The long speculation about the Blackberry Storm has now gone official with Blackberry and Verizon teaming up to present the first touchscreen Blackberry unit. Full touchscreen integration, the latest 4.7 software upgrade, the support for Bluetooth Stereo, GPS, and a 3.2 megapixel camera. No Wi-fi is onboard for this unit though which is a disapointment. Overall, it looks like a very promising phone with the Blackberry architecture built-in. Photos included courtesy of RIM. Launches in November so put it on your holiday shopping list.
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As the Google/T-Mobile G1 got a lot of press coverage yesterday, some other cell phone news broke in regards to the Blackberry Storm. If you remember, the Storm is the touchscreen Blackberry that will be released on Verizon Wireless by the end of the year. Engadget Mobile and CNet are reporting the device will have a 3.25-inch, 480×360 touch screen, 1GB of memory, the phone will support CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, quad-band GSM/EDGE, and 2100MHz HSPA bands, and more. The device will also have a landscape QWERTY-esque keyboard and a suretype portrait mode keyboard. It’ll be interesting to see this when it’s released. More news to follow we’re sure…
Image of the phone, credited to Engadget Mobile and CNet..
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RCR Wirless has released wireless carrier subscriber numbers through the 2nd quarter in 2008, and to no surprise, AT&T and Verizon Wireless lead the numbers. It’s interesting to see how Sprint has come on strong and is surging in the number of subscribers. Possibly their $99 unlimited plan has found a niche amongst the millions of cellular plans out there. Sound chart.
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