Palm Pre comes to Bell on August 27

Up until now, Bell's been coy about an exact availability date for the Palm Pre -- a tactic borrowed from Sprint prior to its release -- so we're happy to hear that they've finally decided on August 27 to get it out of the door. It'll run CAD $199.95 (about $187) on a three-year deal, ramping all the way up to $599.95 contract-free with a minimum 500MB / month data plan (trust us, you'll want every megabyte of it). Preorders are now being accepted online and in Bell stores, so if you want it on day one, you might want to get moving on that.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 4th 2009 12:06PM]

i totally tipped on this and no recognition. pfft.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 4th 2009 1:16PM]

I recognize ya...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 4th 2009 6:12PM]

Yar thats happened to me before. Tipped something good that I saw elsewhere, next day it popped up with no mention of anyone submitting it. Altho there have been times that I tipped something that I ended up rereading and going...OOOOOOooooohhhh, I totally misread that. So I dont have any hard feelings. Hopefully they dont think I'm an idiot.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 4th 2009 3:36PM]

3 year plan......gah!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2009 10:55PM]

yeah it sucks, would be nice if bell launched this into its subsidiary companies (virgin mobile,solo mobile) probally not going to happen....

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 4th 2009 5:23PM]

Well at least the plan rates are decent even if they are 3 years long. But knowing Bell they'll find some way to cock this up. Still they have my attention.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 5th 2009 2:41AM]

What are the odds that this will be a CDMA and GSM phone?.... Ya I know, but I can hope.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 5th 2009 5:26AM]

IT R CAN WORK ON SERO!?!?!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 20th 2009 2:03PM]

Couldn't you conceivably just buy this phone from Bell, unlock it, and use it on AT&T? Bell uses the same 3G bands as AT&T (850/1900). Seems like all you would need to do is unlock the phone to use it.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 22nd 2009 12:08PM]

ATT is GSM, Bell is CDMA. So no.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 24th 2009 12:26PM]

You obviously haven't read ANYTHING. Bell is switching to a 3G network operating on the 850/1900 bands.