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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.

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Just in case you didn't bother to look, the Palm Pre is available at Amazon for just $100 on a new contract.

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.

Sprint has dropped the price for the oh-so popular Palm Pre last week. The handset is now available for just $149.99 including a $150 instant rebate plus a $100 mail-in rebate. It means you'll still have to pay $249.99 in the store to buy the device, and if you think that's much, try and find it at a cheaper price.

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.

Palm looks to be aiming at Chinese market: according to Financial Times, "China Telecom is planning to offer the Palm to its subscribers". It makes perfect sense, considering that Telecom's competitor Unicom is planning to launch the iPhone, which is a serious entry. China Telecom is a CDMA carrier, so Palm Pre is a natural choice for them seeing that the CDMA version of the handset is already available from north American operators Sprint and Bell.

Here's the latest Palm Pre ad from Canadian carrier Bell. Doesn't remind you of anything? Just in case we've added a couple of iPhone related ads for you to compare.