Palm Pre Now Available in Canada

Posted By: Tim Carroll Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:14:07 AM

Palm Pre Canada Bell Canada, your time has come: Bell are now shipping the Palm Pre to all interested parties up in the Great White North. The page promises free shipping too, so you may want to get in quick while the offer still stands. It's $199.95 CAD on a 3-year contract or $599.95 without a contract with a minimum 500 MB data plan.

Poor Bradley. How will he impress the ladies now that everyone can have one?

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Except no App Catalog!

loftwyr @ 8/27/2009 10:03:01 AM # Q
There's no app catalog on my Pre! Why the Hell did Bell Mobility not include it?
PalmPilot Pro -> Palm 3 -> Palm 5 -> Palm 505 -> Palm T3 -> Treo 700p -> Pre (ordered)
RE: Except no App Catalog!
loftwyr @ 8/27/2009 11:59:17 AM # Q
Nope, wait... I'm an idiot, it's there.
PalmPilot Pro -> Palm 3 -> Palm 5 -> Palm 505 -> Palm T3 -> Treo 700p -> Pre (ordered)
RE: Except no App Catalog!
freakout @ 8/27/2009 4:58:12 PM # Q
You're gonna have to change your sig, loftwyr. (you lucky bastard!)
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Is Canada Bell a GSM network?

MaxLaw843 @ 8/27/2009 3:58:19 PM # Q
Just curious if this is a GSM phone....Makes me hope that T-Mobile can soon have one---or we can get an unlocked GSM version of the Palm Pre here in the US.
RE: Is Canada Bell a GSM network?
freakout @ 8/27/2009 5:00:24 PM # Q
Nope, CDMA.

Crushing, isn't it. We GSM peeps are gonna have to wait till October most likely. And even then, there's no guarantee of an unlocked model being compatible with international 3G frequencies.

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Kinda low-key launch, eh?

SeldomVisitor @ 8/27/2009 3:58:28 PM # Q
Nuff said.

RE: Kinda low-key launch, eh?
HelloNNNewman @ 8/27/2009 4:29:30 PM # Q
What?!? Um... it only been highlighted in tons of articles and advertisements. I'm betting $1000 (Can) that you don't live in Canada... you know that ad campaigns targeted at Canadians aren't run in the US, right? Another brain-fart heard from...
RE: Kinda low-key launch, eh?
LiveFaith @ 8/27/2009 8:33:22 PM # Q
You're wrong. We get Canada Dry, Canadian Mist, and RBC ads down here all the time.
Pat Horne
RE: Kinda low-key launch, eh?
SeldomVisitor @ 8/28/2009 3:51:02 AM # Q
There WERE tons of articles pre-launch saying "Here Come Da launch!".

Then total silence.

It's over as soon as it began.

Kinda low-key launch, eh?

RE: Kinda low-key launch, eh?
CFreymarc @ 8/29/2009 7:09:03 PM # Q
I'm waiting for the cell phone with a beer bottle opener built into the case.
RE: Kinda low-key launch, eh?
twrock @ 8/29/2009 11:51:48 PM # Q
^^ My TX case can do that. Wow, the TX really has an amazing feature set.

Hey Palm! Where's my PDA with Wifi and phone capabilities?
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Now here's a launch more worth talking about

StrawMan @ 8/28/2009 2:36:07 AM # Q
Why is there so little discussion about Maemo as an alternative/competing OS on this forum?
http://maemo.nokia.com/

For those who still prefer the concept of a Palm TX type device to a not-quite-completely-dumb-phone (like WebOS, iPhone etc), Maemo gives you the mobile power of a Linx-based multi-tasking OS. And the new N900/Maemo5 takes a nice step forward (even if the screen site (not resolution) is reduced vs N810).

---
PalmIII -> Prism -> Palm TX -> & Nokia N810

RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
SeldomVisitor @ 8/28/2009 3:47:50 AM # Q
I think the discussion of this Nokia-ground-breaking device is just beginning to warm up. It'll get HERE soon.


RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
grahamnind @ 8/28/2009 6:26:57 AM # Q
Looks sweet but do you think there will be an emulator so that we can run Blazer?
RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
twrock @ 8/28/2009 6:48:15 AM # Q
I have looked at Nokia's Maemo devices, but at the price they wanted, I really would have expected them to have include a cell radio and had a real smart-phone from the beginning. Bottom line for me was that it was only a sideways move from my TX and I'd still need a separate phone. So why spend more money and still not have significantly upgraded and then have to try to replace all my Palm apps on top of it?

But now they're coming out with the N900, so yes, there is something to talk about/look at. But this is "Palm"Infocenter, so even though a few iPhone fanboys hang around here in a desperate attempt to validate their choice of phones, the discussions will probably tend to center around Palm devices and OS's.

Hey Palm! Where's my PDA with Wifi and phone capabilities?

RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
abosco @ 8/28/2009 7:30:05 AM # M Q
We're not discussing it because Americans figured out what Nokia is all about. Nokia is one of those rare companies that just bursts out of the seams with European pride. People over there love Nokia because they love buying European things.

Over here, we've got iPhones, red meat, and real football. We don't care about some nancyboy European MID. The rest of the world is waiting for the Apple iPad, anyway.

RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
freakout @ 8/28/2009 7:47:20 AM # Q
^^ *snort* Hope you remembered to wear your flame-retardant suit, Alex
RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
question fear @ 8/29/2009 7:28:45 AM # Q
But football is for weaklings compared to rugby. Football players hide behind pads and helmets...
RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
freakout @ 8/29/2009 7:49:59 AM # Q
Indeed, QF. American football is to rugby, as ballet is to boxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsNRHwE_qeI

(I was gonna link some of the more hideously crunching NRL vids, but I wouldn't inflict the typical choice of "music" that accompanies them on anybody. Ugh. When did honest-to-God rock stop being the default music of sports?)

RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
jca666us @ 8/30/2009 6:11:00 AM # Q
>The rest of the world is waiting for the Apple iPad, anyway.

Surely you jest! The Foleo2 is coming soon - isn't that right Freaky??

That'll bitch slap the iPad (horrible name - sounds like a menstrual pad!).

RE: Now here's a launch more worth talking about
BaalthazaaR @ 8/31/2009 9:19:42 AM # Q
abosco wrote:
Over here, we've got iPhones, red meat, and real football. We don't care about some nancyboy European MID. The rest of the world is waiting for the Apple iPad, anyway.

Sorry but real football is played with the foot

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