Comments on: BlackBerry Storm hitting TELUS in Canada

By: Calgary Painters

Calgary Painters — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:08:30 +0000

I am liking the looks of the storm. Have to do full retail though so might wait to see if it’s got kinks, and that the price drops.

By: hosed

hosed — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:01:37 +0000

I ordered 2 Storms from Bell Mobility by phone on December 10th. When I complained that none were available at the outlet they assured me that the units had been sent by priority courier; my new data plans had already taken effect. I made several calls requesting a tracking # and was assured each time that the units had been shipped. Now a week later, they finally have come clean and admitted the order was processed but not shipped, due to back orders. I’ve had the old rates reinstated; others may want to check the status of their orders.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:43:25 +0000

The storm is great. Too bad there was such limited quantities for Canada so others can enjoy it sooner or at least for Xmas.

So much negativity out there on this item. Some true some not. Regardless, compared to any normal phone it’s awsome. Compared to the iPhone I can type on the BB Storm with ease and never could on the iPhone.

Be patient, your turn will come.

By: la

la — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:07:46 +0000

The Thunder never existed…all the “pic” you saw on the Internet are Photoshoped Blackberry Bold. I guess some people tried to guess how a Blackberry touchscreen would look like.

By: James Hotten

James Hotten — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:52:41 +0000

Found out today at a Bell worlds store that the Blackberry Storm will be releasing Dec 15 2008. Bell and Telus would have about 20000 units each Pricing?? 3 year contract the storm would be $299 No contract the Storm would be $699.99. Hope this helps.

By: Mart

Mart — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:14:24 +0000

Hahahahahaha!

What the fuck with you, telus have the most choice for PDA and RIM!

Bell… looosers!

By: rizwan

rizwan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:31:34 +0000

BAD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WATING FOR THE BLACKBERRY STORM FOR TELUS U GUESSED IT, IT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK AGAIN FIRST NOV. 17 TO DEC.8 AND NOW END OF DEC JUSS BEFORE CHIRSTMAS DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR THE PHONE FOR VERIZON AND ALL THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY THE STORE MANGER AT TELUS I PERSONALLY HOPE HE IS WRONG BUT………. IT IS POSSIBLE

By: AC

AC — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:15:59 +0000

So Future Shop posted the BB Storm and has the release date for the 18th? Now it’s saying the 31st? Going to be hard to get that one for Christmas if it isn’t coming until January. Buying from FS wouldn’t be the best bet. I’d be trying to get it straight from Telus if you’re with Telus. Last I heard Bell would be releasing the phone to the world on the 10th, but if Telus and Bell are releasing at the same time, and looks like it won’t be until the 18th, looks like the release date just keeps getting pushed back farther and farther and RIM isn’t sending enough products to each place for the costumers. And after reading reviews, reviewers aren’t saying too many positive things about the Storm.

By: Stormftw

Stormftw — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:40:05 +0000

NOOOOOOOO give it to me

By: X

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:33:15 +0000

Is That confirmed ann??

By: ann

ann — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:16:57 +0000

rogers will be selling the storm in April.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:02:26 +0000

Beauty! Been looking into getting a blackberry when my contract renews at the end of this month. I’ve been a client of Telus for about 6 years now and I spend a lot of money with them so I’ve been getting rank renewal offers already…can’t wait to see what I can work on a Storm! This thing looks sweet and I’ll be able to do even more with ym business with all the multimedia functionality of this thing as well! Itchy to see the launch date or at least what the pricing works out to!

By: AC

AC — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:05:16 +0000

The Storm won’t be in Canada tomorrow, well at least not where I’m from. Word is that it won’t be coming to Bell until December 6th, and at the latest of the 10th. Just checked Bell’s website and they just added new Data Plans which tells me that they’re getting ready for the Storm since they are trying to show up both Rogers and Telus with their “More Minutes…”. Hopefully it comes soon because I’ve been waiting for this phone for some time now.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:39:47 +0000

It is being released tomorrow in the USA. I would assume that the date would be the same for Canada. I just hope that the price of the other blackberry phones comes down

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:06:20 +0000

Does anyone know specifically when the Storm will be available at Telus. Website says in time for the holiday season. Isn’t that now?

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:50:23 +0000

Bell got the storm too. Rumor has it that Rogers will be picking it up as well

By: PharaohNefertiti

PharaohNefertiti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:18:01 +0000

So boy genius is not so much a genius after all… First, Bell announced that they were getting the phone before Telus. It may have been by a mere few hours or days at most but Bell is getting the phone. Rumour has it that it will be released in time for the Holidays. Since the 8830 World Edition was $699, I would expect that the Storm will be in the same price range. $699 is without contract, minus $200 for every year signed. Rogers has not mentioned that they are getting the phone and I suspect since they’re the only provider of the iPhone in Canada that RIM will not be approaching them to release it (can we say “Marketing”, boys and girls?)

