{"id":221022,"date":"2010-01-24T04:58:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T09:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/24\/bells-palm-pre-now-free-in-exchange-for-three-years-of-your-life\/"},"modified":"2010-01-24T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T09:58:59","slug":"bell%e2%80%99s-palm-pre-now-free-%e2%80%94-in-exchange-for-three-years-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/221022","title":{"rendered":"Bell\u2019s Palm Pre now free \u2014 in exchange for three years of your life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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<\/a> — the answer is right around five months, apparently. Following its August release<\/a> and a couple of mid-course<\/a> pricing corrections<\/a>, 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<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

Bell’s Palm Pre now free — in exchange for three years of your life<\/a> originally appeared on Engadget<\/a> on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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