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Don’t let the three Ps mislead you. PPP isn’t the same thing as the four Ps that you might know from your marketing classes when you learned about the marketing mix and the four elements it consists of: the product, the price, the place and the promotion.

And if you take into consideration the WebOS, you will surely realize that PPP has something to do with the Palm Pre phone. Exactly, you got it right!

The webOS 1.0.3 has just been released (it was ten days ago when the operating system hit the market) and here we have a brand new version, the webOS 1.0.4 firmware, which is especially designed for the new Palm Pre phone.

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Compared to the previous update, this one wasn’t meant to come with more and more applications. It seems that the purpose was to address “several security issues with Palm webOS software”. Another change refers to the fact that users will no longer be able to install the so-called homebrew applications (also known as unsigned apps), once they have their Palm Pre updated with the webOS 1.0.4.

This firmware update is available for an automatic download that can be done over the air, but if you like, you can check for it manually. The only thing you should do is to just open Updates.

The Palm Pre phone (the PPP) is currently available in the United States via Sprint, but it will soon become available in Canada and some European countries.

(Source: UnwiredView)

We’ve heard so many rumors about the Palm Pre that some of us are already exasperated with the impressive number of discussions that were held in this regard. And, to be honest, I am one of those people, due to the fact that I had to closely follow the subject and present while it was hot to all of those who are interested in such information.

Now let me tell you the latest news about the Palm Pre. It seems that the handset is on the verge of being announced in the United Kingdom. The announcement is to be made sometime during next week by, just like we told you before, by (I hope you hear the beat of drums) O2. The provider is the blessed one that managed to get the exclusivity on the Palm Pre, for a number of markets.

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According to The Guardian, the fight was very harsh, and the competitors were O2, on one hand, and Orange, on the other hand. We don’t know what led to the victory of O2, but it seems that this will be the carrier to sell the phone on an exclusive basis.

For the moment, there are no details about the price of the Palm Pre, but we sure hope that we’ll have them at our disposal in the near future.

(Source: UnwiredView)

Yes, you read it right: here we have another Palm Pre release date. It’s just that this time is for the Canadian market which will also be blessed with the presence of this highly-anticipated device. Therefore, Canadian cell phone customers should consider themselves to be fortunate people, because the Palm Pre will finally head to their country, sometimes in the near future.

It seems that the Palm Pre, based, of course, on the webOS mobile platform, will make its debut in Canada in the second semester of this year. Another piece of good news is that it will be available on 3G high-speed mobile networks. Yes, this is a good guess: Bell Mobility is the provider to sell it, on a exclusive basis, as a matter of fact.

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“We’re excited to bring Pre to Canada with Bell Mobility”, said Brodie Keast, the Senior Vice President of Marketing for Palm. “We’ve seen enormous interest from mobile operators worldwide and fully expect to continue to expand distribution for Pre, putting it within reach of more and more customers”.

Because usually such an announcement is accompanied by all sorts of statements that are full of courtesy, here we have the answer of the Bell Mobility team, coming from the Senior Vice President of Products for Bell Mobility, Adel Bazerghi: “Bell is excited to be only the second carrier to announce the 3G Pre. With the unique user experience of the world’s first webOS phone, running on the country’s largest 3G network, we’re confident that Canadians will embrace Pre as the phone for their lives today”.

It’s no surprise that the companies are very happy to have joined this partnership, but, as you can imagine, Canadians are those who will be the most fortunate ones. They will have at their disposal a device stuffed with features like EV-DO connectivity, a multi-touch display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, GPS functionality, Wi-Fi, a full QWERTY keyboard, the WebOS platform, which is already famous, with its Palm Synergy.

Unfortunately, there is no price involved in the news.

(Source: Palm)

Everyone is expecting the Palm Pre quite out, because is one of the most talked about devices of the last couple of months. As far as we are concerned, we know for sure that the handset is expected to become available via Sprint sometimes during the next month (June, of course), which will be the introduction of the Palm Pre in the American market. But how about a new Palm Pre release date, this time for Australia?

Because people from all over the place would be also very happy to put their hands on the Palm Pre, here we have a piece of good news for the Australians out there: the device is rumored to be coming in their homeland sometimes in August and it will be offered by Telstra, which means the version in discussion is the GSM one.

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The rumors come from Smarthouse.com.au and they say that Brett Murray, the Country Manager at Palm Australia confirmed the release of the Palm Pre via Telstra, and it’s as official as it can be. Not to mention that according to the same rumors, this time coming from someone who is inside Telstra, the mobile operator will have exclusivity on selling the device for a period of time of three months, but we don’t know if this is official or not.

As for the price, it seems that the Telstra price will be of 299 AUD (meaning $222) with a data plan or of approximately $667, if the customer isn’t willing to sign a contract agreement.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

Every week is considered to be a cell phone manufacturer’s week, due to the fact that most rumors and stories in this area are somehow related to the specific company. This week, for example, seems to be dedicated to Palm, because the Sunnyvale-based company is in the centre of anyone’s attention these days.

And the culmination is this: there is another handset (the second smartphone, to be more precise) that is said to run on the WebOS. It is called Palm Eos and is only 10.6 millimeters this. But the most important thing of them all is that the smartphone is expected to become available via AT&T, but this isn’t yet official or confirmed.

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Engadget is the source that brought us a picture of the so-called Palm Eos, but we don’t know for sure whether it’s true or not. Even if the picture is a little blurry, you can make a first impression about the handset.

The WebOS isn’t the only feature that the phone will come equipped with. It will also have a 2.63 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 400 pixels, a 2 megapixel camera with fixed focus, flash and video recording capabilities, assisted GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and EDR, microUSB 2.0, music player, video player, SMS, MMS, an integrated IM client and an internal memory of 4GB.

The new Palm cell phone comes with a 1150 mAh battery that provides up to 4 hours of 3G talk time.

Rumors say that the price of the Palm Eos will be $349 before rebates. But it seems that the guys over MobileCrunch have more information at their disposal, as they said that the smartphone will be sold by AT&T for only $99 with a contract agreement.

(Source: unwiredview.com)