According to PalmInfoCenter, they have confirmation from O2 UK that webOS 1.3 is due to be released in Europe by the end of this month. That means GSM Pre owners can finally say good bye and dump its less features, sluggish webOS 1.1.3 and join the rest of the Pre Users in North America with a speedier webOS.
Today marks the O2 Palm Pre launch over at the UK. And O2 has been tweeting all morning about the Pre launch, reporting that the number of Palm Pre sold today exceeds the total number of handsets they sell on an average day. Not only that, over half of the people that bought a Pre also picked up a Touchstone inductive charger!
We know the Pre launched October 13 in Germany and it was quite a big launch. We had heard that some stores had over 100 people in line. We also heard that at 1 particular store there were 150 people waiting in the rain to get their Palm Pre's the minute the store opened. The day after that, October 14, Palm also launched the Pre in Spain, which seemed to be a pretty quiet launch. We didn't hear much about it, although in Palm's defense we don't hear a lot about any phone in Spain. We should feel confident the Pre will bode well in Spain. Then we have tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a pretty big day because of all the rumors we have heard about the Pre being a more anticipated launch than the original iPhone over in United Kingdom. There was a Pre launch party that took place on top of a roof in London which had some European celebrities in attendance such as: Mathew Home, Mr. Hudson, Rachel Stevens, Alphabeat, and Mel B (AKA Scary Spice). Now O2 is handing out flyers offering the first 10 people in line to purchase the Palm Pre will receive a free Touchstone Charging kit. This should help hike up the excitement a bit because the Touchstone is $70.00 here in the U.S. and about 46 Euros in Europe.
We also have what seems to be forgotten in the blogosphere (I know that term makes me laugh too) the Palm Pre coming to O2 in Ireland as well. Not a lot of buzz around that either but we are hoping the Irish can get to their local O2 stores at 8:00 AM, about and hour or 2 before their local pubs. There is hype around the Pre in Europe but is it as blown up as it was/is here in the States? Are you getting your Pre in Europe tomorrow or have you already?
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Looks like final production units of GSM Palm Pre are ready for its launch in Europe. What you're looking at on the right is what appears to be the official packaging for the O2 GSM Pre that is slated for a release in the coming weeks in the UK and Germany. Go to WebOS-Blog.de for more shots of the O2 GSM Pre and its packaging.
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An updated picture on Palm's Germany site suggests that the Palm Pre release date in Germany will be somewhere within this Fall, yes -- the GSM Palm Pre. And that's a long, long time.
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It's official, UK, Ireland, and Germany are bound to get the Pre on O2 where as Spain it will be Movistar, both exclusively. And you want a release date huh? Palm is trying to be creative here, so instead of saying "soon", it's "in time for the holidays". Which essentially means before the end of the year as engadget notes. No price point released either. This feels like the waiting game all over again... but for Europe.
Update: Palm Germany site states an October launch.
[via engadget]