It now has emerged that some of the mentioned details appear to be incorrect.
This particular part of the Hi website contains information on how to setup about ANY phone with the Hi network for MMS, internet access point, etc. The site even features the iPhone 3G, although Hi does not sell the iPhone at all - T-Mobile is the exclusive iPhone provider in the Netherlands.
Furthermore, Hi is not related to Telefónica in any way. Hi is a carrier product by KPN, which is comparable to British Telecom, as it is the company who provides landlines to every househould in the Netherlands. There have been talks about a merger between KPN and Telefónica in the past, but these have broken down a long time ago.
Said KPN spokesman Steve Hufton on Tweakers.net: "We put all devices on the site, also the ones not available with us, so people can retrieve internet settings for those devices as well." He adds: "We have told Palm we're interested in selling the Pre in the Netherlands". Of course, that last statement doesn't tell you much about any negotation status.
Lastly, one might probably hope Hi will not sell the Pre exclusively: while its (or basically, KPN's) network coverage is excellent, Hi's "Endlessly Online" data plan currently delivers a maximum download speed of 384 kbps to new customers and 128 kpbs to current customers! And they nag you horribly by sms and in the mail if you use your connection too much; too much being more than times the average customer usage.
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It now has emerged that some of the mentioned details appear to be incorrect.
This particular part of the Hi website contains information on how to setup about ANY phone with the Hi network for MMS, internet access point, etc. The site even features the iPhone 3G, although Hi does not sell the iPhone at all - T-Mobile is the exclusive iPhone provider in the Netherlands.
Furthermore, Hi is not related to Telefónica in any way. Hi is a carrier product by KPN, which is comparable to British Telecom, as it is the company who provides landlines to every househould in the Netherlands. There have been talks about a merger between KPN and Telefónica in the past, but these have broken down a long time ago.
Said KPN spokesman Steve Hufton on Tweakers.net:
"We put all devices on the site, also the ones not available with us, so people can retrieve internet settings for those devices as well." He adds: "We have told Palm we're interested in selling the Pre in the Netherlands". Of course, that last statement doesn't tell you much about any negotation status.
Lastly, one might probably hope Hi will not sell the Pre exclusively: while its (or basically, KPN's) network coverage is excellent, Hi's "Endlessly Online" data plan currently delivers a maximum download speed of 384 kbps to new customers and 128 kpbs to current customers! And they nag you horribly by sms and in the mail if you use your connection too much; too much being more than times the average customer usage.