Any idea when the Pre will be unlocked?

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:40:15 -0500, "Paula Sims"
<paulasims2004.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Also, at what price?
>
Well first it has to get past Sprint's exclusivity period which is
anywhere from three to six months depending on who you ask.

The GSM model has been making the rounds of the gadget blogosphere. So
it will likely show up in Europe and/or East Asia in a few months with
an unlocked model showing up soon afterwards.

My guesstimate? An official unlocked GSM Pre will probably show up
early next year at around $549 with even more expensive imported
models available on ebay by November.

The wildcard in this game is probably the Eos which will Palm's next
webOS device. Assuming the Pre is selling as well as Palm claims it
is, the GSM Eos is likely to appear around Christmas on AT&T for as
low as $99 along with an unlocked version selling for perhaps around
$349. (The Eos is basically a stripped down Pre -- fixed keyboard with
no slider and half the storage.)
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Since October 13th an "unlocked and unbranded" Palm Pre is available in
Germany (QUERTZ-Keyboard, but who types with 10 finger blind on this
toy?), configurable completey for use with english UI).

But "unlocked" was yesterday - new trick is to close out the possibility
of configuring network settings. So, if your providers SIM is not in the
Palm Pre database, it will not work.

Regards from Germany
Will (pilot 5000, PPP, III, IIIx, IIIc, 505, 515, NX73V, TH55, TT, TX,
Treo680, Centro, Palm Pre)