. This is standard practice across the globe and likely the reason we were not supposed to see webOS 1.3.1 on Sprint Pre phones until after the Pixi’s release.
Anyway, back over in Europe the 1.3.1 update was apparently approved by O2 Germany and somebody at the carrier’s Bielefeld shop decided to run with it, even though it hadn’t been approved by the rest of the Telefonica network. That’s the trouble with running a multi-headed beast like Telefonica: there are at least four separate entities that need to approve the update (O2 Germany, O2 Ireland, O2 UK, and Movistar Spain).
Either way, the approval was revoked or silenced in some manner and as I’m sure you folks in Europe have noticed, you’re still not running webOS 1.3.1. No matter the cause, we are fairly certain you that the release of webOS 1.3.1 to GSM Pre phones is imminent, and we’ll be sure to let you know when it finally lands.
UPDATE: KarlD89 points us to a new post on the O2 Twitter feed claiming that webOS 1.3.1 will be coming to O2 Pre phones on November 23rd. We shall see.
Thanks to gizmo21 for the tip!
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October 26th 2009 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
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Reader deCorvett gave us a heads up that along with the launch of Palm Pre in Spain on the Movistar network, they’ve started an advertising campaign on Spanish television. And surprise of surprises they decided to use Palm’s advertising instead of going off what the creative chaps at O2 Germany whipped up. Thankfully, it seems that they’ve skipped over the first set of bizarre Palm ads and borrowed those that actually showed the functions of the phone, even if they are pretty darned dull. But after those sweet German ads, we can’t help but be disappointed, especially considering that Movistar-owner Telefonica owns O2. At least Spanish-voiced lady isn’t quite as unnerving as the Dollhouse-serene version we got here.
[via: webOS Mania]
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October 15th 2009 | Posted by
Juventino Quinones
So it has been a little over a week since we received the latest update to webOS (1.2.1). We don’t know if the next update will be 1.2.2 or 1.3, and we certainly don’t know the date this new webOS iteration will arrive. But there’s a rumor on a German site pointing towards November.
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October 14th 2009 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
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While the Germans were busy getting the Pre out into the hands of anxious customers, O2 United Kingdom decided to celebrate the launch with a party featuring a slew of UK celebrities like Matthew Horne, Alphabeat, Mel B (aka Scary Spice), VV Brown, and Jade Jagger. Members of the press, O2 employees, and some invited special O2 subscribers hopped onto the roof of the fashionable Shoreditch House in London. So a ton of celebrities got their hands on the phone early, and the rest of the UK, along with Ireland, will have to wait until Friday to get their own. Meanwhile, the cats on Telefonica in Spain can buy the Pre today, as in now.
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October 10th 2009 | Posted by
Juventino Quinones
It was back in May that My Pre was invited to a launch event for the Palm Pre, that Palm and Sprint were holding on Wednesday June 3rd. Well, it looks like O2 in Germany will be doing the same thing, although our German is not really up to date, so that’s what we think.
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October 8th 2009 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
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While our Spanish is admittedly quite rusty, we can see what’s going on here: it’s a Palm Pre running on GSM carrier Telcel in Mexico. The conversation indicates that Telcel will be the exclusive carrier of the Pre in Mexico, which runs up against Telefonica’s Movistar brand that spans much of Latin America. And just to show us it’s not some variety of trickery, the phone is shown to have both no Sprint apps and a SIM card slot, and with the QWERTY keyboard we know it’s also not an unlocked Pre stolen from O2 Germany.
Strangely, the video also makes a mention of expandable storage, though it is not demonstrated or shown on the video, nor are any specifics discussed. Our money’s on the speaker mistaking USB Drive Mode for expandable storage. One more video after the break.
Update: EBPMAN in the comments, who is much more fluent en Español than yours truly, says that the video specifically says micro SD, but when talking about it he’s pointing at the instructions on how to remove/insert the SIM card. Confusion continues to reign supreme.
Update 2: Apparently the videos have been pulled. Take our word for it, they speak Spanish and have a Pre.
[via: PreThinking]
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October 8th 2009 | Posted by
Brian Hart
The Palm Pre is about to run with the bulls in Spain, being offered up by Telefonica on October 14th. How much will it cost for new Telefonica customers? Nothing at all, depending on the service plan commitment selected. Telefonica is also the current exclusive carrier of the Palm Pre in the United Kingdom, Ireland [...]
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October 7th 2009 | Posted by
Juventino Quinones
We know the dates the Palm Pre GSM version is coming to the UK, Ireland and Germany. So España (Spain) was the only one left to come up with a launch date for the GSM Palm Pre, right? Well, say Hola! to the Spanish Palm Pre that will launch on October 14th 2009. Spanish people, [...]
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October 6th 2009 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
While we’ve known for awhile that Movistar would be the exclusive carrier offering the Pre, it looks like we’ve finally gotten a solid release date for Spain: October 14th.
According to Spanish tech blog Xatakamovil, the phone will be priced ranging from 0 to 219 euros on contract, depending on the plan selected.
There’s still no official word from either Palm or Movistar on the October 14th launch date, when it’ll be available in Latin America, and if the Movistar version can be had SIM-Lock free.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
Update: It’s official, Palm has announced the October 14th release date on its blog.
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