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Iphones here in Mexico are ridiculously expensive (both the device, and the monthly rates).

Oh, and the "unlimited" internet, is in fact around 3Gb... if you exceed that, you get capped.

Now Telcel with both the iPhone and the Pre... that's a killer deal... I'm sorry for the other carriers around. Oh yeah, and Telcel has most of Nokia's lineup.

So if you fancy a nice phone (and are not afraid to be mugged for it), yeah... get move over here.]]>Oct 8th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/



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Huevos!]]>Oct 8th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
As soon as i said that, my palm pre shot up throught the roof, presumeably because it had more huevos than all the devices from Cupertino, and in a wave of total awsomeness managed to destroy the thosand ninjas surronding the house. Afterwards, because it was so damn manly, managed to do what any huevos- loaded device would do- practice the art of karate-death-stare-down with Chuck Norris- for a thousand years.]]>Oct 8th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
I was about to ditch my money on a soon to be released by Telcel Nokia N97... But now I'd better wait for the Pré... At least it will calm my gadget appetite until Nokia releases a 850,1900,2100 N900 that is... :)]]>Oct 8th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
It holds more than 70% market share in mexico, although in Latin America Movistar is Telefonica and as far as i know it holds most of the market as far as i know.]]>Oct 8th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
]]>Oct 8th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/ cool it seems that all the contact info is no longer stored on the phone nor the sim card....it sends all the info to " the clouds"

On video 2:

He pretty much does a mini review, and he says that the keyboard is quite hard to press specially with big fingers (like his)
The "software" still on the beta stages but is quite fast and the phone responds really fast.

I need to mention that "Telcel" is more like Sprint on the US]]>Oct 8th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
Of course, a lot of people already have it working under Iusacell (CDMA carrier obviously) which is a much better carrier for data based phones... oh well.

Wonder how much it will go for on contract.]]>Oct 8th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
I think the price would be more or less the same as the iPhone, the 16GB iPhone 3Gs with the cheapest unlimited data plan is around USD$450 including taxes so I expect more or less the same for the Palm Pre. ]]>Oct 8th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
So yeah, I'm done with Telcel and their bulls*hit.]]>Oct 8th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
$450 pesos gets you the same data plan (3g up to 3gb then EDGE) it's not bad at all when you compare it to the US/Canada, it's actually a bargain.

A $500 peso prepaid card gets you $1000, you can use the remaining $550 for calls&sms.]]>Oct 8th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/2. Fair use policy is actually pretty good since in other countries (such as the USA) they limit everything you can do with their data services, ie. only for web browsing, texting, no voip no tethering no skype no streaming no radio applications etc then they cut you off or send you nasty letters etc etc etc plus their data plans are 30 dollars at the cheapest, not to mention completely inexistent in pay-as-you-go
3. It really is unlimited, unlimited does not mean it's unlimited at 3g speeds for the length of the period, but that it doesn't have overcharges for use. In Movistar for example they charge hundreds or thousands of pesos if you exceed your bandwidth limit by a few MEGABYTES. That's limited.

4. Grow up]]>Oct 8th 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
1) TELCEL in Mexico pretty much copied Sprint's NOW Network commercial: http://vidly.com/aefs

2) Probably irrelevant but there's been a twitter account for quite a few months named @PalmPreTelcel: http://twitter.com/PalmPreTelcel]]>Oct 8th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.matuk.com/2009/10/07/palm-pre-en-exclusiva/]]>Oct 8th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/
"Ooops, parece que hicimos algo antes de tiempo. Esperamos hayan podido ver los videos que presentamos de la nueva Palm, pero resulta que todavía no se tenía la autorización para ser mostrado… dentro de poco regresaremos con toda la información, precios detalles y mucho, mucho más."

"Looks like we jumped the gun on something. We hope you were able to see the videos we posted with the new Palm, but it turns out that there's no authorization to show it yet. We will soon come back with all the information, pricing, details and much much more"]]>Oct 8th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/gsm-palm-pre-to-launch-on-telcel-in-mexico-feature-storage-expa/Oct 8th 2009 7:38PM