HP to sell Pre 2 directly

If you currently feel like a Pre 2, you better book a flight to France – their carrier SFR currently is the only one to sell the device, with Verizon following suite sooner or later.

WebOSRoundup now claims that HP will sell the Pre 2 to consumers directly:

… Palm Pre 2 will be available to purchase (for consumers, not just developers) directly from HP – bypassing the carriers altogether.

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To be honest: HP has a long experience selling devices directly to the consumer for two reasons: a) being that they often sold iPaqs along with notebooks etc, and b) being that carriers weren’t willing to touch the old iPaq smartphones with a 10-foot pole…

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