Palm Pre with US 3G gets certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance
Ever since it was first announced at CES, people have been clamoring for a GSM version of the Palm Pre. About a month back we got our wish, but unfortunately the GSM Pre as we knew it did not include US 3G. We say ‘knew’ because the Wi-Fi Alliance recently certified a new variant of the Palm Pre, the P100UNA, complete with 850/1900MHz UMTS/HSPA. Wooo. Ordinarily we would assume this is a good indication that the Pre will be hitting up AT&T or Rogers after Sprint and Bell’s respective exclusivity periods are over, but considering that TELUS is about to make the move to HSPA we can’t help but wonder if perhaps the Pre will be one of its first smartphones.
[Via PreCentral]
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Didn’t know that pre was also going GSM… Maybe palm is gonna pull an HTC & provide the pre to all 4 “big” carrier here in the US, too.
Well, I hope T-Mobile’s 3G is counted as US 3G one day…. They have a huge uphill battle for the hearts, minds and wallets of americans. I know people who have never heard of T-Mobile but of course everyone knows of ATT, even if it is not even for their cellphones….
I hope so.
I’d buy the Pre in a heartbeat if I didn’t owe Sprint money.
They should just call the 850/1900 3G bands as America’s 3G anyways. The US, Canada, Central/South America all use the same bands for 3G (either 850 or 1900 or both).
This is cool but all ready have a pre and love it
@rctennis:
Ur right, but keep in mind Brazil also uses european frequencies for GSM on top of the traditional 850/1900 :p
Pre is already old and busted. Verizon’s bringing the new hotness when it comes to Web OS.
oh, look! verizon guy said verizon is bringing new hotness to webos!! there’s no bias there… he must be right. what a dumbass.