Any UK readers in the house want to win a free Xda Zest from O2?
Oh, you dirty colonials wish you could get your mitts on this one, dontcha? Instead of sticking to the U.S. as per our last couple of giveaways, this week we’re focusing on U.K. readers interested in getting some sweet Windows Mobile lovin’ from O2. Big ups to our resident UK writer, Ben for working his sly, debonair charm on the O2 PR team. Be sure to check out his posts if you happen to be on that side of the pond. To win, all you have to do is follow @IntoMobile on Twitter and you’re automatically entered! (If you’re already following and you want in, just unfollow and follow again so we get the notification e-mail.)
Free crap aside, we’ve got plenty going on this week, namely by way of younger OSes getting a lot of fresh devices. WebOS saw Eos pop up with a full spec list, Android had three new phones show their faces (two from Motorola, one from Samsung), and lots of rumours about next gen Apple hardware coming to Verizon. We also have our weekly poll after the jump, where we speculate the final fate of Palm. Will they make to 2010, or are the Eos and Pre not enough to pull Palm out of their rut?
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Headlines
Pics and Specs Leak of Next WebOS Handset: Palm Eos
Latest Palm Pre leak points to June 7 launch on Sprint
Analyst: Palm Won’t Live to 2010
Motorola Ironman Coming with Android?
Motorola Calgary leaked as Motorola’s first Android handset
iPhone-Fighting Microsoft Handset Coming to Verizon?
Apple has Tablet, iPhone Lite in the Wings for Verizon?
Toshiba TG02 and TG03 Pics Leak
Rumours
BlackBerry 8230 Coming to Verizon?
HTC Snap coming to Sprint as HTC S511
BlackBerry 9630 coming to Telus?
LG BL40 with 345×800 pixels screen coming to Vodafone?
BlackBerry Niagara/Tour 9630 Due on Verizon in July?
Samsung’s Android i7500 Videoed
Motorola W7 spotted in the wild, hated for its uglyness
T-Mobile Expecting SureType-esque T349
More Palm Pre details emerge
LG GT500 ‘Puccini’ Coming to Rogers, T-Mobile?
Samsung readying QWERTY-toting Samsung Omnia Pro for July?
HTC to release a feature phone later in the year?
BlackBerry 9630 Niagara to be Named Tour?
AT&T pulling plug on LG Secret CF750?
More Android Goodness Coming This Fall? HTC ‘Hero’ Release Rumored for October
iPhone 3.0 Hosting Voice Recognition?
Android-Powered Ophone Arriving at China Mobile in May
Releases
FCC confirms Sony Ericsson W518a Walkman Phone for US market
Samsung S5230 unveiled in the UK as the Tocco Lite
HTC Magic hits Germany; Coming soon to France and Switzerland
Motorola Napoleon Goes through FCC
Samsung Smooth Brings Flippy Simplicity and GPS to Verizon
Orange ‘Vegas’ Now Available on Pay-As-You-Go at Orange UK
LG Renoir KC910 available in pink in UK
Verizon’s LG Glance VX7100 spotted in the wild
Motorola V10 clamshell announced for Korea
Nokia’s Third NFC Handset Announced: 6216 Classic
Samsung Trance gets all official on Verizon
National Geographic’s Duet D888 can work with two SIM cards
HTC Touch Pro lands on U.S. Cellular
KDDI Gets Eco-Friendly Water-Resistant, Solar-Powered Phone
Tracfone adds yet another low-end Samsung phone to its portfolio – SGH-T201G
P.S.: Sorry about the lapse last week, we actually capped out our hosting for the podcast and had to rearrange things. Having too many people listening is a good problem to have. 🙂
P.P.S: Remember, you need to live in the U.K. to enter this week’s contest, and the Xda Zest is locked to O2. Jussayin’.