*UPDATED* BlackBerry Storm officially announced by Verizon Wireless
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It looks like Verizon is prepping a press release to be released later today to officially announce the Storm. Of course it hasn't been a secret for a while, but we always love official, high resolution shots and spec sheets! blackberry.com/storm is active with a few demos, and Verizon has their own /storm site as well though it's decidedly less informative right now. One interesting note, GPS and BlackBerry Maps are mentioned in the same sentence so maybe Verizon will allow this to be GPS unlocked (maybe, there are a whole lot of superscripts after it.)
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via: BGR
The Storm is a CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A phone for Verizon, which sports quad-band GSM and 2100MHz HSPA for 3G roaming in Europe. It has a 3.2" 480x360 touchscreen, 3.2MP auto-focus camera, 3.5mm jack and stereo Bluetooth. It also features GPS, fa ull HTML browser and an onscreen QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and SureType in portrait view.
source: Verizon Wireless
Engadget and Gizmodo have gotten some their hands on the Storm, and while they they had some gripes (size, browser) they came out impressed.
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83 Comments
1. (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:42 0 0
It's still coming with the 8GB card 1 GB of on board memory storage and 8 GB microSD memory card included in expandable memory card slot Check it out!
24. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 09:58 0 0
Sure I can... the original posting stated that Phonearena was unsure whether the phone was coming with an 8GB card... Now go back and post on phonescoop
27. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 10:23 0 0
ur still wrong again can u read....1gb of mem only...fanboy......whats phonescoop? u fanboy
32. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 12:11 0 0
Hey, the 1GB memory refers to ONBOARD memory. U do know what that means right? Onboard memory and extended/expanded memory are 2 different things...!
34. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 12:29 0 0
i hate fanboys...its not coming with 8gb card...!
42. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 13:27 0 0
u guys are so lame. granted its cool, its just a phone. wow
45. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 14:28 0 0
umm, hey smart guy, it is coming with an 8 gig memory card included with the phone.
55. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 16:54 0 0
1GB INTERNAL MEMORY *AND* 8GB MICROSDHC CARD (REMOVABLE).
61. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 19:15 0 0
lol thats like the facebook of myspace. Phonescoop should be taken in the back and shot.
2. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 00:22 0 0
Awesome. Fanboy fight coming soon. (Apple/AT&T Vs Blackberry/VZW)
57. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 17:16 0 0
Too bad ATT doesn't have a "character" then we could send the VZW test man and the ATT guy on Jerry Springer haha
3. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 00:57 0 0
as long as vzw markets the storm by marketing the phone like att does to all their phones it will be a success. it all starts with marketing. prime example is how att did the razr and iphone ads. im a huge apple fan but i have had vzw service since prime co and dont see myself changing. vzw markets too much of the network and too little of the device. people would run out and buy the iphone or razr even if it started on MetroPCS. The ads are cool and thats what sells. a normal consumer is not going to run out and buy the storm if they get a 2 second glimpse of it and the other 28 seconds of the test man with the network behind them. vzw has had some great phones that they could of had people running to them for but market it wrong, 8700, xv6900, dare, z6tv, all great phones with no ads and no catchy name. just my thoughts....
4. 8lias (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 01:18 0 0
When Verizon was still Airtouch, a corporate salesman told me "I am going to give you an advice that will always going to be true, it's always about the service and the network when it comes to mobile communication." Until this day, I still believe that he is right. There are people who wants a reliable network and service and those who wants more out of their hardware and software. iPhone, in my opinion is a fun toy with integrated communication ability. I see people play on their iPhone than communicate with their iPhone. The Storm seem like a nice phone (until a full review of course) and if it's a fun phone to use, perhaps, it is possible to have the best of both world, fun and reliable connection, goodluck RIM, there's a first for everything.
5. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 01:25 0 0
Looks kind of chunky...hope it's slimmer in person
17. secondcor517 posted on 08 Oct 2008, 07:22 0 0
it's .55 depth. go look at blackberrys website it shows how thin it is.
6. (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2008, 01:39 0 0
why won't verizon add their vcast music with rhapsody, vcast video, and vcast mobile t.v. to smartphones and blackberry. WHY?
