China Telecom in talks with Palm to offer Palm Pre

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Telecom is reportedly in talks with Palm to offer Palm Pre smartphone in China, joining the race among mobile operators to add 3G subscribers by offering attractive handsets. Along with Palm, the operator is still in talks Research In Motion to offer BlackBerry.
China Telecom knows it needs good handsets to attract more 3G users, the representative said. Nokia also plans to launch a 3G handset with China Telecom this year, and Motorola may launch two, she said.
The Chinese operators are also planning to offer low-priced handsets to attract 3G subscribers. China Telecom and its distributors have ordered 4 million 3G phones from handset makers to sell in China, and most will be priced between 500 yuan ($73) and 1,000 yuan, the company representative said.