Earlier, the webOS Pre spread to the official portals of 18 countries. Following up today, Palm Infocenter reports that Telefonica's Movistar will be offering the Palm Pre exclusively in Spain, UK, and Latin America. The Spanish newspaper Expansión (translated page), among others, reports that Telefonica will offer the Pre in Spain "before summer", and will have exclusive rights to the Pre in many Latin America countries.
O2, a subsidiary brand of Telefonica, is to exclusively market the Pre in the UK. If they get it first it comes as a bit of a surprise, as Vodafone were reportedly in negotiations with Palm last week to carry the new handset, and a Vodafone SIM card was spotted in a GSM Pre at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona.
Roughly translated, the article states:
Telefonica distributed exclusively in Spain, UK and Latin America the new model of the mobile manufacturer [Palm], after a long battle with its British rival. The telecommunications operator has closed an agreement with Palm to market the latest exclusive mobile Palm Pre...which has been described as the anti-iPhone of the manufacturer.
Palm has yet to officially comment on any other carriers besides Sprint, who are rumored to be exclusive for the Pre in the US until 2010.
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