Posted by The Boy Genius on Nov 21, 2008 9:49 am
Filed in BlackBerry, CDMA, Handsets, RIM, Verizon
We’ve done a quick check at around 10 Verizon corporate stores in the NY/NJ area with most of them reporting lines longer than they have stock for. That means there’s going to be 1.) A ton of pissed off people, and 2.) More pissed off people who won’t get their unit until tomorrow mid-day or [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Nov 19, 2008 11:09 pm
Filed in BlackBerry, Verizon
We were told all along there were more than enough Storms to go around on launch day, but a couple of our solid tipsters have hit us up to inform us there might be some issues. First off, we’re told that a last minute security flaw was found in the OS and they had to [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Nov 18, 2008 4:55 am
Filed in Verizon
You all have probably seen this flyer floating around the Internet, in your neighbor’s mailbox, or maybe even your own mailbox last week. The flyer invites you, a most valued customer, to the Verizon Wireless Private Sale from November 17th to the 21st. Printed on the front right next to the invitation is a giant [...]
Posted by Marc Flores on Nov 17, 2008 9:55 am
Filed in BlackBerry, Handsets, News, RIM, Retail, Verizon
Just like the anticipation for the release of the BlackBerry Bold, many of you out there are wishing you can just wake up tomorrow and know that your local Verizon will already have the Storm. Well, you won’t have to keep dreaming much longer as we’re just a few days away from the official release. [...]
Gather around, kids, because you’re in for the most special of treats! In lieu of unboxing our very own BlackBerry Storm, we though we’d leave it to the real pros: the British working class! Enjoy the best BlackBerry Storm unboxing video. Ever.
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Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Nov 16, 2008 1:36 pm
Filed in BlackBerry, RIM, Retail, Verizon
We just want to warn all you Sunday newspaper readers out there: Don’t be alarmed when you flip to the Best Buy ad and see the Storm front and center on the Best Buy Mobile page for this Sunday. Yup, there it is in all its glory, supposedly available for sale today. It is [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Nov 15, 2008 1:58 pm
Filed in AT&T, BlackBerry, Handsets, RIM, Verizon
In a little bit of marketing madness, Verizon Wireless matches its flagship BlackBerry Storm up against the BlackBerry Bold. We have already seen them champion the Storm over the iPhone and AT&T retaliate with their own smear campaign. Now it is time to take the smack talk to another level with some BlackBerry on BlackBerry [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Nov 15, 2008 10:45 am
Filed in Bell, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, GSM, HSDPA, News, Telus
It looks like things are going to be getting pretty ugly in Canada over the coming weeks as both Bell and Telus go to war with the objective of winning the hearts, minds and most importantly, the pocket books of the Canadian consumers who are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the BlackBerry Storm. In a [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Nov 14, 2008 11:51 am
Filed in BlackBerry, HSDPA, Handsets, News, UMTS, Vodafone
Finally some good news for our friends from in the land of tea, top hats and posh accents: the BlackBerry Storm is out and available for purchase through retail channels. Free on all contract-based tariffs over £35 a month, the Storm is reportedly flying off the shelves of High Street shops. If you were one [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Nov 14, 2008 9:25 am
Filed in Handsets, Verizon
Well, it looks like the Verizon Storm Challenge went down in Times Square as scheduled yesterday but not everything went according to plan. You remember the deal right? Contestants step into a booth one at a time and a whirlwind of cards is blown around them. Each contestant who can manage to snag at least [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Nov 13, 2008 3:01 am
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, UMTS, Verizon
At least y’all will have to wait less, not longer, right? We’re finally allowed to publish what the BlackBerry world has been waiting for — the official release date for the BlackBerry Storm. November 21st is the date that shall live in infamy. Well, not really, but you get the point! So… does this mean [...]
We just got our hands on this document detailing the latest release dates for the Storm on Verizon. Just be careful, we have all learned that target launch dates come and go quicker than a Sprint subscriber. With that said, this information comes directly from a good source of ours, so we’d wager on this [...]