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  As expected, the first Palm Pre carrying GSM bands have hit the retail shelves in Germany. Germans can buy the device right now SIM-free for 481 euros or chalk out just a euro to enter into an agreement with O2 for two years with 20 euros as the monthly fee. Palm also announced the [...]

  Just like its elder brother, GSM variant of Palm’s Pixi too revealed itself in Vietnam. There’s not much to tell here except the fact it boasts a SIM card slot and surprisingly 4GB of internal memory as compared to CDMA’s 8GB. [Via Tinhte]

  If the latest rumor is to be believed, Palm Pre’s younger sibling, Pixi might get a release soon. According to a BGR source, the webOS powered Pixi will be released on October 20, arriving at Sprint stores as well as Best Buy outlets. Palm Pixi is the slimmest Palm device till date and features [...]

  The wait for Europeans to get their hands on Palm’s webOS device will soon be over. O2 who is the exclusive carrier of GSM-band equipped Palm Pre in Europe has announced the availability dates. Germans will be able to pick up their Pres from October 13 while UK and Irish consumers will get from [...]

  Palm has officially announces the second webOS powered device, Pixi aka Eos. Palm’s thinnest creation till date, the Pixi will hit Sprint at an affordable tag in time for holidays. The Pixi feature set includes EVDO Rev. A connectivity, 2.63-inch touchscreen display (320×400), gesture area, GPS, 2MP fixed focus camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, [...]

  Verizon users will soon be spoilt for choice. A total of six phones, out of which five phones are power packed have been added to Verizon’s Inventory Database, hinting their launch maybe near. The phones – RIM BlackBerry Storm 2, HTC Touch Pro2 (XV6875), Samsung Omnia II, Convoy U640 and interestingly two Palm devices [...]

  Palm and its European network affiliate had assured a holiday release but a Pre fansite is claiming to have the exact date of the Pre launch in UK. According to the PalmWebOSBlog, the launch date will be October 30, which if true, goes well with the ‘October release’ banner that was sighted on O2 [...]

  The last we heard about Palm’s webOS rocking Eos (Pixie) was in May and was believed to have a second half 2009 release on AT&T, just before the holidays. However, now a Morgan Joseph analyst, Ilya Grozovsky claims that the device won’t make its way out this year. The reason for is to remain [...]

  It’s second half of 2009 and as anticipated, Bell has set the Canadian release date of Pre. Come August 27, Canadians will be able to buy the first webOS device for a considerable $199.95. This of course, comes with a three-year contract but Bell will be selling no-contract Pres too, which will cost $599.95. [...]

  Amazon is now selling Pre phone on its retail store. Good thing about buying from Amazon is that it is available at the same $199.99 price point but does not include the intricacies of mail-in-rebate. However, if you’re not interested in buying it with any Sprint plan, the phone will cost $499.99. Remember, it’s [...]

  Palm has released webOS 1.1 software update for the Pre that brings back the sync support for the latest iTunes 8.2.1. How did Palm manage to spoof iTunes is confined to their secret hacking lab walls but nevertheless, the update is sure to bring joys to many Pre users. In addition to the iTunes [...]

  Developers wanting to develop applications on webOS can do so now as Palm has officially made the Mojo SDK available to all. Devs can simply go to the designated site, register, download the SDK and start developing the apps. Palm also acknowledged that new apps for the Palm Pre Catalog are already in the [...]

  It was on the cards. Apple has released iTunes 8.2.1 that fixes some bugs but more importantly clamps down support for non-Apple devices like Palm Pre. “iTunes 8.2.1 is a free software update that provides a number of important bug fixes. It also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre. [...]

  Palm has announced their GSM band equipped Pre is Europe bound. UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain will be the first European countries to get the device and will hit retail shelves just in time to make the most from the upcoming holiday season. The phone will arrive on O2 and Movistar networks. Pre is [...]

  Palm Pre’s GSM iteration was first captured at MWC sporting a Vodafone SIM. And after a lull for all these months, the GSM Pre is back and reporting from Vietnam, where apparently, these are being manufactured. You can check the video which actually is a lengthy one and also shows the SIM proof to [...]