Palm Press — There’s a Site for That, Pre Storms UK

palm-pressIt is Windows 7 launch day but more importantly it’s time for another Palm Press. Palm Press is our weekly look at the world of Palm. The Palm App Catalog is getting more stock quickly, now that paid apps are getting approved by the company. As good as the Pre is at accessing the store, Palm has wisely seen clear to open a web site to showcase the Catalog. The site is nicely put together, and makes it an enjoyable experience to visit and check out the wares. It’s pretty easy to find that perfect app for the Pre using the site.

The Palm Pre was successfully launched in the UK, and O2 claims a lot of the phones were sold immediately. They refrain from clarifying how many Pres were actually sold, but did say that they “sold more Pres on Friday than it normally does all other phones.” O2 stated that most customers also bought one or more Touchstone chargers with the Pre.

A tweet from Verizon “verifies” the Pre will be coming to Verizon early next year. Verizon officials stated they would be carrying the Pre after the Sprint exclusivity ended around the end of this year. Rumors appeared recently that Verizon would not in fact be dishing up the Pre for their customers. This tweet has now laid the issue to rest, as you can’t get more official than Twitter. That’s as official as it’s going to get until we see the Pre in Verizon stores.

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