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Blackberry Storm details are coming out fast and furious.  From early reviews, it seems to meet and beat most expectations.  It may certainly be the best corporate device ever built though I’m sure some will argue otherwise.  The keyboard, our big question in previous posts, is getting good reviews and RIM seems to have done [...]

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Telus has their Blackberry Storm teaser page up.  It’s identified as an ‘exclusive’ and thus implies that we will not be seeing the Storm on Rogers or Bell at launch.  Quite the sweep by Telus given the expected corporate and consumer interest in the device.  However we expect that the use of the term ‘exclusive’ [...]

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An official Vodafone Blackberry Storm / Thunder video.  Slick presentation of the functionality.  Looks good though we’d like to see the UI in a bit more detail.  Soon enough…

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To  our knowledge, this is the first video of the upcoming Blackberry Thunder (on Vodafone, Rogers, Telus) and Storm (on Verizon). 
The Brew Ninja has a history of first-reveals of upcoming phones.

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The Blogsphere is brimming with speculation on the upcoming Blackberry Thunder. 
 A quick recent rumour mill summary:

It will be called the Blackberry Storm 9530 on Verizon
It will be called the Blackberry Thunder on Rogers and Vodafone
It will be exclusive to Rogers in Canada
Telus will also carry it in Canada. (Yes, conflicting rumours)
It is ready for prime [...]

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The much anticipated Blackberry Bold has been released in Chile with Movistar.  It appears that it will miss the expected August 6th date with Rogers but it should be available soon in Canada.
 
I suspect that these interative delays for the Bold in Canada are based on carrier testing iterations with RIM.  It’s common for carriers to [...]

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Quick update to our previous story (Rogers Blackberry Bold Canadian Release Date) about the Canadian release date for the Blackberry Bold. 
We’ve learned from another Rogers contact that they expect promotional material for the Blackberry Bold this week - the week of July 28th - and plan to have the Bold on sale next week.  Fits well [...]

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We just received an update on the Rogers release date for the Blackberry Bold in Canada.  As we discussed in our earlier post on the Bold, Apple Iphone Vs. Blackberry Bold, the Bold is expected to be a strong competitor in the smartphone space, especially for customers with a need for heavy email and BES [...]

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Yes this is a bit premature.  The Thunder is not out yet and at best we have rumours on design and specs and photoshopped images.  However I thought I’d touch on it given that, with all the buzz around competitive responses to the iPhone from the major mobile handset manufacturers, this is the one that I [...]

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The early reviews are in on the Blackberry Bold and comparisons with the iPhone are inevitable.  In summary, the comparisons highlight that these are two distinctly different phones with different strengths.  Perhaps the real RIM vs. Apple showdown will come when the Blackberry Thunder comes out later in the year with a large screen and [...]

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