Verizon Wireless was recently rumoured not to sell Palm Pre, a piece of info that recently became popular on the web, but thanks to the folks of Boy Genius Report, we’re back to Planet Earth, since the rumours were dispelled. And yes, Verizon IS going to sell Pre, probably sooner than you think.

We expect Palm Pre to be available via The big Red in 2010, most likely after the Sprint exclusivity contract ends, but they’ll have HTC Hero to play with anyway. Meanwhile, we’ll have to pay more attention to Palm Pixi (Eos), the second  webOS handset, that will be available in the US soon enough.

While everyone’s worrying about Verizon, it’ll be interesting to find out how Palm Pre performs in Europe, where it’ll be available from October, via O2, in countries like the UK, Germany and Ireland.

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O2 will finally bring Palm Pre in the UK and Ireland on the 16thof October after 4 months of waiting time. There will be many outlets selling this product as it will be available on Phones4U and Carphone Warehouse, plus you’ll have the possibility to purchase it online via O2′s site.

The price list will be available soon both for Ireland and the UK versions of the phone, but we know that you will be able to get this handset for free with a 2-year agreement of £34.26 per month that features unlimited data traffic and free Wi-Fi access via BT OpenZone.

The launch date for Germany is even closer, as this device will be released in Deutschland on the 13th of October. The maximum price will be €483 outright, decreasing in direct proportion with the length and monthly fee of the contract.

[via EngadgetMobile]

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O2 Germany is getting ready to launch the GSM version of Palm Pre in Europe, Germany to be more specific. Fresh after Palm revealed its official sales, without mentioning the number of sold Pre units we find out that the first webOS device is ready to reach Germany before the holiday season.

It’ll drop this Fall, probably with a few carrier-specific services on board and a price that resembles the one of the North American version. One can only hope for a mistake like the one that made the Best Buy Pre go for $99, but right now we’re more interested in Palm Pixi, that will soon hit the US market.

[via Engadget Mobile]

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Bell will start selling Palm Pre from August 27th, after the handset was a pretty big success in the US, being sold via Sprint. If the rumours are true, Sprint only has the exclusivity for Pre till the year end, so we might see the new Palm webOS device in other US carriers’ portofolio from 2010.

Future customers will be able to pre-order the phone right now, for about $199.95 with a 3 year contract, but they can also select a $599.95 with no contract and a 500MB per month plan.

We remind you that Palm Pre is the iPhone’s main rival, specially thanks to its webOS operating system, the large touchscreen-QWERTY keyboard combo and there’s even some sort of App Store supported (Palm App Catalog).

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Sprint has been having a busy week, with the Virgin Mobile USA buyout and all, so it almost made us forget that they’re the ones selling Palm Pre, a smartphone that you should always keep an eye on. It’s strange that we haven’t heard any official sales figures for this potential “iPhone Killer”, but rumour has it that Sprint is moving about 25,000 Pre units a week.

The info comes from Pali Capital analyst Walter Piecyk, who also claims that sales have stabilized at the above-mentioned number. Initially, Sprint managed to sell about 50,000 units per week, when the hype surrounding Pre was still high, followed by a decrease towards 30,000 units and now 25,000.

Take this figures with a grain of salt, since neither Palm nor Sprint have confirmed them just yet. If I would be Palm, I’d start thinking about changing those horrible Pre commercials and use some celebrities to promote my hot product.

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Since Pre is selling so well on Sprint and Best Buy even afford to make the mistake of selling it for $99, Verizon also wants a piece of the fresh Palm pie and they’re not ashamed to admit it. This, in spite of the fact that Sprint’s CEO, Dan Hesse was betting on a longer exclusivity for Pre.

Now, we learn that Verizon will be selling Palm’s first webOS phone starting from early 2010, just when Sprint’s exclusivity ends, unless they do something about it.

Looking forward to also seeing the iPhone switching sides, although this would a much more delicate affair, since you can’t compete with AT&T so easily and take away their biggest cash cow ever.

[via Engadget Mobile]

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