HP Pre 3 released

CPW and O2 will soon realise that the hype and interested surrounding the Pre 3 and Touchpad are down to the firesale prices they were being offered at.

People are not going to risk top dollar for products that are, effectively, End Of Life and have no long term future.
 
Chillimonster said:
CPW and O2 will soon realise that the hype and interested surrounding the Pre 3 and Touchpad are down to the firesale prices they were being offered at.

People are not going to risk top dollar for products that are, effectively, End Of Life and have no long term future.
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You'd be shocked at some of the prices on ebay - people ARE effectively paying full price - as in PRE-FIRESALE full price!
I don't know if it's a matter of people being stupid and panicking cause they've realized it's their last chance to buy it, or simply because the firesale brought publicity to a phone that wasn't on anyone's radar before simply because the idiot providers refused to carry it, but either way it's selling out, and with the now-massive userbase it's sure to find support in homebrew apps and firmware even if HP completely abandon it.

EOL doesn't really mean much for phones anyway: with mobile processing power advancing as quickly as it is, there's only a limited time during which you can hope that OS updates will be useful to you anyway - look at how iOS4 made 3GSs crawl, or how Gingerbread is probably the last update 1-year-old Android phones that launched with Froyo on them are likely to get. If the OS as it shipped is capable and bug free, you won't miss out on much if you don't get further updates, and lack of manufacturer support doesn't mean lack of developer support either - hell, there's still apps being developed for WM6.x!!

(Not that I'm saying I'd pay £300ish for a Pre3 - not since I own a DZ already, just saying that I do think it's not as stupidly exaggerated a price as it seems to us who were expecting it to get cut down to £50)

sarge78 said:
HTC Universal > Desire Z > Pre3
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There, I fixed it for you :p The bigger the keys, the better the phone, and if my Uni weren't as fat as 3 Desire Zs stacked together I'd still be using it! :D
Seriously though, I still think it's a damned interesting phone, the Pre, both for the form factor (I find it very hard to use the DZ one-handed, if I'm walking down the street) but mostly for the OS.
 
Yes, I wonder if the frenzy for the Pre 3 is due to the amount of people who have Touchpads now, and would love to get Pre 3 for the ability to sync the two things up etc.
 
gsf600y said:
Yes, I wonder if the frenzy for the Pre 3 is due to the amount of people who have Touchpads now, and would love to get Pre 3 for the ability to sync the two things up etc.
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Definitely wouldnt mind one tbh and the ability to create a wireless hotspot means your TP is always connected.
 
gsf600y said:
You can create wireless hot spots with Android phone I believe, which I'd quite like to do to give the Touchpad Internet on the move.
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Yes but if the pre3 is sub £70, i need a phone to replace my galaxy tab, so why the hell not.

p.s any news on the pre other than the contract at cpw
 
Bonjour a tous, nous voulons relayer des informations concernant le HP PRE3...
Nous recevons 500 unités du HP PRE3 (clavier AZERTY) aujourd’hui. L’appareil sera vendu au prix de 199,99€TTC. Actuellement, nous n’avons pas de HP PRE3 dans une autre version ou à un prix plus bas et nous ne sommes pas non plus en mesure de confirmer une future disponibilité.

Anyone speak french?

Looks like 500 units @ 199 euro each
 
guy at precentral got called by palm euro store to say they shipping... But only at full price :(
 
Bonjour a tous, nous voulons relayer des informations concernant le HP PRE3...
Nous recevons 500 unités du HP PRE3 (clavier AZERTY) aujourd’hui. L’appareil sera vendu au prix de 199,99€TTC. Actuellement, nous n’avons pas de HP PRE3 dans une autre version ou à un prix plus bas et nous ne sommes pas non plus en mesure de confirmer une future disponibilité.

Anyone speak french?
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"Hello everyone. The chances of you getting a HP Pre 3 cheap are nil. We've got 500 of the things, but we're just going to tease you, whip you up into a frenzy, and then tell you that they've all been sold, or we're going on strike"
 
gsf600y said:
"Hello everyone. The chances of you getting a HP Pre 3 cheap are nil. We've got 500 of the things, but we're just going to tease you, whip you up into a frenzy, and then tell you that they've all been sold, or we're going on strike"
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lol sounds about right
 
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