With the forthcoming Beijing Olympics, Bell, the sole Telecommunications partner of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have announced the availability of the Samsung m530 Canadian Olympic Team phone. Live Coverage of the imminent 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, China in August 8-24 can be viewed using the Samsung m530 Olympic phone.
Loring Phinney, Vice President, Olympic and Corporate Marketing for Bell commented, “This phone delivers the ultimate sports and entertainment experience for Canadian Olympic fans. The exclusive content and interactive functions of this one-of-a kind, limited edition Canadian Olympic Team branded phone will enable fans to connect to athletes any time and anywhere”. Inevitably, the limited edition phone is a sure blessing for all the Olympic crazy Canadians keeping them well updated and informed on the happenings of the Olympics and enabling them to manifest their support to get a true feeling of the Beijing Olympics.
The external case bears the Canadian Olympic Team logo as also Olympic wallpaper. Bell has also made available the screensavers of the contending countries’ flags along with the ring tones of their national anthem. Ideal to keep a tab on the highlights and video clips of the Olympics, you can also access Canada’s medal standings, vote for best Bell Olympic Moments on CBC and watch exclusive interviews of athletes. The additional features of the Samsung m530 include 50MB of internal memory and MicroSD card support for up to 4GB, a built in 1.3 megapixel camera, a speakerphone and Bluetooth 1.1 with A2DP. Pre-loaded on the phone are the Demos of Sega Mobile’s Sonic at the Olympic Games and Beijing 2008, two graphic rich mobile games with one–thumb controls and great audio quality. The custom built user interface permits users to create shortcuts to preferred services and applications. On offer are services like picture and video messaging, GPS Nav turn-by-turn navigation, Windows Live Hotmail and Messenger, Sirius Satellite Radio and Full Track Music.
Available in white, the Samsungm530 comes in different price options. For a three year contract with Bell the price is $49.95, a two year agreement comes for $124.95 whereas for a one year agreement you would have to cough up $249.95. Those looking for a contract free prepaid phone will have to pay $299.95.