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January 24th, 2010, 09:05
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How long does it take for a smartphone to go from two hundred bucks on contract all the way down to a big, fat goose egg? If you're Bell -- and the phone is the Palm Pre (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PalmPre/) -- the answer is right around five months, apparently. Following its August release (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/video-palm-pre-jumps-the-border-now-on-bell/) and a couple of mid-course (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/bell-drops-pre-by-50-now-down-to-149-95/) pricing corrections (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/palm-pre-price-keeps-sinking-on-bell-down-to-100/), Bell's now making Palm's first webOS-based device available for free just as long as you're willing to commit to three years at a minimum spend of CAD $50 (about $47) a month. The move likely comes on the announcement of the Pre Plus (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PrePlus/), perhaps as a preemptive strike against any of its competitors planning on carrying it -- and if we were Sprint right now, we'd be paying very, very close attention to these guys.Bell's Palm Pre now free -- in exchange for three years of your life (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/bells-palm-pre-now-free-in-exchange-for-three-years-of-your/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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How long does it take for a smartphone to go from two hundred bucks on contract all the way down to a big, fat goose egg? If you're Bell -- and the phone is the Palm Pre (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PalmPre/) -- the answer is right around five months, apparently. Following its August release (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/video-palm-pre-jumps-the-border-now-on-bell/) and a couple of mid-course (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/bell-drops-pre-by-50-now-down-to-149-95/) pricing corrections (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/palm-pre-price-keeps-sinking-on-bell-down-to-100/), Bell's now making Palm's first webOS-based device available for free just as long as you're willing to commit to three years at a minimum spend of CAD $50 (about $47) a month. The move likely comes on the announcement of the Pre Plus (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PrePlus/), perhaps as a preemptive strike against any of its competitors planning on carrying it -- and if we were Sprint right now, we'd be paying very, very close attention to these guys.Bell's Palm Pre now free -- in exchange for three years of your life (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/bells-palm-pre-now-free-in-exchange-for-three-years-of-your/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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