BlackBerry Storm hitting TELUS in Canada
Man, we might have to send our runner out to get another carton of cigarettes — this is getting ridiculous! In addition to our leaked embargoed Storm info for Verizon and Vodafone, we’re also hitting you with the official press release that TELUS will be touch-Clicking their way to a BlackBerry Storm pretty soon. Same shit, different carrier basically. No launch date, no pricing at the moment. We had heard $199 for Verizon with a 2-year agreement, but the Mounties would stop us if we tried to predict a price for TELUS. Press release after the jump, enjoy.
UPDATE: TELUS just hit us up to let us know that they are actually not the exclusive carrier in Canada which would make sense given that we’ve heard of a launch on Rogers and then there’s that Bell rumor… That should give all you Americans hope there will be a tri-band HSDPA unit to unlock.
TELUS first to bring revolutionary touchscreen BlackBerry® StormTM 9530 smartphone to Canada
TELUS is thrilled to announce that it will be the first in Canada to offer consumers the revolutionary BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone from Research In Motion. The addition of this world edition smart phone to TELUS’ line-up cements TELUS’ position as Canada’s smartphone leader with the most smartphones on Canada’s largest 3G network.
A revolution in the palm of your hands
The revolution begins with the BlackBerry Storm’s advanced high resolution (480 x 320) 3.25” touchscreen. This is the first touchscreen on a BlackBerry device and features an innovative clickable surface for precise and responsive text input. The touchscreen is also intelligent enough to present users with a virtual QWERTY or SureType® keyboard depending on the orientation of the device.
The familiar communications experience that clients have grown to love about their BlackBerry smartphones has also been enhanced as e-mails and Internet browsing are rendered in rich HTML format, with embedded images and one-click hyperlinks.
Clients will also appreciate the feature-packed multimedia capabilities of the device including a high resolution 3.2 MP camera to take pictures and videos and 1GB of memory with an expandable micro SD ™ memory slot to store those images. Best of all, those images can be uploaded quickly with high speed access to YouTube streaming videos for mobile devices and one touch access to popular social networking sites like Facebook. And battery life is not an issue as the BlackBerry Storm boasts an extended life battery, which is replaceable.
Chase the storm with TELUS
TELUS will be making the BlackBerry Storm available just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Join the revolution and chase the BlackBerry Storm! Visitors to can register to learn more about the innovative TELUS applications, services and offers that will be launching with the BlackBerry Storm to make it a unique experience for TELUS clients.
I can’t believe this. It’s a dream right? Bell got the shaft? This blows.
RIM officially announces the Storm
Storm site is up on Blackberry.com, http://na.blackberry.com/eng/
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-hitting-telus-as-the-exclusive-canadian-partner/#more-6078
Is the info sign up link
FUCK TELUS AND FUCK CANADIANS
this is great news, Telus gives a big slap to Bell’s face. Forget the Bold, I’m getting the Storm…
umm as far as i know rogers is NOT getting this. its exclusive to CDMA in north america. BELL will be launching it shortly after telus. NOT rogers
im throwing my iphone off the tallest building i can find, once i get my hands on a storm.
I agree OleMiss
I have had countless iPhone problems and Apple is taking a hard stance and is giving me a hard time because of there production problems… Light leaks, loose buttons (they only got 4 buttons), dust under the LCD and sharp edges that bruise your hand… I kid you not, so not impressed with there build quality!
I am so waiting for the STORM to take the real bite out of APPLE LOL
GO BLACKBERRY!
I’m beginning to like the device more as I look into it more, but it’s a moot point since I’m GSM.
its quad band GSM so you can use it as long as you dont mind edge speeds in north america. It only has 3G on the european 2100 mhz band
@ Joe
Why don’t you take this Canadians advice and go find a nice ledge somewhere?
Hey, BGR…
What happened to that “BlackBerry Thunder” name that you feuded with Gizmodo about? Is there still any type device named “Thunder” slated to be launched?
According to the Globe and Mail, the Storm is coming to Telus and Bell:
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081008.wrimstorm1008/BNStory/Business/home
Here’s some info for Canadian Telco’s i Found..
RIM will be launching the device with partner carriers Verizon Communications Inc. in the U.S. and Vodafone Group PLC in Europe. Mr. Balsilli said BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. will be selling the Storm by the end of the year.
That has nothing to do with my question. Thank you. Come again.
My view on this is RIM needed to throw Telus a bone hahaha. Poor CDMA in canada is like the little bastard child we wish we never had. They will always be there scratching at the GSM door. Good luck with this one guys. However I will stick with my Bold and iPhone.
Cheers
BlackberryNews is saying Telus November, Bell late December.
But where the hell is the Touch Pro? Was supposed to be released by Telus by the end of last week and still no word…what happened?
Telus has an info page up for it up here
http://promo.telusmobility.com/storm/
lmao @ OleMiss
I WANT THIS ON T-MOBILE… This is a great looking phone, plus a Blackberry. Will they ever have it?
The Storm will be released in late Q4 as a cdma device in Canada. BELL and telus will more than likely release on the same day….that is news you can count on.
Touch Pro is still coming beej, it should launch along with storm
the communication to my store just came….bell getting storm….soon! it says go to bell.ca.storm for more details…. : )