Tag: "Thunder"

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BlackBerry Storm heading to UK – Late October

By James on Sep 22, 2008 in BlackBerry, International Networks, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.
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News of the BlackBerry Storm RIM’s first touch screen smartphone is everywhere. Today (unconfirmed) news that Vodafone will be the exclusive carrier for RIM’s Storm. Another interesting tidbit is that RIM will be ditching the Thunder name as we previously talked about and running with a global name of “Storm”.

The BlackBerry Storm is expected to be available from Vodafone late October. No official word from Vodafone has been released yet.

Read more on the BlackBerry Storm >>

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Globe & Mail thinks RIM will release a sliding Storm

By James on Sep 20, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

Where should I start with this article posted today by the Globe and Mail…

The article published in Today’s paper talks about RIM’s new Pearl Flip as a game changer for the North American market. Then they started talking about RIM’s upcoming first touch screen BlackBerry. According to the Globe and Mail RIM will release the BlackBerry Thunder and also a “a second device which features both a touch-screen interface as well as a slide-out QWERTY keypad [...] known as Storm” anyone else think thats weird? We do know that RIM filed a patent a long time ago for a slide-out keyboard, however the Storm will NOT be this device. Read More

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BlackBerry Storm makes landfall on VZW website

By James on Sep 16, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

YES! It’s finally online. After a very long wait (well not really..) Verizon has put the BlackBerry Storm 9530 coming soon page online. You can register to be notified when the Storm is available for purchase. Unfortunately no pricing or launch dates are listed on the page. Let’s all still pray for a November 1st launch. We’re also still waiting for official news from RIM about the device as well.

UPDATE: It looks like Verizon has taken down the page. Maybe RIM wants Verizon to wait until they officially announce it? Stay tuned for updates.

UPDATE 2: Here is a higher quaility version of the internal video released by Verizon. See it here.

Head on over to VerizonWireless.com/Storm for more details >>

Read more about the BlackBerry Storm >>

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VZW BlackBerry Storm 9530 Internal Video!

By James on Sep 15, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

So as you may or may not know VZW show their employees today a sneak preview of the BlackBerry Storm. The Storm has been named by Verizon to “Take the World by Storm” and will be RIM’s first ever touch screen smartphone. The good folks over at CrackBerry managed to score the actual internal video that VZW employees saw. The sound quailty is a little poor but check it out:

UPDATE: Here is a copy of VZW’s Minute with Mike video in higher quality.

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Key Features of the BlackBerry Storm 9530 World Edition include:

- World Edition meaning it will be CDMA/GSM for Worldwide use in over 195 desinations
- One of the highest resolution displays on the market to date
- Amazing Haptic Technology for its touch screen (read more)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A high speed data
- 3.2 megapixel camera
- 1GB internal memory and is expandable with MicroSD
- and of course its BlackBerry powered! :-)

Internal Document of Talking Points for BlackBerry Storm:

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Verizon announcing BlackBerry Storm on Monday?

By James on Sep 13, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

Interesting news is floating around about an internal email going around Verizon’s office. Apparently Verizon has some exciting news to share with us on Monday. A big finger print is also on the side of the image, which might point to a touch screen device. We can only hope that Verizon and RIM will be announcing the BlackBerry Storm (aka Thunder) 9530 World Edition on Monday.

If this is true (which we hope it is!) we don’t get why RIM or Verizon didn’t make an announcement at CTIA Fall 08′. Anyways stay tuned!

Read more about the BlackBerry Thunder/Storm Touch Screen smartphone >>

[Source: HowardForums]

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BlackBerry Thunder/Storm gets caught on video!!

By James on Sep 10, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, Videos.

That’s right! It finally happend! The BlackBerry Thunder/Storm got caught on video by some guy called “BrewNinja” (look out Boy Genius! kidding). Anyways we finally get to see the touch screen in action along with the home screen icons. The device is very interesting looking and the guy goes on the say that he doesn’t like it but the keyboard is good. Check out the video (you need to scroll through it a little bit as the guy shows three devices: HTC Coke, LG Lotus and then The Thunder):

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Anyways I’m sure RIM has some improving to do on the unit before its officially released but at least we got to see it!

Edit: Looks like the original video was taken down… Here is another one found on Youtube.

Big thanks to Kevin @ CrackBerry for posting this.

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Telus BlackBerry Storm/Thunder 9530 confirmed…

By James on Aug 30, 2008 in BlackBerry, Breaking News, Canada, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, Telus, Un-Released models.
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We have confirmed with two sources that Telus will be launching RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry later this year, however details are still a little sketchy. You may have already heard that Verizon is launching the Storm and Vodafone plus maybe Rogers as well. Well after we didn’t hear about Telus we started digging. Two close sources (who both confirmed Telus launching the Pearl 8130 last year) confirmed Telus will launch the 9530 before or around Christmas this year. Now at this time we don’t have any pricing or official dates but stay tuned!

Keep in Sync with all BlackBerry Thunder/Storm realted news >>

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BlackBerry Storm/Thunder gets boxed for Verizon

By James on Aug 27, 2008 in BlackBerry, Breaking News, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, Un-Released models.
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Finally some more details on the highly anticipated BlackBerry Thunder or Storm 9530. As you may or may not know this will be RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry smartphone. Anyways it seems that Verizon will be using the BlackBerry Storm name and not Thunder as we saw before. This puppy will be packing a 8GB microSD card in box, 3.5mm headphone jack, Sim card slot for international roaming and NO Wi-Fi (sorry folks!).

Boy Genius seems to think that RIM will go with BlackBerry Storm for Verizon and other carriers such as Vodafone and Rogers may see it branded as the Thunder. So maybe we will see several models (9500, 9530, etc.). He also notes he thinks the Storm/Thunder is still on track for launch later this year…

[Engadget via BGR]

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Drool some more over the BlackBerry Thunder “Touch Screen BlackBerry”

By James on Jul 22, 2008 in BlackBerry, Breaking News, Exclusives, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series.
BlackBerry Thunder Camera
BlackBerry Thunder’s camera in Landscape mode

The weeks starting off a little quiet in BlackBerry news, but we will make you drool some more. Just in case you aren’t drooling enough over the rumored BlackBerry Thunder. We’ve got a hold of a few more OS shots for you to enjoy. I know these aren’t as good as live shots but hey at least you get to see what OS 4.7 will offer for multimedia. Meanwhile you can check out other BlackBerry Thunder topics or click read more to see the rest of the shots. Read More

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BlackBerry Bold in September and Thunder mid-October?

By James on Jul 16, 2008 in BlackBerry, Bold 9000 Series, Breaking News, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Un-Released models, Verizon.

More news is trickling down about the BlackBerry Bold and Thunder. Rumor has it the BlackBerry Bold might be running late on some networks. BGR heard from two sources that the Bold may be pushed back until September due to a few small software issues with roaming and seraching, etc. Next up is the highly anticipated BlackBerry Thunder for Verizon. RIM might be starting a huge marketing push for the Thunder come September with an official launch around mid-October. So let's hope they get a move on with both devices!! 

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