For those of you bitching about how Bell is a lax provider of service in comparison with Telus, I disagree. I have had and heard of more problems with Telus over Bell and after living in the Yukon Territory (beside Alaska for those who never went through Canadian Social Studies in elementary school or have been living in their own bubble since birth)for 8 years and having Bell as the only provider of cell service there, I could be in the middle of the forest and as long as I was in the service area, I’d get service. Often it’s your phone that’s garbage, not the provider!

My last comment is can we not play nice with one another? Wasted energy on yelling at someone is far more ineffective than proving their point wrong with simple words and class!

By: dan

dan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:08:45 +0000

maybe you guys should go to bell.ca and see that bell is getting the storm just like telus…

By: jeevan

jeevan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:41:43 +0000

fuck your mom…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:10:08 +0000

There’s no way the will release the same day. That’s the deal behind Telus and Bell, they won’t have the phone come the same time. They never did for any other phone, there was always a little bit in the difference, or Rogers always got the phone well in advance. Hopefully you’re right though and they do release the same day because I’ve been wanting this phone since I heard word about it coming.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:39:55 +0000

Suck a dick Joe…..fuckin’ yankee bitch

By: marco b

marco b — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:09:06 +0000

this phone is kicking iphones ass way to go blackberry. i just hope u guys provide us with a good data package like all the oter carriers had for iphone.

By: marco b

marco b — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:04:09 +0000

this phone sounds and looks like its going to kick the iphones ass out of this world hahaha. sweet deal hopefull they give us a gud data package now and i will be more then happy to purchase this phone. way to go blackberry…

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:41:46 +0000

Easy Asshole

By: xy

xy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:59:50 +0000

The U.S version does not have wi-fi, is there any information on the cdma canadian version having wi-fi, it RIM left it out, it would most likely be a deal breaker for me.

By: Gerardo Suarez

Gerardo Suarez — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:50:45 +0000

I’ve been with Bell for about 8 years now and have never ever experienced such horrendous customer service. I’m finally sans contract and have been waiting for this thunder/storm to arrive before jumping ship.

I live a 12 minute commute from the downtown core of Ottawa, and can not use my cell in my home and must go outside in order to receive a bar or two – and even then lucky to make it without call cutting in/out or having call dropped.

A mere 300 meters away I can receive a full 5 bars.. Bell has been aware of this problem for years and haven’t invested a penny into their infrastructure to upgrade the crap tower. They are waiting like some welfare recipient, for the Federal Government to provide them with a portion of the proceeds from the recent spectrum auction of $4 billion in order to expand their network.

I’ve had this crap company change my contract on me without authorization, and then proceeding to charge my CC for 2 cancellation fees totaling $800.. take 6 months to refund it back.. and then renew me on another 3 year contract again without authorization when my former contract had expired.

Most recently, my lovely blackberry of less than a year has all of a sudden decided a full charged battery would last 45 minutes, incoming calls would be directed straight to voice mail and notifications of messages left, not show up.

Needless to say, they won’t be providing me with a refurbished one for 4 weeks and expect me to use this useless device as some kind fashion accessory instead of a functional smart phone for that duration of time.

I’m trying to find out from Telus if I would be experiencing these same issues with them before jumping ship, or if the 3g network would provide better coverage. If not, it’s wait till Roger’s comes out with it.

I recently switched my spouse over to Rogers with a new LG 3g phone, and it works perfectly.. even in the basement. I’ve been thrilled with their customer service and have switched all other services over to them.. cancelling with them was a breeze too, when I wasn’t happy with my internet speeds.. even giving me a credit and making other refunds when they didn’t need to (I’m giving credit to the company but realize it was a very nice girl who had done this – most likely looking to get fired), and a big reason I went back (with Bell providing even worse speeds).

Please don’t fall into this trap of switching over to Bell just for this awesome phone.

Read the business and financial news and you’ll find that Telus and Rogers are the two that experts feel are in the best position to thrive.. with Bell completely out of the picture without a leg to stand on.

Don’t believe Bell’s false promises..(like when you type in your postal code on their website and they tell you that you are eligible for the latest and greatest technologies to their fullest capacities!!)

Needless to say, Bell did always end up owning up and correcting their mistakes.. it would only take 5 calls for each issue and about an hour of each call being on hold or being hung up on from dudes in India when their propaganda literature deviated from the issue at hand.

They even make it seem like you should be grateful and not disgruntled when they refund money for their own mistake (like having a data plan and then charging you on top of that for usage without having even gone over your limit.. ie. 4mb plan and use only 2mb and charge you for the 4 + 2)

Def not worth my time..

By: Keith Mc

Keith Mc — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:25:58 +0000

Try http://promo.telusmobility.com/storm/ instead. more thorough. And from the looks of it that Bell page is using a mock up of a ripped off Verizon image.

By: Big Wop

Big Wop — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00:28 +0000

Let’s hear it for Joe!

Joe, Joe, Fuck Joe!!! You donkey!

By: croman

croman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:59:43 +0000

^^ msg was directed to “Joe”

By: croman

croman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:58:27 +0000

umm is there a reason for a stupid comment like this?