It’s only a rumor from an O2 representative in Germany, but we love us our rumors, so here it is: webOS 1.3.5 is coming soon and will fix an SMS bug in the GSM Pre that inexplicably decreases the character limit to 70 when a special character is entered. Other fixes should be included as well, and hopefully the app limit issue will be addressed.

Keep checking your GSM Pre for the app update that may arrive in the middle of this month. Just consider it an early Christmas present from Palm.

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Rumor or wishful thinking? According to a tipster from precentral who attended the Sprint Open Developers Conference, Palm presented a demonstration of the Pre operating on AT&T’s GSM network. Surely this must mean that Palm was using an unlocked GSM Pre, which begs the question — when is it coming to AT&T?

It wasn’t long ago that Palm offered the unlocked version of the Treo Pro on their site, so perhaps we could see the same strategy for the Pre? It would come at a price (unlocked, no contract required), but there are likely many business and consumer users that would pay it. Or, hopefully AT&T will join Verizon in the near future and offer the Pre at a subsidized price. At this point, we can only hope, but Palm running this demo at the conference is a good sign.

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While we await the CDMA version of the Palm Pixi here in the States (Sprint), a GSM version was allegedly spotted in Vietnam. The GSM version has only 4GB of internal storage versus 8GB on the CDMA model. Yikes. The GSM version likely has a ways to go before we see it in production. Hopefully a GSM version will be available in the U.S. at some point (AT&T?), and hopefully it will have more than 4GB of storage.

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You have to look very close and maybe squint a little, but the Pre pictured here is clearly sporting some German text. Since O2 Germany is within a couple weeks of officially launching a GSM version of the Palm Pre, some final production handsets are being spotted out and about, like this one. The only thing wrong with this situation is that there is yet to be a North American GSM version for those Pre fans on the other side of the pond. We hope that O2 Germany users enjoy the Pre – we will be watching with envy and hoping for a GSM version of our own!

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There is hopeful news for those pining for a Palm Pre but are not willing or able to run to Sprint to get it. The Wi-Fi Alliance has just certified a Palm Pre with part number P100UNA along with 850/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSPA. The new part number and certification could mean that the Pre is headed to AT&T and/or Rogers once Sprint and Bell’s exclusivity is expired, but there is also a chance that this certification is merely for Bell when they upgrade their service from CDMA to GSM. Keeping a positive attitude and being the glass-is-half-full people that we are, we’re looking at this as a step closer to a GSM Pre for the U.S. and Canada, possibly finding it’s way to AT&T and Rogers someday soon.

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Palm has just announced that divisions of Telefonica will have the exclusive rights to sell the GSM version of the Pre in the U.K., Ireland and Germany (O2) and in Spain (Movistar). As far as a launch date is concerned, the manufacturer said that the handset would be out in time for the holidays which doesn’t really narrow things down, although we’re pretty sure that Arbor Day isn’t the holiday in mind.

Palm’s Spanish division has released the first official photo of the GSM Palm Pre and outside of the HSDPA indicator on the display, you would be hard pressed to find any difference between the CDMA and GSM models on the outside. Last week, we reported on a film shot by some Vietnamese individuals that showed the GSM version of the handset and now we have the official word from Palm. A couple of items were not revealed in the press release, such as the frequencies used by the radios on the GSM Pre, and pricing.

Check out the via link for Palm’s lengthy press release.

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As it became clear yesterday, Palm is about to reveal details on the Pre’s UK launch pretty soon. Now, a word has spread that O2 has already acquired the exclusive rights for the device. According to The Guardian, what Palm is going to announce next week is that it has signed a deal with the carrier, so that it would be the only one in the UK to offer the Pre, just like it did with the iPhone. This actually confirms a rumor from March, going that O2 owner Telefonica is to take care of the webOS smartphone across a number of Latin American and European countries, including Spain and the UK.

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It´s not that there weren’t signs this was going to happen, but it’s more than great to see the Palm Pre’s GSM version officially coming to the UK. In short, the manufacturer’s UK website now says the phone is to be expected soon, while more details on carrier availability,  price and the exact release date of the webOS-based smartphone are to be revealed early next week. Congrats to all UK Pre lovers!

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Good news for those European Palm Pre fans that just can’t wait to get their hands on the first webOS phone – it looks like the waiting is almost over! The Pre is expected to spread its sexiness across Europe by the end of September, according to the distributor I.R.I.S., cited by the Romanian newspaper Ziarul Financiar. The newspaper informs that the revolutionary handset is to come to Eastern Europe at a non-contract price similar to the one of its CDMA brother – about EURO 400 ($550). So, are you exited about Palm Pre’s upcoming release?

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