HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

HP seems to have found the most efficient way to penetrate the market quickly with WebOS.
After the touchpad it seems the hunt is open for Pre 3. Good luck!

:D

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391519,00.asp

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

I don't see anyone selling them yet. To be sure I put a pre-order in with expansys. They have no obligation to buy...

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I couldn't find it on expansys. Could you please post a link for it?

I hope this thread stays active to inform about the availability... It's coming :)

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According to a comment left on the article by someone that has contacted HP, the UK shipments will be arriving on Friday. :)

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

It's 75 without contract, no strings attached? Wow.

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eurostore.palmcentral.com has stock @ £299 but is apparently goign to price cut orders to £100 for those who've already ordered (according to precentral users). However their website is failing to cope with traffic - I've been trying to order one for the past hour and it keeps crashing midway through the order process (havent got beyond giving my billing/shipping info).

EDIT 1: still trying to get my CC details accepted :-((( ... the below is from palm website:

"Special Purchase Conditions
Please note:
A price reduction is expected to be announced in the next 24 hours. This price reduction will apply to a Pre 3 Bundle which will include a number of accessories. To reserve this offer, please order a Pre 3 at the current price and we will refund the difference between the current listed price and the bundle price once the new reduced price has been confirmed. We expect this to be a substantial price reduction. This is a limited time offer while stocks last."

EDIT 2: finally got order processed (after about 90 min's of constant timeouts & pages loading without the neccessary buttons etc. etc.). If you don't give up, you'll get there e-v-e-n-t-u-a-l-l-y :-) I bought it for the wife (her original Pre is on life support ATM) - but with the whole Nokia situation, I may be tempted to keep it myself, hmmm ...

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

75 dollars or euros?

I want this, but I want the $99 Touchpad much more... damn people buying things I wanna buy grrr

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Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

thanks for that link Vi_ it is a sensible policy by the retailer.

I'm happy with palm's own website statement (I posted it above) which guaratees that orders on their website will be refunded the difference in price once the firesale price is announced. The UK distance selling reg's will allow me to return the goods unopened anyway, if the discounted price is not near the rumoured £49 ($75) being bandied around in the press today. For me, it is worth getting an order placed now, with a supplier with current stock and a firm commitment to honour the firesale cost.

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I tried to buy one, but as other people have mentioned on the web, their servers can't cope. (Seeing as HP is staying in the server/software business, that doesn't give me a lot of confidence in their products).

I'm a bit miffed with this - I quite fancied one before all the price reduction nonsense. Now I probably won't get one because of all the ebay traders snapping them up to resell them on ebay for profit.

Incidentally, the TouchPad has also been cut to a silly price. I don't mind buying one for ~£100. Again I couldn't get one because the second it was announced, all the online stores were swamped with orders - several retailers have had very slow sites or their sites down for most of the day with people trying to buy one.

Where do these people hear about this? I was one of the relatively few people in the world interested in webOS, and after the HP announcement I kept my eye open for price reduction, but was beaten to it by people who'd probably never heard of webOS products before.

*sigh*

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I feel the same... probably most of them went to short-time profit hunters, and a quite large chuck to technically non-interested persons...

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And that'll probably install Android :(

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

Indeed. I've tried the Android. I don't get on with it.

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Euro Palm is sold out... I couldn't find any other store with available Pre 3, until I found this website. It seems alright - they claim to refund it when the discount comes + they have return policy that allows you to return any good in 7 days without any reason.
Hurry... ;)

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

just placed my order...
for both... :)
fingers crossed

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

Why does handtec add 70 pounds vat when buying from greece?

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

can some of you make a batch of orders and sell it to us here in the forums you can make a little bit more than what you paid for of course.

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

According to Handtec, the Pre 3 will not be available for purchase sim-free. :(

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

What is the demand from Non European members of TMO? if I have an idea i wouldnt mind ordering spare and shipping them to the US/Rest of the world.

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http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en...0-5105303.html

according to the above HP website link, they have now set an SRP (Suggested Retail Price) of £69 for the Pre 3 - though they are not selling it themselves, so it's just a suggestion as the name says.

However I've seen on other forums that people have called HP to enquire about this new price and have been told that its a mistake. HP are continuing to look like a bunch of clowns. SNAFU.

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Yes and even for European members who live in countries that apparently don't exist (Malta). I enquired with the local HP autorised distributors regarding the Touchpad and Pre3.

Their reponse:
What's that about? The only option would be ebay, where everything is going out on bids for much higher prices. Unless things change, I will never be able to try WebOS..which sucks.

Re: HP WebOS Pre 3 for $75 (EU only)
 

i wouldve been interested if it would work with AT&T 3G in USA.... too bad it doesnot have 850 band only 1900