Verizon Wireless Blackberry Storm Confirmed, duh!
GlydeGuy over at Howard Forum leaked some Blackberry Storm Goodness. Remember, it’s the 15th today, kids. No pricing or release date but we can confirm that “click” touch interface, full HTML browser, 3.2MP camera, and a very high resolution screen. Take that AT&T with your eternally delayed Blackberry Bold. Now if we could just keep VZW from locking down the GPS, we’d have the epitome of perfection in a phone. Start the drooling now! Sadly there’s no Wi-Fi like we reported, though. Oh well.
Thanks to everyone that sent this in!
@groves12
As far as i am concerned my facts are straight, i can effectively use my GPS programs on my blackberry, perhaps its limited for consumers?
what exactly is rim’s highest screen res. ever?
Is there any reason to wait for this over a dare?
To Benzo or anyonelse.
Benzo brought up a point about using wifi to access email when not in coverage. Now I have to admit that my background with wifi blackberries has to deal exclusivly with Tmobiles UMA services. From my understanding ATT, Verizon, or Sprint networks don’t support UMA.
UMA allows you to access your mobile networks through WIFI instead of standard cell towers. There is an option on Blackberries to change browser settings to wifi browser. When using this type of setup your wifi internet is provided to you by your ISP not throgh Blackberry or your sevice provider.
Now from my understanding there is no email client found locally on the blackberry and all emails are being pushed to the blackberry using your service providers core network by means of a BIS or BES server. The blackberris email is diffrent then what is offered using windows mobile. Window mobiles devices use a outlook type email cleint that is on their phones to access their emails. As long as the device has internet it can send receive emails so windows devices can use their own ISP to access outlook for emails. Now with just using Wifi how can your ISP communicate with the blackberries email severs allowing your phone to receive and send out emails?
epitome of perfecion in a phone (read: disaster) man vzw hates wifi…wish I had my xv6800 now that’s the epitome of perfection, hacky glitchy openy windows mobileness
This BB is quad band, if it is Quad band for GSM that means you can unlock and use with North American GSM carriers.
Personally, I love the VZ Navigatior, I was about 2 switch to an iphone but I hate the navigator on there. Its cool if u have all the time in the world to follow a map but if you are using as a gps while driving, VZ navigator is the best in the game, talks to u and everything, that’s what the iphone is missing…I’m stick with VZ and I’m DEF getting this phone
hey backbeat-off
NOBAMA!!!! you stupid lib
so vz internet is even faster than wifi and if u don’t like it don’t get it then there is a better chance of me getting it in stock
and when is this phone comming out september, october , November 1st can some give me a real date and price please!!!!
the full release video has been posted on crackberry
http://crackberry.com/exclusive-verizon-blackberry-storm-9530-announcement-video
When the storm comes!!! Iphone will be washed up!!!
@ Avi24
where have you seen that vzw’s internet is faster than wi-fi?……show me that and I’d replace my eyes with my testicles. unless whoevers wifi is off of dial up (56k<vzw<wifi)
Unless your using Wi-Fi in your house then there is no way in the world a hotspot is going to have faster speeds than Rev.A
Verizon Guy, can you give us a date? When will it be out?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eO5E2xwyXA&eurl=http://crackberry.com/exclusive-verizon-blackberry-storm-9530-announcement-video
VZW insider video from mike!
! no wifi!?
honestly i am not even thinking of buying it anymore, this is 2008, if your phone does not offer wifi then you can not compete
This phone will not be out until November. Basic marketing will tell you that the majority of the public holds onto money until November for holiday deals. When in November? My best guess would be mid- November rather than the 1st, but I could be wrong.
As far as pricing, you have to admit that this phone is positioned (at least by VZW) to compete directly with the iPhone. So pricing has to be comparable. Knowing VZW’s arrogant attitude, they will probably price it a tad higher ($249 w/ 2 year contract) because they believe this to be a far superior device. That would be a pretty great price considering it comes w/ an 8gb card and SIM card.
Verizon does not have ANY blackberry devices with wifi (sprint’s version of the Curve comes w/ wifi) so I dont see why they would start now.
GPS will be most certainly locked down. Verizon is not going to release a QUAD-BAND device that could be hacked and allow them to use any GPS solution they want. I know everyone out here hates paying extra $$ monthly to VZW, but you have to give them credit for VZ Navigator. It may be one of the best mobile apps ever created.
And just like when the iPhone first came out, no one knew exactly how they would like the touch screen with multi-touch. It is now the standard to which all touch screen phones are measured. This phone was rumored to have a glass screen that supported multi-touch, so I think we will all have to wait and get our hands on one to pass judgement on a brand new technology.
Personally, that is the key. How will you be able to type on it? I can fly on my Curve, and even playing w/ an iPhone or the Dare, I can make it work pretty well. More so with the iPhone because of the predictive/corrective input software. I can deal with pushing the screen to select icons and messages and links, etc… but when it comes to hammering out an email or a text, it needs to perform just like a Berry does now or all the other cool features just go out the window.
Hey BGR!!!!! You we’re SOOOOO QUICK to release THE NINJA “Storm Sucks” video, ummmm where is the RUSH to post the video with REAL storm action???????????????????????? If this doesn’t show their biased nothing does! NOW the TRUE colors show! WOW….
“It has blackberry dependent email. That’s the same email system my curve uses. “
gps locked? c’mon people!Pay the 5 bucks and unlock it…sheesh!
According to this eweek article (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/RIM-Nails-WiFi-with-BlackBerry-8820/) the 8820 handles email over WiFi nicely.
As to your question of how does it communicate with the BIS at the network provider or the BES at the enterprise? Via normal (encrypted) TCP/IP I suspect. The physical layer (radio network) has nothing to do with the data layer.
As far as do you need WiFi: I work for days in interior office locations where no cell network’s signal is going to penetrate (everyone’s cellphone has zero bars in this location). When I am there, my Blackberry is just a belt decoration.
My friends with their iPhones can continue to communicate with our corporate email server and stay connected, because our company has exceptional WiFi coverage.
Therefore, while it may be fine for some who have access to WiFi in all the locations they travel, not all of us are so fortunate. There are ski slopes that have WiFi access points and no Verizon coverage.
All I am saying is that don’t let your personal experiences cloud your vision for what others may want or need.
For me, the lack of WiFi is a deal breaker and I will seriously consider an iPhone if the Storm doesn’t have WiFi. I really don’t want to leave Verizon (been with them or their predecessor companies for 20 years), but I can’t wait for them to get WiFi any more.
I am hoping that AT&T will have the coverage I need. I know that I will be testing very carefully before I make the switch.
@ munchkinsdad
it is not $5 to unlock the GPS. it is $10 per month to use the GPS with VZ Navigator. A ripoff, imho, and an example of vzw crippling a built-in feature to make more money. Nothing new from VZW, they have been doing this since the v710 days which shipped with broken BT DUN.
@likephonesthatwork
didnt post the storm video because it was lame. did not show anything that we didnt already know from the leaked documents. Just a talking head with some quick promo shots of the phone and lots of pictures of the vzw logo.
i guess since AT&T charges the samething for there now named “AT&T Navigator” thats a ripoff as well, let’s be realistic people want everything crammed into one device and they want it for free, apparently only a handful of people know that companies make money off there services and apparently people dont know companies aren’t trying to go belly up in this recession were in..
okay probably stupid question but i want this phone but right now im under the family plan.. do i have to switch my plan to the blackberry one or completely get off the family plan and have my own plan or what? any verizon employees want to help?