It's only another day or so until the BlackBerry Storm will hit Verizon. You'll be able to walk into your local Verizon shop to check this thing out for yourself. Until then, PhoneScoop has published a nice video review of the Storm.
What about the touchscreen keyboard? You guessed it, they say typing on the Storm is a little "weird."...read more
American Airlines is trying to make flying a little easier for the holidays. The company is trying a new way of electronically distributing boarding passes on traveler's phones.
The service is available now for passengers departing on domestic flights from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Passengers will be able to use these two-dimensional barcode boarding passes instead of the normal paper boarding pass. The new boarding pass will be available for Los Angeles and John Wayne outbound...read more
Sprint is apparently not bailing on the Nextel network. The company will offer a push to talk BlackBerry on December 1 on its iDEN network. The iDEN-powered Curve-like device will barely make its release in the last month of 2008.
"After careful review of the iDEN business, Sprint intends to retain and rejuvenate this important asset," the company said in a press release.
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RIM has released the BlackBerry Desktop Manager Software version 4.7 on its web site. There are four download options available. You can choose to download the Desktop Manager 4.7 with or without languages other than English, and with or without the Media Manager. Check out the link below for the download....read more
Barack Obama may be forced to give up his BlackBerry. Until now, Obama has seemed to be addicted to his BlackBerry. He has been seen with it on a regular basis and it is rarely far from his side.
According to the New York Times, the days of emailing on his BlackBerry maybe over due to the "Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas."
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Verizon has officially announced the launch date for the BlackBerry Storm as November 21, 2008. Verizon will sell the BlackBerry Storm for $249.99 but will offer a $50 mail-in rebate, bringing your price down to $199.99. That's a little high considering the price of the iPhone, but die hard BlackBerry users won't bat an eye.
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RIM has launched MySpace for BlackBerry, a fully optimized application for MySpace users. It integrates the main MySpace social networking components with the BlackBerry platform to provide instant, push-based messaging to BlackBerry and MySpace users. The software is available at m.myspace.com using the BlackBerry browser....read more
We were all expecting the Verizon BlackBerry Storm to be released on November 17. Now comes word that the new Storm is delayed slightly. BGR is reporting that the BlackBerry Storm will launch on Verizon on November 24. Pre-launch events will be held on the 20th.
The Storm will go for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Verizon stores will open an hour early on the 24th and 25th. ...read more
Research in Motion has posted an interactive BlackBerry Smartphone User Guide for the BlackBerry Storm. You can checkout information about the Device Setup, Using the device, etc. The interactive guide makes it possible for you to actually turn the pages like you would on a real book. Check it out.
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It's beginning to get official. The Verizon BlackBerry Storm is now up on Verizon's testman web site with a price of $219 on a 2-year contract. The 1-year contract price is $289. All we need now is an official launch date.
Check out the link below and enter 85001 as your zipcode. ...read more
There has been so much buzz lately about the upcoming Verizon BlackBerry Storm. We've all been waiting for such a long time for this device to appear and it's finally getting close. Here is a new commercial featuring the BlackBerry Storm. It will be here very soon. Stay tuned...
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If you still can't get enough of the BlackBerry Storm, check out this video review by Stuff Magazine in the UK. They are very impressed with the clickable touch screen among other things. The accelerometer and the size of the screen make the Storm a very nice device for browsing the Internet. The built-in GPS makes getting directions easy, but one downside of the Storm is the lack of WiFi. ...read more
So you thought John Mayer was using the BlackBerry Bold right? After all, he was the first celebrity to get his hands on the Bold. Well here he is with the new BlackBerry Storm. I wonder which one he likes better?...read more
If you're looking for even more information on the forthcoming BlackBerry Storm check out this unboxing by T3. They seem to be very impressed with the Storm. You'll find lots of pictures that will make you want to go down to your local Best Buy to pre-order this baby. Check it out....read more
