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O2 and Vodafone will be the first carriers to offer the GSM version of the Motorola DROID in Europe, where it will be known as the Motorola MILESTONE. The phone will be available in Germany and Italy starting November 11th, and according to the official site, will cost €481.

In case you didn't know, the first GSM Palm Pre is now available to O2 customers in Germany. The handset is avilable for €481 without contract, with the O2 My Handy option letting you finance it via 24 monthly payments of €20. The available calling plans and other relevant info you will find at the company's German site.

A comprehensive list of specs of the allmighty HTC Touch HD2 / Leo has been published over on xda-developers forums. The handset will be the most powerful Windows Mobile based device, and will offer the following features:

• Windows Mobile 6.5 OS (upgradable to Windows Mobile 7);
• 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon CPU;
• full HSPA with up to 7.

If you'll recall, O2 Germany was planning on releasing the GSM-based Palm Bre byfore the Holiday season. Well, they've kept their promise as now an updated image on the site clearly indicates that it's coming this fall. But since there's still no exact release date, we can't tell how soon it will be available.

Samsung i7500 Galaxy is has been released on the O2 UK network, and will be available exclusively till the end of the month for free on a £45 per month tariff. It comes preloaded with Google services, such as Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and Google Talk, and has the following features:

• Chipset: Qualcomm: 7200A, ARM11 528MHz + DSP 256MHz;
• 5Mpix camera with auto focus, flash LED;
• Display: 3.

According to the Palm web OS Blog, the popular Palm Pre smartphone will be hitting the UK in the end of October. Of course, this is not confirmed, but sounds very reasonable, as pre-Christmas period is always hot for sales, and O2 definitely won't miss the occasion. Regarding the price... the source says it will be the same as the iPhone – which model, we don't know yet.

According to TechRadar's recent report, O2 UK has confirmed that they'll be releasing the Android-powered Samsung i7500 Galaxy in August, though the pricing is yet to be announced. O2 Germany is offering it for €69.99 (about $98) on contract, so we can expect almost the same price for the UK customers, or even completely free on some monthly plan.

According to The Guardian, the GSM Palm Pre will soon be available in the UK from O2. The official announcement is expected take place sometime next week. Stay tuned for more details.

O2 have recently announced the availability of the touchscreen Samsung Galaxy I7500 to their customers in Germany. The handset is currently available for EUR69.99 ($89) on a two year contract.

Specs:

• 3.2" AMOLED touchscreen display;
• 5Mpix camera;
• 8GB of internal memory;
• Support for HSDPA 7.2Mbps

Availability dates in other markets are yet to be announced.

The phone in the title is actually the HTC Touch Diamond 2, renamed tastelessly by the carrier. Currently O2 is selling it for €420 (about $568) contract-free in Germany.