Palm Pre: no carrier branding on German versionr

Palm seems to have an excellent relationship with its European carrier Telefonica. While carriers usually insist on printing their logos somewhere on the device, the German division of O2 will refrain from this.

Their PR agency has just confirmed the following:

Dear Sir,

I can now confirm that the device will be unbranded!

Miriam Stöckert
O2 PR

While this does not tell us anything about SIM locks or other nasties, it is a first good sign – Palm does not seem to be so dependent on its carrier partners as we all thought it was…

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