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…
Vodafone has revealed pricing for RIM’s first touch screen BlackBerry smartphone. The Storm itself will retail for €109.99 and plans range from €49.99 to €99.99. It appears that Vodafone will have the Storm 9500 ready some time next month… Check out Vodafone’s Storm pricing:
Under the Perfect Choice Access 100 plan, the Storm handset will retail for €109.99 and will cost €49.99 a month as part of a bundle that will include 100 minutes, 100 texts, 1GB of BlackBerry email, mobile TV and 10 full-track music downloads.
Under the Perfect Choice Access 200 plan, the Storm handset will retail for €64.99 and will cost €64.99 a month as part of a bundle that will include 200 minutes, 200 texts, 1GB of BlackBerry email, mobile TV and 10 full-track music downloads.
Under the Perfect Choice Access 400 plan, the Storm handset will retail for €69.99 and will cost €84.99 a month as part of a bundle that will include 400 minutes, 400 texts, 1GB of BlackBerry email, mobile TV and 10 full-track music downloads.
And under the Perfect Choice Access 600 plan, the Storm handset will retail for €49.99 and will cost €99.99 a month as part of a bundle that will include 600 minutes, 600 texts, 1GB of BlackBerry email, mobile TV and 10 full-track music downloads.
According to Vodafone, a number of free options for calls, texts and landline minutes will accompany the Perfect Choice Access 200, 400 and 600 price plans, whereby purchasers can choose between 100, 200 and 400 calls and texts or 100, 200 and 400 landline minutes respectively.
Additional call charges that will be applied to the pricing plans if users go beyond their package allocation will range between 18 cent and 30 cent, 11 cent per text message, €2 per megabyte of BlackBerry email and 2 cent per kilobyte of Vodafone Live.
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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…
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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
Vodafone held a presentation to show off their upcoming touch screen BlackBerry Storm. The video shows off all the spiffy things that OS 4.7 will bring… Warning once you watch this video your going to want a Storm even more!
Its hard to believe that we are still waiting for the official launch seeing as how so much on this device has leaked out… Anyways enjoy the video!!
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I just noticed someone on CB Forums posted images of the BlackBerry Storm 9500 in 360 degree views. Doesn’t this just make you want the BlackBerry Storm even more? Rumor has it that RIM, Verizon and Vodafone will be announcing the Storm in New York on October 9th.. Read More
Vodafone has launched their coming soon page with a pre-register to get notified when the Storm is released. Not only that but you can also register to win yourself a shinny new Storm 9500 from them. Although it doesn’t state it I would think this contest is open to residents of the U.K. only.
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.
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