After waiting for Fogellus to release the Dell Venue Pro, it doesn't look like it will be coming after all the rumours and shit. However, if you have a friend in the US and or a shipping address in the US, here's the next best thing. The Dell US Ebay store is currently *still* selling an Unlock Dell Venue Pro - 16GB storage version for a really good price of $299 US (that's under $299) Canadian. State taxes are of course required and HST/GST/PST when you bring it back across the border. Yes, the Dell EBay site only ships to US addresses.
Linky here
Both the AT&T and the T-Mobile versions are available for the same price unlocked.
If you are on Rogers, Bell, Telus, Fido, you will need the AT&T version
If you are on Mobilicity, WindMobile, you will need the T-Mobile version (1700Mhz 3G band)
Before you go crazy and order this, note that the Generation 2 "Mango" devices are coming in September to wage battle against iPhone 5. Still a great price for a good WP7 phone with a slide out vertical keyboard.
Source: Ebay
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Canadian users are unable to purchase, period... Even if you attempt to ship to a US Address, PayPal fails as Dell does not accept payment from non-US Accounts.
Sad but true...
You need to have a VERY good friend in the US to purchase one of these...
New listing is at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Venue-Pro-Windows-7-Unlocked-Smartphone-/220836574275
ReplyDeleteP.S. Love the blog, keep up the good work!
Thanks for the update and your comments! I'll start writing more as Mango is officially released to the public. I have the developer's build and it's pretty awesome but I am just going to blog about the real end user release version and see how it goes.. can't wait!
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