[IllmasterMathematics]

New BlackBerry devices said to be arriving at Bell before the end of August | CrackBerry.com

Looks like there may be some truth to those rumors of a release in the 12-19th of August. There's no mention of mobile hotspot or even wifi on the 9900, so hopefully that will get sorted out soon. Also- here's hoping for a reasonable price. I'm thinking... $199 on a 3-year contract?

*FINGERS CROSSED*!!!!!1!!!!!11!!

[JUSTQUAN2]

Yea, read that myself. Hoping for that CDMA version at the same time.

[DeeDudnath]

it says late august. Lol but who knows it might come out earlier!

[_StephenBB81]

New BlackBerry devices said to be arriving at Bell before the end of August | CrackBerry.com

Looks like there may be some truth to those rumors of a release in the 12-19th of August. There's no mention of mobile hotspot or even wifi on the 9900, so hopefully that will get sorted out soon. Also- here's hoping for a reasonable price. I'm thinking... $199 on a 3-year contract?

*FINGERS CROSSED*!!!!!1!!!!!11!!

I think $199 is a pretty fair guess

HTC Sensation 4G is $149.95 on 3 Year contract
iPhone 4 16GB is $159.95 32GB is $269.95 on 3 Year contracts

And Rogers Wireless is all in the same price points as Bell so it is to be expected they'll do $199 as a bit of a Premium over Android devices do to the greater popularity of Blackberry in Canada over Android.

[wirelessgal]

I read this earlier on too. Waiting for Rogers to make their announcment. Come on Rogers! If I can't keep my current price plan by doing an upgrade, then I'm buying the 9900 outright. I don't want to be locked in for another 3 years if they refuse to let me keep my current plan.

[Masahiro]

Rogers better not delay it like they did with the Torch. They also better not release it and then jack up the price (it was $50 more expensive than the Bell torch)...

[IllmasterMathematics]

I read this earlier on too. Waiting for Rogers to make their announcment. Come on Rogers! If I can't keep my current price plan by doing an upgrade, then I'm buying the 9900 outright. I don't want to be locked in for another 3 years if they refuse to let me keep my current plan.

Is your plan that sweet? I thought I was getting a pretty good deal at $65 tax-in.

200 minutes
200 Canadian long distance minutes
Evenings and weekends at 6PM
Unlimited text, picture and video messaging
Call display, voicemail, etc.
6GB with tethering

[_StephenBB81]

Is your plan that sweet? I thought I was getting a pretty good deal at $65 tax-in.

200 minutes
200 Canadian long distance minutes
Evenings and weekends at 6PM
Unlimited text, picture and video messaging
Call display, voicemail, etc.
6GB with tethering

my Rogers plan is

Unlimited Anytime North American Longdistance minutes originating in Canada
Unlimited text, Picture & Video messaging
Call Display, voicemail etc.
6GB Canadian Data W/Tethering
$1/MB US Data
$98.85 taxes in.
it's a very attractive plan

[IllmasterMathematics]

my Rogers plan is

Unlimited Anytime North American Longdistance minutes originating in Canada
Unlimited text, Picture & Video messaging
Call Display, voicemail etc.
6GB Canadian Data W/Tethering
$1/MB US Data
$98.85 taxes in.
it's a very attractive plan

Very nice. It's my understanding that Bell is not the most accomodating carrier when it comes to renegotiating contract renewals (read: Retentions). I was seriously considering a switch to Wind or Mobilicity for the unlimited North American calling, but ultimately decided to let them call me and get a subsidized device instead. Hopefully Bell will offer something like that when it's time to renew in a few years.

[RetroAndreas]

My Bell Plan
650 anytime minutes
unlimited incoming minutes
after 6pm and weekends unlimited anytime minutes
message centre/call display/call forwarding/conference calling
unlimited text&mms&video messaging
unlimited browsing (explained to me as all data included except tethering)
About 99 taxes in.

[wirelessgal]

Is your plan that sweet? I thought I was getting a pretty good deal at $65 tax-in.

200 minutes
200 Canadian long distance minutes
Evenings and weekends at 6PM
Unlimited text, picture and video messaging
Call display, voicemail, etc.
6GB with tethering

My Rogers plan is:

2 line Family plan

700 shared/pooled minutes, (unlimited minutes with the 2 lines)
Evenings and weekends at 6pm
Enhanced voicemail, 125 sent sms (unlimited sms with the 2 lines), call display with name display
6gb with tethering
My 5 per line, so that's a total of 10.
About $70 taxes in.

[wu-wei]

For those wondering about hotspot capability, the latest leaked OS for the 9900 includes files that appear to address WLAN HotSpot options.

Like most Really Good Things, it will likely depend on carrier approval/service books.