Palm is to announce details of the exclusive Palm Pre deal with O2, next week. The deal, first rumoured back in May, will make O2 the official Palm Pre partner in the UK.
The Guardian reports that Palm is about to confirm O2 as having won the rights to the Pre, beating off stiff competition from Orange. It is expected that Carphone Warehouse will also stock the phone, offering deals on the regular O2 packages.
The O2 deal has been rumoured for some time, and reports suggest that the Pre will …

O2  is believed to beaten off competition from Orange and Vodafone to exclusive distribute Palm Pre in the UK and it’s a new rival to iPhone. Palm Pre is web-enabled smartphone with multi touch screen and sliding keyboard and lots of new features. The device is launchin in US on June 4. 2009. The Palm Pre will hit the markets before Christmas in the UK.
Orange perhaps will clinch the deal with iPhone 3.0 (if the rumors are true if Orange is signing up with Apple for rights in the UK).