Bell has six-month exclusivity on the Pre?

It's been gathered, extrapolated, or otherwise assumed pretty much from day one that Sprint's period of exclusivity on the Pre was roughly six months (we say "roughly" because Dan Hesse himself has explicitly said it's not six), and it looks like things are working just about the same up north. In the case of Bell, MobileSyrup is reporting that they're being guaranteed rights to the Pre for precisely six months, actually, which means archrival Telus is probably rearing to start its kitchen timer (you know, that one your mom has that's shaped like an egg) for the countdown the moment it launches. The more interesting question, though, might be whether Rogers (and, by technological proxy, AT&T) end up with a webOS-based device of their own before that second round of Pre launches goes down.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 8:03AM]

Palm's newest update for the Pre allows itunes sync again

[SoCoolCurt Posted Jul 24th 2009 10:12AM]

uh....thanks? they actually already posted about that yesterday.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/07/23/palm-webos-1-1-now-available-fixes-itunes-sync/

and plus, you might want to use the "Tip Us On News" button below the search bar to send tips anyway. it's not very likely that they will see it in the comment section.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:14PM]

Isn't it quite obvious that Dan Hesse was partly "lying" and the Sprint exclusivity is more likely something like 8 months...maybe..roughly said. You stupid Am......