HP have posted up the price of their new HP Pre 3 handset for UK denizens, with the company asking for 399 of your hard-earned British pounds to own this QWERTY-keyboard packing marvel.
The UK has had to suffer its now-customary delay for Palm products released months ago in the US, but the company has finally announced the availability of its Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus handsets in the UK.
The rumours about Palm being bought up have been circulating for months, with a succession of potential suitors mooted, but HP have now announced that they have entered into a “definitive agreement” to buy the smartphone maker.
The deal will see HP snapping up the makers of the Palm Pre and Pixi handsets – and the superb webOS operating system – at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash, adding up to an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.
Rarely has a single tech company been associated with so many different takeover contenders, and fresh whispers of an imminent buy out today (Wednesday) saw mobile phone makers Palm’s stocks soar 20%.
Sparking the share price surge was a rumour that Chinese computer maker Lenovo was casting its beady eye over the company for a potential takeover bid.
Palm Pre launch
As soft pre-launches go, this was akin to a cuddly teddy bear surfing a fluffy cloud chewing on a Wispa bar.
We found the Palm stall wedged into a tiny, dark booth of a Bloomsbury trade show with just one poster for decoration.
There was no publicity material on hand and just two Palm Pres available for passing journalists to play with. Yep, Palm can certainly do under-stated.
Admittedly, this wasn’t the Pre’s official launch, but we were taken back by just how low key they were prepared to go.
Happily, we got to have a good play on one of the phones and we weren’t disappointed – it’s a fantastic handset.
We’ll post up a full hands-on preview later, but don’t expect any photos. The Palm staff were under strict instructions not to let anyone take pictures of their new baby, citing its pre-production status and etched serial number as the reason.
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