Isaiah's Tech

The Palm Pre still hasn't hit Canada, but the pre-orders are starting at select Bell retailers. Yesterday, I showed you the first proof that Bell is really accepting pre-orders and the employee at the store said that the launch was delayed until September 1st. Well, I don't really like to believe employees because a few of them have let me down before. Let's head over to Future Shop and see what they have to say. On their site it says that you can now order it in-store and that it will be available on August 27th! Hey Canadians! "Prepare to be amazed." It's just over three weeks away.

Update: According to Mobile Syrup, this is, apparently, confirmed. The Palm Pre will be available in Canada at Bell on August 27th. It will be retailing for $199.95 CAD on a 3-year contract and $599.95 contract-free "with a minimum 500MB data plan."

[Mobile Syrup]

At least now it's confirmed. The HTC Touch Pro 2 codenamed Rhodium will be headed to Sprint. We don't know when, but we've heard murmurs that it will be on September 3. This picture above on Sprint tells us that the HTC Rhodium is a "compatible phone". Excited?

According to DigiTimes, HTC could partner up with MediaTek to attract some consumers in the lower-end of the market. HTC is going to do this to try to keep some of their costs down. We don't know what this means for the consumers, but I'm just looking to get some more dirt on the HTC Leo / Firestone.

[Engadget Mobile, DigiTimes, WMPowerUser]