Bell to release Self Serve app for webOS 20
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:54 pm EST 
Since launch day, every Palm Pre and Pixi on Sprint has come with a little app that launches into a custom Sprint portal with news and links to information about your account. It looks as if Bell is going to follow the same route, though their app will be of the optional App Catalog variety. As reported over at Mobile Syrup, Bell is releasing a “Self Serve” app that will do the same for owners of Palm Pre phones on Bell. Self Serve the app will give Bell customers one-click access to Self Serve the website, where users can manage their accounts and track minute, text, and data usage. webOS users won’t be the only ones getting in on the action, as Bell is also releasing the app for the BlackBerry Storm and Tour (through BlackBerry App World).
Thanks to mtsem for the tip!
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Thats nice. TCARE is really a pain sometimes...
This makes me wonder...
I wonder if they plan on coming out with an app that will let me pay my phone bill easily. Using Sprints website is somewhat of a pain to navigate.
That or at least a mobil friendly site so things are clearer for online bill paying.
If you click the Sprint App you can manage your account online. Click "Categories" view then click MyAcct, then click Registration. Then your on your way to easy mobile online bill paying.
That would be nice so I am able to modify my Fab 10 much more easily without the need of a computer.
yay. canada +1
It's the one called "Sprint" with the Sprint logo for an icon. ;)
Duhhhhhhh......... Itz been lik 8 months crack this baby open
Now, if Bell could only let you buy apps...
I hope that this actually lets me track my data usage. As of right now I get unlimited data, and the way that Bell shows this on my bill is all sorts of weird. Every amount of data shown on my detailed billing is capped at 0.0977 of "data volume". Added up these apparently amounted to just over 5 MB of data for the month of January. Even when I download large files it caps them at 0.0977 of data, so I actually have no idea how much data I'm burning through. I know that there's no way I can exceed my data, but it would be nice to know how much data I'm using so that if I go to another carrier, I'll know how much data my plan would require.
If your into homebrew then I believe the 'NetStat' app will log that info and let you see your usage.
still waiting for O2 to release there own App.. some times I wish palm went with another carrier instead of O2 they are so shit..
LOL, I was under the same impression. Good to know!
I never knew this either, sweet.
Why the hell O2 UK is not doing the same just baffles me. They have an app for the iPhone. How hard can it be port it over to the webOS?!
Where in the Sprint App do I see account info?
nvm, found it.
and in regards to my above post, this was EXACTLY what I meant..lol
This is good news. I was missing this, after using Windows Mobile previously.
I had actually contacted Bell a little while ago asking for either this, or a proper mobile version of their website. I'm not going to pretend this is solely in answer to my request, but it's certainly nice ;)
Ok so where can I find this app? I can't seem to find it in Bell's lame ass, watered down app catalog...It was supposed to be released on the 20th and today is the 21st. Bell is so app challenged they can't even get their own out there. Not impressed at all with Bell (or palm, whichever one is holding back apps for Canada)
I've been waiting for it too.. And to top it off I got an email from Palm about all the 3D games now available for my Pre. Grr..
It's Jan. 25th, I just called Bell Tech. Support and they've never heard of it. No app like this for Blackberry either.
I kept getting referred to the Self Serve on the bell.ca website.