Following the Olympics with Bell's Live TV and WOW app

Olympic action on the go with the Samsung Omnia II from BellText and photos by Gadjo C. Sevilla

Delivering on the promise of allowing access to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on select mobile devices Bell Mobility's network, its Live TV app offers direct access to live Olympic events  while the WOW (Wireless Olympic Works) app delivers  well as up-to-the-minute updates through Bell's HSPA network. Here's our review of the entire experience and what its going to cost you.

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It's On!- Where to follow the Vancouver Olympics online

Starting today, the Vancouver Winter Olympics will be all the buzz. Here are some of the places where you can keep tabs on the events and the medal count.

CTV 2010 Winter Olympics webpage: All the TV schedules, news and updates plus photos and videos. You have the option of downloading Bell's special browser.

NBC  and CNN have special pages for the Olympics

 follow http://twitter.com/Van2010games on Twitter for frequent updates. You can also follow a comprehensive list of specific Canadian athletes in their Twitter feeds here. You can also search using #vancouver and #olympics to get people's input on Twitter.

If you're on Bell Mobility and happen to have a Samsung Omnia II smartphone then download the WOW (Wireless Olympic Works) application that integrates all the latest news, weather, video and photos of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Prefer Facebook? No problem, you can go to http://www.facebook.com/olympics for the latest news.

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