News have arrived that Bell managers received a email last week stating that they would be launching the BlackBerry Storm 9530 shortly after Verizon does. Verizon is expected to launch their Storm on November 21st. The interesting part about the email is that Bell is saying “Bell & Telus will receive the device for sale at the same time.”

Bell requires all BlackBerry Storm quizzes to be cfompleted by December 5th. Therefore this could mean that the Storm will be available on both Canadian carriers around December 8th or so. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer…

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The Holiday Shopping season is now starting in full swing. The competitive pricing on BlackBerry smartphones is here. Both Bell and TELUS both now have their popular BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $0 with three year term and Rogers is offering their new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for only $24.99 with three year term as well.

Let’s take a quick peak into the deals between the big three and see who is winning.

Bell: Currently offering Pearl 8130 for $0 (in four colors) and Curve 8330 for $99 (two colors) with three year terms.

TELUS: Currently offering the same pricing as Bell. Free Pearl 8130 (choice of 5 colors) and $99 Curve 8330 (choice of 3 colors) with three year terms.

Rogers: Currently offering Pearl Flip for $24.99 (choice of two colors), Curve 8320 (one color) for $99, Bold 9000 for $199, Pearl 8110 or 8120 for $49, Curve 8310 (three colors) for $99 all with three year terms.

Virgin Mobile: Currently only offering the Pearl 8130 in one color for $0 with three year term. Should be offering the Curve 8330 sometime this month as well.

Then of course if you wait just a little bit you should be able to pick up a BlackBerry Storm 9530 from either Bell or TELUS for an unknown price..

After you pick up your new BlackBerry smartphone head on over to The BlackBerry Sync Store and get it setup with hot new accessories and software!

You may or may not have heard about Decal Girl. They offer unique vinyl skins for your BlackBerry and a matching wall paper to go with it. Anyways Bell and Decal Girl have teamed up to offer this unique skin and wallpaper combo for the BlackBerry Pearl, Curve or 8830 for free when your purchase a new Bell lackBerry.

Details at bell.decalgirl.com

Bell Canada’s own little budget brand Solo Mobile is getting set to launch their first BlackBerry smartphone. Solo will be launching the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 in white near the end of this month. Pricing is expected to land around $49 with three year term. Solo will offer similar data plans to both Bell and TELUS, however will also offer voice and data package combos.

More details should arrive closer to the end of the month.

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Details have arrived of what Bell’s Q4 is getting ready to look like for this Holiday Season. Let’s start off with the most important detail. Bell is launching their BlackBerry Storm 9530 on November 21st along with a ton of other non BlackBerry phones. Bell’s discount brand Solo Mobile will be launching the white BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for Christmas as well.

Bell will also offer $30 for unlimited on device data (without or without voice plan). Not only that but Bell will release several new features including Roll Over Minutes. All we can say is this makes us wonder what TELUS has in store for Christmas?

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Bell must have been feeling a little tired this morning and not up to announcing the Storm. They finally just put up their coming soon page found at bell.ca/storm. This is good news for anyone who didn’t feel like getting into bed with TELUS. No pricing or other detail have been announced at this time. We are hearing that Bell won’t launch the Storm until sometime in December. Stay tuned!

Head over to Bell.ca/storm for details >>

So the question this morning for Canadians is who will be launching the BlackBerry Storm 9530 first? Rumors over night claim Bell will have a 6 month exclusivity on it, however we don’t think that is true.

BlackBerryNews is reporting that they received a tip from a reliable source saying “Bell Mobility will be in fact releasing the Storm in mid Q4/early Q1. Also it will be exclusive for 6 months to the Bell system. So Telus will have to wait.”

After hearing of this we checked with several sources, which have helped us in the past with Telus’ launches. They claim that Bell has no exclusivity on the Storm and that Telus should be releasing it just in time for Christmas or shortly after Verizon. Furthermore they can’t confirm that Bell will even be getting the device at all.

Therefore we aren’t too sure what to report for now. Bell may have a new advertising campaign, but we can’t seem them getting an exclusive on such a hot product. Stay tuned for more details when they come in.

Looks like Bell will be launching three new additions to their BlackBerry lineup. They will add two new colors of the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 (White and Titanium) and a Red BlackBerry Curve 8330. The Pearl and Curve should be available around August 8th in stores and online. Pricing is expected to be around the same (Pearl $0 with three year contract and Curve $149.95 with three year contract). Stay tuned for more details when they arrive…

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Bell Mobility has just released a $30/month "Unlimited Data" plan. Following the competition (aka TELUS) this data package provides Unlimited web browsing (on device), email, instant messaging (including Windows Live) as well application usage such as Facebook and Google maps. In order to take part of this $30 data plan you are require to have a minimum $30 voice plan. 

Bell has jumped on the Curve wagon and is second in Canada to launch the Blackberry Curve 8330. Their Curve packs everything the same 2.0 megapixel camera, GPS, full QWERTY keyboard, microSD memory card slot and it's silver liquid in color, not Black? The price is $249.95 with three year contract or $549.95 without contract. This brings the price exactly the same as Telus.

Check the Bell website for details.