Some more cool ‘Olympic’ flavored news for you this morning. With the games almost here, Bell has announced some new ‘2010 Winter Games’ plans. The plans are of course named appropriately, with Bronze, Silver and Gold options available.

The Bronze plan is $30 per month and gives you 100 minutes, unlimited nights & weekends (6PM – 7AM), unlimited 2010 Winter Games content and unlimited mobile browsing.

The Silver plan is $40 per month, and gives you 150 minutes, unlimited nights & weekends, unlimited 2010 Winter Games content, unlimited mobile browsing and 250 text messages.

The Gold plan will run you $55 per month, and you get 200 minutes, unlimited nights & weekends, unlimited 2010 Winter Games content, 500MB of data and 2500 text messages.

These simple plans offer a great way to load up all the Olympic action you can handle on your Bell device. Not surprising, when you consider Bell is a major sponsor for the games.

[Via: MobileSyrup]

It’s always good when price drops occur, for two reasons. First, you get the device you’ve been looking for at a lower price. Second, price drops like the one I’m about to tell you about are usually a sign of new models on the not-so-distant horizon… the carrier wants to clean out the old stock for something new.

Over the weekend Bell went a little crazy with the ol’ pricing gun. Here’s what happened:

• Palm Pre now available for free on a 3-year term
• BlackBerry Storm 9530 available for free on a 3-year term
• BlackBerry Bold 9700 now $50 off ($149.95 on a 3-year term)

How you like them apples? Solid for sure. If you don’t believe me hit up the links I’ve included above to check out for yourself. In typical Canadian fashion, the price breaks require a long and tenuous 3-year contract… That’s just how she goes north of the border.

Kudos to Bell for these recent discounts. Kind of makes me wonder what is coming to Bell next?… Hmmmmmmm.

More Bell news to tell you about today. Not only are they launching the Self Serve App, but a new OS has recently trickled out the front door as well. BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm 9530 users can now get their hands on an official release, namely OS 5.0.0.419. To get started, you can hit the link below to begin your download… But as always, be sure to take all necessary precautions before you proceed.

Download OS 5.0.0.419 for the Storm 9530 via Bell >

Happy OS Updating!

[Via: CB]

This is kind of interesting. I love it when carriers offer additional services to customers, especially when it comes to account management. Not only is it good for the customer, but the provider saves money in the long run too… Let the customer do all the work at his or her own convenience, and everyone wins!

To that end, Bell will apparently push out a new app tomorrow (Jan. 20th) called ‘Self Serve’. The app will be available for the BlackBerry Storm 9530, Tour 9630, and Palm Pre only, via App World and the App Catalog. When opened, ‘Self Serve’ gives customers the ability to check account balances, monitor usage (voice, data, text), and even register for pre-authorized credit card payments.

Groovy. Any Bell customers on the Storm, Tour or Pre looking forward to this? Or could you care less?

Note: I’m hoping Bell will extend the reach of this app to other devices (*cough* iPhone) in the near future. Surely they will?

An anonymous tipster over at MobileSyrup has let it be known that starting TODAY, Bell will offer a $50 in-store BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) accessories credit for anyone signing up to a new 3-year contract. Before you get in any way excited, the offer is only good on the Curve 8330, Pearl Flip 8230, Pearl 8130 and Storm 9530.

Of course, lets be honest, $50 won’t by you THAT much in the way of accessories, but it’s better than a kick in the head. This promo will run through January 31st, so if you were contemplating one of the BlackBerry devices listed above, might as well pick up your in-store credit too.

Just a quick pricing update here for ya, especially for the Canadians on Bell. Big Blue has dropped the price on the Android-powered (1.5) Samsung Galaxy… Down to $49.95 (from $99.95) on a 3-year term. Other pricing options include 2-years for $299.95, 1-year for $399.95, and contract-free for $449.95. As a bonus, if you pick one up via Bell, they’ll throw in a free Vancouver 2010 decal. Ooooh, my!

The Bell Samsung Galaxy is of course jam-packed full of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Apps like Gmail, Maps, Talk, Search and more.. and also features a 3.2″ AMOLED touchscreen display, 5.0MP camera with flash and video, MP3 player, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 8GB of internal memory (expandable to 32GB via microSDHC), voice recorder and much more.

For more, head on over to Bell.

As expected, the stylish, simple, inexpensive BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Curve 8530 has found its way to Bell Mobility. Scoff as you will at a 2 megapixel camera and 320 x 240 display, the fact that you can get GPS, 3G, Wi-Fi, a trackpad and spanking new OS for fifty bucks is a steal. It’s a definite step up from the 8520, if you’ve got a choice between the two. You can nab the BlackBerry 8530 through Bell’s online store for $49.95 on a three-year contract, with similar deals already available on Sprint and Verizon.

[via BlackBerry Sync]

Good news, everyone! Visual voicemail on BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM), a feature heretofore unseen north of the border, is now available to Bell Mobility customers. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, it allows you to cruise through your voicemail messages in a list, complete with dates and caller IDs, and listen to them on-demand, rather than having to chew through a call-in service with dialtone commands. AT&T (NYSE: T) has been offering VVM on the Bold 9000 since the summer, but Bell’s rollout will span a considerably wider range of devices: the Bold 9700, Tour 9630, Curve 8330, Pearl 8130, World Edition 8830, and whatever else they release in the future.

The catch? Bell is dinging you $8/month for the privilege. Man, for that much, you might as well get SpinVox or PhoneTag and get the added bonus of transcription, especially considering AT&T is giving it out for free. Still, if you’re interested, go to bell.ca/visualvoicemail for more info.

[via CNW]

With holiday shopping reaching a crescendo, Bell and Best Buy Canada are apparently ’sweetening the pot’ with some more gift card action. Head into any Best Buy location in Canada, pick up a Bell device on a new 3-year term (sarcastic YAY!) and you’ll get a $75 Best Buy gift card for your troubles. If you don’t mind being locked into a 3-year term the card is all yours. Thankfully this offer is in addition to any existing promos that may be going on, so you could theoretically come away with more than a few goodies with this offer. There’s no rush to take advantage of this one… In fact, you may want to wait until Boxing Day (if you’re into that mad kind of shopping), as this offer is said to end January 3rd.

[Via: MobileSyrup]

For Canadian mobile goers, WirelessWave has been the place to go if you’ve wanted to save a few bucks on the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre. First they discounted it to $99.95, this it was $49.95, and then they dropped it (not so long ago) to a ridiculous $24.95. Now, they’ve dropped the price again, and me thinks this one is going to be just a little hard to beat. How does FREE sound to you? Pretty darn good doesn’t it? That’s exactly the price you’ll pay to pick up a Pre at WirelessWave, on a new 3-year contract at Bell. Sure, getting locked into a 3-year deal does kind of suck, but if you were contemplating a new Pre for yourself or that special someone… You might as well pick it up for free and then settle into that monthly voice/data bill for the next 3 years

For all the details, hit up WirelessWave.

Note: In case you were wondering, Bell still lists the Pre at $99.95 on a 3-year term.

[Via: MobileSyrup]