The Boy Genius has got his hands on a slide from Verizon Wireless. It shows that the BlackBerry Storm 9530 will start launching November 20th for high-value clients then followed by availability for the general public on November 24th. Storm’s will be available in 123 Coporate Verizon stores with apparently a ton on hand.
Pricing still hasn’t been announced, however its expected to be around $199 with two year contract.
Verizon has a test site known as “testman” which previews different parts of the website before its officially updated online. Well if you take a peak over at the site it seems that they have put the BlackBerry Storm on the site and have all the pricing ready.
Here is a breakdown of what the prices are currently showing on the VZW site. One thing we should note is that even though it says BlackBerry 9530 World Edition at the top the description does talk about the 8830 World Edition and if you look at the pricing for the 8830 its exactly the same.
$219.99 with two year contract
$289.99 with one year contract
$519.99 with no contract / month to month
So this is looking good for a release very very soon. Stay tuned for an official announcement from Big Red aka Verizon soon.
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Looks like Verizon’s hosting a private sale of the BlackBerry Storm for select customers on November 17th until 21st. Details have been sent to a select amount of customers to pick up the all new Storm for an undisclosed price. We can’t see the release being too far behind for the general public! We want in Verizon. We want in!
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RIM has just released a interactive guide called “BlackBerry 101” for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. This guide explains how to use the Storm’s basic features such as calling, messaging, etc. Plus it shows off a little more advanced features such as using the Desktop software to switch devices. Its a pretty handy little guide so check it out!
Another Verizon BlackBerry Storm commercial has arrived. This time one with great simulated screen images to make it look even more amazing. I’m sorry to everyone who getting really sick of all this BlackBerry Storm news but its going to keep on coming :)
Great news for those in the UK. Vodafone will be launching the BlackBerry Storm on November 14th! The good news is several UK sites have posted Storm video views (see here). Now if we could any get an official release date for Verizon, TELUS and Bell…
“We know customers are excited about the Storm and the early pre-orders really emphasise this. We continue to take orders and are excited that customers are responding so enthusiastically,” commented Ian Shepherd, consumer director, Vodafone UK. “Our customers told us that they wanted a single phone that would give them the most secure, reliable email and messaging experience possible combined with all the desirable smartphone features, and at a price that’s affordable. The BlackBerry Storm has delivered all of this and more and will give our customers incredible power in their hands to make the most of now.”
Verizon Wireless has announced their new GlobalEmail plans for the BlackBerry Storm. These new plans give you unlimited email, web browsing, MMS and visual voicemail anywhere in the USA and in 150 countries around the World. Plans start at $69.99 a month, unless you have a voice plan then you get a $5 discount. Unfortunantly no release date or pricing was announced… Rumor has it though the retail price will be around $499 with no contract.
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T3 first posted an unboxing of the Vodafone branded BlackBerry Storm 9500, and now its time for the full on video review. They really liked the Storm and had time to show off Vodafone’s App Center and exactly how the Surepress display works. Their headline “Storm blows T3 away”.
Next up Stuff.tv known for their popular Stuff electronics magazine in the UK has also got then their hands on a Vodafone Storm. You can check out their full video review as well and see what you think.
Another video has arrived. This time from Megawhat:
Hopefully by now you aren’t getting sick of all the Storm news. Personally I just want to get my hands on one.
If your not using Viigo you don’t know what you missing! Viigo has been a long time favorite application for me and now we get to see a preview of what Viigo will look like on RIM’s new touchscreen BlackBerry Storm. This is the first third party application we have seen for the Storm as of now and it looks sweet! I can’t wait to get my hands on a Storm and this app!!
Here is a small preview of a Vodafone branded BlackBerry Storm 9500 getting unboxed! This model is still a prototype sent from RIM (note the prototype sticker on the back). You can see all the shots at T3.com where they say “Fresh from Waterloo, Canada”. Here is a few of the unboxing pics…
