The highly hyped Web OS powered Palm Pre mobile phone is now available to buy in the United Kingdom on the O2 network. As previously announced, the Palm Pre is available for free to anyone willing to opt in for a 24 month contract, costing 34.26 per month, although those of you who want an 18 month contract can sign up that way too – although you will be paying £44.05 for the privilege.
O2 has also made the Palm Pre available to users on 18 month contracts for £29.38 or £34.26, in which case the mobile phone itself will cost you £96.89. According to the company, people who buy a Palm Pre with a monthly plan can also enjoy the added benefit of unlimited data and Wi Fi Bolt Ons, which normally cost £15 a month. You can purchase the handset on the carrier’s website or via telesales.
Buying a Palm Pre will get you a mobile phone that sports a 3.1 inch touch screen, a sliding full QWERTY keyboard, a 3 mega pixel camera with LED flash, Wi Fi connectivity, Bluetooth functionality and built in GPS, along with 8 GB of interal memory which can be expanded further by means of a microSD card.
The United Kingdom is the third country in Europe to have the Palm Pre, coming after Germany who got the device on the 13th of October, and Spain, who saw it arrive on the 14th.
The Palm Pre is expected to prove a worthy adversary to the popular iPhone, with a recent survey showing that the Palm handset had more buyers eying it off then the iPhone did at this early stage of its life.
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