Hello everyone.

I've been lurking here since some time after CES and now decided to register and share a few thoughts I have about buying a Pre abroad.

First there's the issue with the warranty. I would imagine that the Pre comes with a one year warranty within the EU issued by Palm though I haven't found any confirmation. Given the fact that the build-quality of the Pre varies shall we say, I would have to send the device abroad for repairs either through O2 or Palm most likely at my own cost both ways. That takes time, money and a spare phone but personally I might be able to live with that. If the warranty is only issued in countries where O2 offers the device, then I for one will be buying something else.

My second concern is the language and the character set used on the Pre. I for one will be needing additional alphabets to the English ones. Luckily the German character set has two of the three I need but unfortunately I can't speak -and use a Pre in- German. Hopefully the character set on the device isn't tied to the language used in the UI. The lack of options in the menus all over the Pre suggest otherwise. If this is the case then that's a deal breaker for me.

And the final thing I'm pondering is the use of Palm profile service and webOS updates. I can't see any reason why Palm would make impossible to use the service outside of the countries where the Pre will be offered but that's something I would like confirmation on directly from Palm before I buy anything.

Bit of a long post but... Any thoughts?

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