The BlackBerry Tour 9630 promo material is showing up at Bell locations and BGR got a pic. This means we’re fairly close to launch date. Although there is no official release date, this is telling us it’s going to be this summer.
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So it looks like the BlackBerry Tour 9630 will be heading over to Bell with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $599.95 CDN ($510 USD). We’re not sure what the subsidy will be, but sometimes you get $100 discount per year of contract. That could put the Bell BlackBerry Tour 9630 at $299.95 on a 3 year contract. BGR is predicting an even lower price of $199.95 on a 3 year contract, so let’s hope he’s right.
Congratulations on getting a sweet device Canada.
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We’ve done a lot of reporting about the Bell OS 4.7.0.122 for the BlackBerry Storm. It started with a few leaks as well as the ability to download it unofficially from Bell before they announced the news. You can now download the OS officially from Bell so don’t worry about exploding your device with a bad download.
Although this is official, it is only from Bell. Don’t expect AT&T to help you with customer service. As always, backup your device and take all necessary precautions before proceeding.
Download the official OS 4.7.0.122 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530 from Bell.
The forums are abuzz with news that Bell has released an official update for the Blackberry Storm 9530.
Some Bell users received an email this afternoon stating that an upgrade was made available.
Although the OS is not available conveniently through RIM’s website, Bell users can get a hold of it once they connect their Storm’s via Desktop Manager. Once connected, it will signal that there is an update and users can proceed accordingly.
Try it and let us know!
If you’re looking to unlock your BlackBerry, we have set up a partnership with the good people at cellfservices.com to provide you with great deals and discounts for unlocking your device. Here are some of the prices you can expect:
AT&T, T-mobile USA, Rogers and Fido Blackberrys: $9.99
Verizon Storm: $19.99
Bell/Telus Storm: $34.99
List of 96 other Worldwide Providers Blackberry: $24.99
Go to our BlackBerry Cool and Cellfservices BlackBerry unlocking page for more details.
Unlocking the BlackBerry Storm has been a real pain for consumers. Since the TELUS and Bell Storm devices were released, they have been a success in the consumer market, which also means there has been a large demand to have them unlocked.
The Verizon 9530’s were unlockable, allowing us to use their tri-band phone on the Rogers network here in Canada. Sadly, we could not say the same for Bell and TELUS devices. Attempts at hacking the device have been met with failure. A team in the UK that was charging 15 GBP to unlock any BlackBerry, tried to crack the TELUS and Bell Storms, but were unsuccessful. A few companies managed to find an unlock solution for the 9530 from TELUS and Bell, however, it stopped all data on the devices from working.
Now all that has changed.
I was recently contacted by a company cellfservices.com who say they are now able to unlock TELUS and Bell Storms. The unlock typically takes about 1-3 weeks, and the process is slightly more expensive than your typical unlock, The process has been tested on 34 devices and has been working flawlessly.
Check them out here.
Bell has recently announced that they’re acquiring the retail giant The Source. Bell will be using the store to help grow Bell’s wireless, digital TV, Internet and home phone services. The Source plans to carry the full array of Bell consumer services at its more than 750 stores across Canada, including Bell Mobility, Solo Mobile and potentially Virgin Mobile wireless products and services.
The Source is known for offering low prices due to its box store and no frills mentality. Does this mean we can expect to see lower handset prices? I’m hoping that with zero commission sales people, large volumes and increased demand, we can expect to see prices fall.
[UPDATE: I obviously confused The Source with Circuit City. Still, expect to see way more of Bell soon.]
{Press release) Bell is now offering the BlackBerry Pearl Flip along with access to Bell’s Unlimited NHL bundle.
The Unlimited NHL bundle features live audio for all NHL games, live video for select games, game highlights from all games, personalized alerts, unlimited NHL themed downloads and much more. Bell is encouraging clients to personalize their phone by including a free phone cover (skin) branded in their choice of favourite NHL team and a 2 GB Micro SD card preloaded with original NHL video clips.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip from Bell supports popular services like GPS Nav with turn-by-turn directions and traffic updates, picture and video messaging to send and receive text messages with audio, video and picture attachments as well as several social networking services and applications such as Windows Live Messenger, Facebook, Twitter, Bebo and MySpace to keep clients connected. The Pearl Flip from Bell also features the fully integrated Bell Media Player through which clients can access industry leading mobile multi-media services like Live TV, Video Clips and Mobile and commercial-free radio.
Like other BlackBerrys, the Pearl Flip allows users to synchronize work or personal email accounts, contact lists and calendars.
The Pearl Flip, available from Bell in solid black or two-tone black and pink, features two high resolution displays allowing users to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset. The Pearl Flip also features full HTML web browsing, a 2MP camera with flash and zoom, an expandable memory up to 32GB and SureType QWERTY keyboard.
Until March 31, the 3G BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip smartphone is available nationally for as little as $29.95 on a three-year contract.
Our fellow Canadian droogs over at MobileSyrup have uncovered a black and white image of some upcoming BlackBerrys on the Bell network. Ignore the ugly Palm device on the left and you will see Black and Pink versions of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. The image also displays a launch date of March 6th, but no pricing information. However, I think it’s reasonable to expect a ‘less-than-$100′ pricetag, or possibly even free, with a 3-year contract.
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Bell has made two recent announcements which show that 2009 will be a big year for them in terms of multimedia content. Firstly, Bell announced yesterday that they have reached a deal with QuickPlay Media to power their live and on-demand services, including live TV and radio.
Wayne Purboo, president and CEO, QuickPlay Media said “QuickPlay is excited that Bell Mobility has chosen us to power its mobile TV services and to build on our long-standing relationship, which now enables Bell to provide subscribers with the option to watch both live and on-demand content on most video-enabled mobile devices. With our flexible mobile video solutions our customers are equipped to not only meet the demands of their customers today, but to accommodate changing mobile content demands and associated service requirements in the future.”
Bell’s first offering is an exciting one for Canadians: live NHL games on NHL Audio, in-game and post-game video highlights, live NHL games through NHL Centre Ice Mobile and real-time text message alerts. For $8/month, Bell subscribers get all this as well as NHL wallpapers, ringtones, Mobile Video Exclusives that has pictures from the past, Fantasy tips and Game of the Week insight.
