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Palm Pre now available from Bell Mobility

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:51:21 +0000

The Palm Pre phone is now exclusively available at Bell stores and retail partner locations across Canada, costs as little as $199.95 on a three-year contract or $599.95 without a contract with a minimum 500 MB data plan.

Palm Pre Launching in Canada this month

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:09:47 +0000

Bell today announced that the new Palm Pre phone will be exclusively available in Canada at Bell Mobility on August 27. The company has start accepting pre-order through bell.ca/pre, it will be available from $199.95 on a three-year contract or
$599.95 without a contract with a minimum 500 MB data plan.

Bell smartphone clients can choose from a wide variety of voice and data plans, including Smartphone Combos that offer unlimited Internet browsing, personal email, text messaging and Windows Live Messenger.

“We’re very excited to bring the revolutionary Palm Pre and the Palm webOS mobile platform to Canadians exclusively on Bell’s national wireless network – the largest high-speed 3G network in Canada,” said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility and Chief Brand Officer for Bell. “Considering the highly successful US introduction of the Palm Pre by Sprint in June and fast-growing Palm Pre buzz among Canadian mobile users, Bell and our retail partners are preparing for high demand for this breakthrough phone.”

Palm Pre to Arrive in Canada on Bell Mobility Network

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:22:51 +0000

Palm today announced that Palm Pre, the first phone based on the new Palm webOS mobile platform, will debut in Canada exclusively on Bell Mobility’s 3G high-speed mobile network in the second half of 2009. The smartphone will be first launched in US by June next month. Bell Mobility’s pricing for the phone has not yet been determined.

“Bell is excited to be only the second carrier in the world to announce the 3G Pre,” said Adel Bazerghi, senior vice president of Products for Bell Mobility. “With the unique user experience of the world’s first webOS phone, running on the country’s largest 3G network, we’re confident that Canadians will embrace Pre as the phone for their lives today.”

Palm Pre Features

3G EVDO Rev. A high-speed connectivity
Integrated GPS
Large 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320×480 resolution HVGA display
Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
3-megapixel camera with LED flash
3.5mm headset jack
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
8GB internal memory (~7GB user available)
USB mass storage mode
MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear
Light sensor, which dims the display if the ambient light is dark, such as at night or in a movie theater, to reduce power usage
Accelerometer, which automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Ringer switch, which easily silences the device with one touch
Removable, rechargeable battery
Dimensions: 59.57mm (W) x 100.53mm (L, closed) x 16.95mm (D)
Weight: ~135 grams

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Samsung Launches CLEO Fashion Phone in Canada

Kim Poh Liaw — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:13:45 +0000

Samsung and Bell are dialing up high style with the launch of the ultimate must-have for any text-messaging maven – the Samsung CLEO. Adding a touch of haute couture to text messaging, the CLEO features a full QWERTY keypad, ability to view text messaging threads, and colour LCD screen. It will be available in pink, champagne and blue, is loaded with a 1.3 megapixel camera, built-in MP3 player and supports 8 GB of expandable memory.

Bell Mobility will offer all CLEO colour models across Canada while Solo Mobile will offer the champagne CLEO. Samsung is also partnering with Bell to offer the perfect holiday gift – the Kisses from CLEO gift set featuring the Samsung CLEO, a decorative phone charm, a Cake Kiss mulberry sorbet lip butter and a 15% discount coupon for Cake Beauty products. The Samsung CLEO is available for as little as $49.95 on
a three-year contract.

In continuation of its love of fashion, Samsung has launched a national contest where one lucky winner will fly to Toronto to meet with Katya Revenko and be fitted for a custom designed dress. Contest details can be found at www.kissesfromcleo.com or www.baisersdecleo.com.

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Bell Canada let you roll over unused airtime minutes to the next month

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:27:33 +0000

Bell today announced the introduction of Rollover Minutes plans, which will allow their subscribers to carry over unused local voice minutes into their next month of service. Available today, the six new Rollover Minutes rate plans from Bell Mobility recognize that some mobile phone and smartphone users may have too many or too few calling minutes to meet their needs in a particular month.

“With Rollover Minutes, you no longer have to use ‘em or lose ‘em. If you undertalk one month, you can overtalk the next,” said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility and Chief Brand Officer with Bell Canada.

Rollover Minutes plans let you carry over unused local airtime voice minutes for one additional month. For instance, if your Rollover Minutes plan includes up to 400 anytime local minutes per month and you use only 330, you carry over 70 minutes to the next month – a total of 470 minutes in the next month. The approach helps clients balance high and low usage months and avoid additional per-minute charges.

For more information on Rollover Minutes plans, please visit bell.ca/rollover.