Being the first touchscreen device from RIM, Storm was neither an outstanding nor a bad device. Now the word from co-CEO, Jim Balsillie is that they are already preparing a Storm successor. “We have next-generation devices with that and the whole roadmap”, Balsillie told Reuters. Storm’s successor rumor was rife last month which claimed […]
Blackberry Storm 2 rumored to get Wi-Fi, better touchscreen
Blackberry Storm was RIM’s first experiment with touchscreen phones. Though many liked the attempt, the exclusion of Wi-Fi and the hyped SurePress screen was a downer. Now according to a Dutch channel sales manager, RIM is looking to do the wrong things right. The Storm 2 will feature Wi-Fi and have a new touchscreen […]
Amazon selling Blackberry Storm for $99
Verizon is running a cool buy one get one offer for all Blackberry devices but if you’re one of the many sole souls who do not need another handset, then Amazon will come to your rescue. They are selling Blackberry Storm for just $99 with no rebates, nothing. Just pay the cash, enter into […]
iSuppli: Blackberry Storm hardware costs come at $203
You know, deriving price of the handsets on the basis of hardware purchases is actually baseless but iSuppli loves to do it, and so do we. This time they have stripped down Blackberry Storm and calculated the cost of each component present in the device. The study says that $203 is the total cost […]
Verizon: More than a million Storm units sold
Just when RIM’s co-CEO’s statement was doing the rounds about a screwed up firmware and sales figure to be estimated around 500,000 units, Verizon decided to step in and clear the smoke. The company official has said that they have managed to sell more than a million units in the US since its launch. […]
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 […]