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RIM Blackberry Storm Vs Apple iPhone

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: News & Analysis · Reviews

Blackberry Storm to Launch in Canada on Telus

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Latest Blackberry Thunder / Storm Video

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Blackberry Thunder / Storm Pre-Release on Video!

September 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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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Blackberry Thunder / Storm Release Date and Other Rumours

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Rumours