Archive for October 16th, 2009

Palm Pre now available to buy in the UK

As from today, the 16th October, you can buy a Palm Pre from O2 if you want to.

Palm Pre

At the moment the only way to get a “free” Pre is to sign up to a 24 month contract or pay £44.05 per month. That’s a lot of money to pay each month unless you will actually use the 1200 minutes you will get. Of course, with all the deals, you will get unlimited web and Wi-Fi, that you would certainly need as the new Web OS is permanently connected to the internet.

There are five different packages available, four on 18 month contracts and one on the 24 month.

It will be very interesting so see how Pre sales go, as I feel that a lot of people are currently waiting to see what Orange and Vodafone have to offer price wise with the iPhone 3GS.

Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefonica O2 UK said “Today’s announcement reinforces O2’s position as the home of the smartphone. With the addition of the excellent Palm Pre to our already extensive portfolio, we will continue to offer our customers the widest range of the very best devices on the market today.”
“There’s a lot of excitement about Palm Pre in Europe as we continue to expand Palm webOS products across new carriers and countries,” said Jon Rubinstein chairman and chief executive officer, Palm, Inc. “We look forward to launching Palm Pre with O2 so people in the UK can see firsthand how Palm webOS offers a new and better smartphone experience.”

To see the full O2 Palm Pre page click here.

Posted by: James

TCPJ iPhone app

We don’t normally cover apps on the blog however I am making an exception as this one was created by a friend of mine and he is rather well known in the mobile phone industry as he has the number one mobile podcast on iTunes!

The Cell Phone Junkie

Mickey Papillon who runs thecellphonejunckie.com in the USA has created a great iPhone app for listeners of his podcasts. Mickey and his buddy Joey have two separate podcasts. The first being a free weekly show dedicated to recent mobile news in the States and also its a chance for Mickey and Joey to answer any questions that have been emailed in by followers of the show .The second podcast, TCPJ unlocked, is a fortnightly show where they tend to focus on one particular subject and often have guest on the show. Although I am not in the USA I still find both podcasts very interesting and informative.

The app which can be found in the iTunes apps store gives users a direct link from there iPhone not only to download the podcasts but also some bonus material as well. PDF documents – show notes and bonus audio content can be viewed/listened to. In addition you can follow the shows Twitter feed, email the show and hear call-in audio comments.

For £1.19 if you use an iPhone and want to listen to thecellphonejunkie this app is a must and a great idea.

Good job Mickey!

To find the app just enter tcpj into the search box in iTunes.

Posted by: James