O2 assistant:

d00d, have yoos seen t3h iPhone? It's invented teh appz and da interwebz!

Thank god I have a (functioning, educated and not destroyed by whatever it is that creates the sheep I'm surrounded by) brain and can form my own opinions. I'll be waiting for Android 2.0 on something by Sony Ericsson please.

Thank you ta.

J1M.

i'll stick with me i8910. same speedy chipset as the palm, much better camera. which for me is important anyway :-)

If Palm go with O2 exclusively with the Pre, they might as well never ship the device in Europe. It will be like the console wars of old - go into a shop and all the assistants will be able to talk about is the iPhone. The Pre will get left on the shelf as consumer after cinsumer is persuaded they really want the iPhone - 'coz it's betterer' The Pre will go the way of the Sega Dreamcast if the go exclusively with O2 - their best option is to put it on every network and go for market saturation.

Exclusive phone deals with providers should be banned by ofcom or someone......says the man on Orange.