Bell Canada set to pick up HTC Touch, offers $7 unlimited data
Posted by Will on Friday, November 9th, 2007 at 3:45 pm under Bell Mobility, Devices, HTC, Rumors, Windows Mobile
Word has it that Canada’s CDMA carrier, Bell, is eyeing the HTC Touch (well, it’s actually the HTC Vogue) as the newest Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone for its Canadian subscriber-base. Bell may be looking to bring the TouchFLO device to Canada in mid-November for $249 with 3-year contract, $299 on a 2-year, $399 for 1-year, or $449 free and clear. That 3-year contract price is pretty enticing, but we have problems committing for a single year, it’d be hell being locked down for three.
Anyway, what’s even more interesting that the HTC Touch hitting Bell’s network is the speculation that Bell will be classifying the Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional-powered HTC Touch as a phone rather than a PDA. This may mean that Bell will be offering unlimited data plans for just $7 per month. That’s single-digit territory for your fill of wireless data. Of course, the “unlimited” definition is bound to have some restrictions, but for $7, you really can’t argue. And, considering Canadian carriers’ penchant for outrageous data rates, this $7 unlimited data plan could flip the Canadian wireless data market on its head.
For all our Canadian friends’ sakes, we hope Bell comes through with both the HTC Touch (HTC Vogue) and this incredible $7 per month unlimited data plan.
[Via: HoFo]
November 9th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
there is no wifi right in this one?
November 9th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
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November 10th, 2007 at 12:27 am
WiFi?? WHO CARES! That’s the LAST thing anyone is going to care about since you can get $7 unlimited data!! No ridiculous searching for wifi spots, being locked in one area, and draining the battery down.
And yes, the $7 plan (or at least the $15 Fun Bundle including unlimited data) is confirmed to be available on the Touch by multiple Bell reps.
This is an absolutely incredible deal, and hopefully will indeed spark some real change in Canada’s crazy data pricing!
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December 28th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Scam alert bell mobility unlimited download.
Don’t get the HTC Touch from Bell thinking you will have unlimited download for 7$.
You can only browse cheap bell mobility pages.
They will charge you up to 1000$/day if you navigate to Google and Hotmail pages with your cell phone.
Many have been scam and are in the process of having full refund.
Scam alerte
Ne prenez pas le HTC Touch pensant que vous aurez le transfère illimité pour 7$.
Vous pouvez seulement naviguer de pauvres pages Bell mobilité.
Bell vous facturera jusqu’à 1000$/jour si vous faite de la navigation Google et Hotmail avec votre cellulaire.
Plusieurs ont été arnaqués et sont maintenant en procédure de remboursement total.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Don’t listen to that guy mathieu. I got the Touch and the $7 unlimited plan. It is unlimited for data as long as you are using it on the Touch (The guy was using a different device, check other forums. He’s apparently some kid who was pissed because he used it to download movies from an unsupported device) and not using it as a modem for your laptop. It is true for all data.
The name is a little bit confused because it call Unlimited Mobile Browser. But it works for other application as well (POP/IMAP, streaming …. ). Warning though, some application run on Windows Mobile will use the connecting as a modem. This is when you might get into trouble. What you can do is try to use the application a little bit. Wait for a couple of days for it to show up on your Unbilled Usage on bell.ca and see if it is recognized as Mobile Browser. If it is, you can use it unlimited.
June 29th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Just a follow up. I’ve been using the Touch for many applications on this plan. I’ve been charge anything extra. I use: FlexMail, Google Map, Outlook mail, MS Push Exchange via mail2web, Opera Browser, …
I even run the Android port of Google on it and get data.