Verizon and RIM took out a huge advertisement in the Wall Street Journal today. The ad is a full page showing the BlackBerry Storm as coming soon exclusively from Verizon Wireless. Unfortunately that’s all it says. No release dates, Nothing. According to Boy Genius stay tuned for many more Storm ads like this in the upcoming times..
[Via BGR]
Another Vodafone BlackBerry Storm 9500 video has hit the internet. This time a three minute video on all of the Storm’s features. You really get to see how the web browsing works, the menus, GPS and Vodafone’s music store. Check it out and I’m sure you’ll be drooling just a bit more…
[Via BBNews]
By now i’m sure most of you are sick of BlackBerry Storm news but this one had to be posted. RIM has just launched their BlackBerry Storm 9530 simulator. The simulator doesn’t look real pretty but it sure gets it post across. With this software you get a feeling of how to use RIM’s new OS 4.7 and features, the only thing you won’t really get to test out of the Clickthrough touch screen function. So if you have a PC (no mac support) head on over to the site and give it a try!
Bell must have been feeling a little tired this morning and not up to announcing the Storm. They finally just put up their coming soon page found at bell.ca/storm. This is good news for anyone who didn’t feel like getting into bed with TELUS. No pricing or other detail have been announced at this time. We are hearing that Bell won’t launch the Storm until sometime in December. Stay tuned!
Three major sites were able to take the BlackBerry Storm for a test drive before the official launch. Engadget, Gizmodo and PhoneScoop all tested it out and snapped lots of pictures and wrote extensive reviews. Here is some of what they had to say about this new sexy device… Read More
More great Storm news today is that TELUS Mobility in Canada will be launching the Storm 9530 World Edition. No solid release date was announced, however most likely it will be available for mid-November. This CDMA Rev. A EVDO smartphone will feature Quadband GSM for World roaming, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, expandable microSD up to 16GB and of course its the first click smartphone to be on the market. Rumor also has it for all your Bell fans that TELUS may not have the exclusive launch on this baby… Stay tuned.
Good Morning everyone! Today’s a great day in RIM history because today Research In Motion has announced their first touch screen BlackBerry smartphone, the Storm. It’s confirmed for Vodafone and Verizon sometime next month.
The Storm will come in two models, the 9500 for European carriers such as Vodafone. The 9500 brings UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM. The 9530 is designed for North American markets such as Verizon and brings EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA technology – and (2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA. Check out RIM’s press release after the jump…
Vodafone has launched an interactive guide for the BlackBerry Storm 9500. One thing I noticed which I haven’t seen before is RIM is calling their Haptic feedback technology ClickThrough and also the Storm will support up to 16GB microSD memory cards (not 8GB!). Read More
The Storm is getting so close we can almost feel it. Here are three BlackBerry Storm videos two of which are for Verizon Wireless and the other is for Vodafone. Canadians aren’t feeling the love just yet :-( Click on over to check these all out. I must warn you these will cause you to fall in love a little more… Read More
Continuing Boy Genius’ BlackBerry Storm leaks today he has posted a complete user guide for the Storm. The guide will show you small details that you may have missed yesterday with the internal documents. This guide also shows you how to use OS 4.7’s touch interface and features.
As I am posting this it seems BG’s server is up and down because we can’t access his site. We have posted most of the pages here but stay tuned and keep checking his site for more.
