Who wants any of these older phones at this point anyway?

Interesting

Too bad on the Pearl Flip... it's not for me but I've got a friend that loves its form factor, and says if they discontinue it, he'll go back to a "dumbphone" flip form factor.

since they are taking the storm 1 off the shelves does that mean that they will not develop the webkit browser for the storm 1?

so if they are getting rid of the 8330, what happens if my phone needs to be replaced?? Will they still have replacements or give me new phone?

Word on the street is that VZW has some high 5.0 builds in testing for the 9530 (higher than 5.0.0.46x). If VZW is cutting their shipments of the 9530, then they probably want to make sure existing users get a really stable/reliable and fast OS, so they can focus their testing on other devices.

Thanks CB and GizmoFusion!

Doesn't mean that they will stop supporting it. Betcha we see at least one more OS for the 9530

so can we pretty much put the rumors to rest that its only the 9530 getting canned and the storm2 is here to stay? The media got this all screwed up.

If what you guys are thinking is true, then I say please, PLEASE hurry on the browser and OS.

8330 is still going down as one of the better, classic Blackberry devices

i wonder what will happen with my storm get lost or broken i have the extended warranty plan from bell mobility are they phasing out the storm as well

This is no surprise to me, but here is my question., If my S1 craps out and I ask for a replacement(insurance) will they send me a S2 or refurbished S1?

Just give me flash before the firing squad comes in. That will hold me til I get my hand on the Droid Incredible. The reason I got my hand on the storm was the touchscreen. Big dissapointment that was. I'll still keep the 9530 around as a back up. But Droid-time babayyy....

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Does anybody have any idea when verizon is going to release the 5.0 for the tour. I'm waiting, even sprint has relase there 5.0 for there tour, I just updated my mom tour software on her sprint phone. COME ON VERISON LETS MOVE IT!!!!!!!

How come the Blackberry 8703e is still on Verizon's website (for my zip code in NYC) and it's not on that list? That should have put been on the "end of life" list a long time ago.

Oh verizon, how you make the bulge in my pants rise

I love my flip, just wish it was OS5 and faster!

They are getting a lot of new phones like nexus one and other ones.

Glad to see the 8330 and 9530 go, there is little point in keeping these clearly replaced devices.

The pearl flip is a bit interesting, but perhaps was not doing as well as RIM had hoped...

I can't believe it has taken this long after the Tour was released to give the 8830 the boot. What was the point to keeping this phone with the Tour being a world phone and offering a no camera option?

Also, I think it is a mistake to ditch the 8330. It is still a great device that is still very popular. Even though the new curve is out (8530? I forget the model number...) some may prefer the ball, and the fact that it does not have a camera flash is enough to turn off anybody who even moderately uses the camera (such as myself).

I will miss the 8330 - will ride mine out until the Bold thingy is out, and lots of reviews are available.

Gotta say the flip was fairly good to.

I thought it was a solid addition to the blackberry family. I would say though it is a hard repair job... compared to something like the 8330.

So is there any chance T mobile USA will get the strom 2 now...it gotta go somewhere, what phone company will take it over??

what if sumth happens to ma phone,,i still have a 1 yr warranty - -*

how r they gonna replace ma storm1 - -*

I don't see the big deal in the 9530 being depleted, the 9550 is out, it's not like the Storm is going away completely.

maybe Verizon sees the outdated BB OS. As a new droid owner I def see it. Goodbye BB, I miss messenger but the rest of you was a pos.

Having worked for a major cell phone carrier. I can tell you that out of those devices, the Curve was probably the most reliable. It is about time that they "retired" it. It was a terrific phone and a credit to RIM.

When the Pearl flip was released, I could tell immediately that it wouldn't sell. In my opinion, RIM wasted millions with the production and marketing of that device. I give them credit for the concept of a "flip" Blackberry, but the bottom line was that it was just an odd looking, visually unappealing phone. The buttons were much to small and many customers complained of pushing keys by accident.

As for the Storm, I am a bit surprised that they decided to end it now, although I am not completely shocked. The first Storm was an amazing device when it actually functioned properly. However there were many software issues with the phone within its first year of release. However when RIM released the 5.0 OS for the phone, it gained leaps and bounds.

Good Riddence Pearl Flip. Hopefully VZW will get a CDMA version of the 9100 Pearl soon.

OTOH,the Curve 8330 deserves to go out with "full military honors".What an amazing device for it's time(a whole 2yrs ago,LOL).I'm sure it was alot of peoples' introduction to smartphones and BB.It was mine.And it's still better than 75% of the smartphones on the market today!

well then, that's my perfect excuse to upgrade to 9700, isn't it!!! happy birthday to me!!!

Since the storm 9530 is being phased out of verizon, could other carrier pick it up and sell it?

If I "lose" my Storm 9530, will my insurance now get me a Storm 2?

I guess the 8330 has been replaced by the great 9650 and the pretty good 9630