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RIM co-CEO says buggy phones are part of a “new reality”
While one CEO reckons Blackberry Storm to be a small netbook, another one says faulty software is a part and parcel of complex phones, including their Storm. In an interview with WSJ, RIM’s CEO Jim Balsillie confessed that software glitches in the Storm are part of the “new reality” of large volume production of [...]
Vodafone gets Blackberry Storm to India
Vodafone seems to be in a hurry. India got Pearl Flip 8220 just a week ago and now they have announced RIM’s first touchscreen phone, Blackberry Storm which will be sold exclusively by them. Suddenly, the outrageous above Rs. 30,000 price tag of high end phones seem to disappear and Vodafone has pegged Storm [...]
Blackberry Storm is a netbook says RIM’s co-CEO
We have heard similar type of statement from another stalwart, haven’t we? RIM’s President & co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, also resorted to a similar answer when asked about the competition from netbooks. “I think I can put Netbooks in here [referring to the BlackBerry Storm]. These are Netbooks. They are just smaller.” Yes, today’s mobile [...]
RIM uses Synaptics Clearpad module for Storm
Synaptics will be raking in some more moolah. They have confirmed that RIM’s first touch screen phone, Storm uses their Clearpad custom module to provide multi-touch gestures like copy-paste and so on. The total revenue expected from this deal is under cover but the touch screen boom is definitely proving worthwhile for Synaptics. Prior [...]
RIM unveils Blackberry Storm
Research in Motion took off the wraps from its first ever touch screen enabled Blackberry device. Blackberry Storm will be available by December from Verizon Wireless in US and Vodafone doing the honors for Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The American Storm will have EV-DO Rev. A to suffice the internet needs while [...]
Leaked Press Shots of Blackberry Storm
When you’ve got a phone like Blackberry Storm which is the first ever touchscreen Blackberry, it is very difficult to keep it under the wraps. These shots are of a Verizon bound Storm giving some nuances of the layout of the phone. Specifications: Network: Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE; 2100MHz UMTS/HSPA EV-DO Rev. A Size: 112.52 x [...]