on 6 Oct 2008 09:10 PM* Update: We have it on good word that Vodafone will officially announce the Storm tomorrow (5am UK time according to ElectricPig). *
A new BlackBerry Storm video! I told ya this week would bring more touchscreen BlackBerry goodness. Word has it that BlackBerry Storm commercials are airing on primetime tonight. This baby is going mainstream and fast. Try not to drool on your keyboard :-)
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I WANT IT NOW!!!! WAIT NOT NOW BUT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vicious!
My girlfriend just called and said she saw a STORM ad during "How I Met Your Mother" tonight!
bye, bye AT&T! I'm so stoked for this phone.
FIRE!!!!
Simian Mobile Disco singing "Believe"- perfect for the 9500.
Hope Vz's commercial is just as hyped as Vodaphone's
so the vzw storm seems to have a silver trim to it and every vodafone commercial seems to show it all black. imo i like the all black storm look! will vzw be getting an all black option?
how come vodaphone is pushing advertising so much more than verizon? I have to say I am getting this phone despite this commercial. This commercial just wasnt a panty dropper. The crap techno in the back with whatever the heck they were doing wasnt all that great. Hopefully we can leave it to verizon to make a good commercial.
Nice commerical, Cool song. Im counting the days :) I just hope we get a release soon!!
I saw the Verizon commercial that 'davemathbn' mentioned, but it was nothing like the Vodaphone's commercial. It was a big teaser with a quick shot of the back and then faded away as the front was coming into view. I had to rewind it and watch it again! HOT!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apu6s7VNK6U
According to the above youTube video the Blackberry Strom has the capability to support up to a 16GB microSD card. Is there any possibility that VZW will offer a package that includes a 16GB memory card for $299.99 to keep the price inline with Apple’s 16GB iPhone. Further more some blogs are indicating a 8GB card come free with the device, I sure enough would not mind spending a few extra dollars to have the 16GB instead.
Why Verizon and not AT&T? I mean, wow! This phone is AMAZING!! I've been waiting FOREVER for the Bold, and now THIS comes out!!! I just wish AT&T would have gotten the Storm and Verizon could have gotten the Bold. Bummer :(
because RIM's being smart and giving iphone direct competition by getting the customers that want one but won't switch away from the cdma carriers.. brillian IMO
or verizon is paying for exclusive rights to the phone
What song is playing during this commercial?
I think I just showed that video my O face.
They should have stuck with the song in the Voda preso - Black & Gold!!
Apparently, the real release date of the storm is November 1st (according to www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/blackberry-storm-pre-launch-datasheet-surfac...). Atleast engadget has a secret document sheet that looks relatively realistic.
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www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/blackberry-storm-pre-launch-
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*drools more* :) Can't wait for the Storm...The Bold is good but this is going to be AWESOME ! I want I want I want.
Not a gripe but an observation ;)
Has anyone else noticed the casing is all black & doesn't have the chrome edge to it. This is virtually the same video Kevin posted on Oct 2 that was leaked from the Voda conference but that showed the Storm as we are used to seeing it with chrome edge, this TV commercial shows it in black (unless the computer generation is wrong). Could this be to show distinction between the 9500 & the 9530 ?
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Oh my gosh, I want one of these! Love that it's touch screen, and the design! The "take to the streets" video, I laughed, because everyone was like, "Can I hold it?" That's what I'd be like...I want to play with it!
Here is a very complimentary article that Time magazine.com has done on the Storm. I swear RIM and VZW should cut Crackberry, BG, an Engadget in on some of the profits for bringing this thing to the mainstream and swinging all this free advertising. You don't get much more mainstream than Time.
http://www.google.com/gwt/n?eosr=on&q=blackberry+storm.&source=m&hl=en&e...
Wow !!!! Great Commerical.
Is it just me or did the Storm look fat in that commercial? I'll have to look up the size. . .
Look at 1:21 - 1:25 where it shows the GPS. I see a button to zoom in and a button to zoom out on the UI.. Not a deal breaker, but I was really hoping to see a similar concept to the IPHONE for zooming on this device. I'm not jumping to any conclusions, and maybe the Storm will have some really cool way to zoom in / out, but this segment doesn't look promising...
Me + touch phones don't go over so well but if anyone can make it work for me it'll be RIM!
I may have to wait for this phone to rock the TELUS network. *Wipes drool off desk*
I agree, the device does look a bit thick and I noticed the edge's were all black, but I don't think it take away from the overall looks.
A friend of mine got to handle one of these for about 5 minutes at a conference just a few weeks ago and he said the device will most likely change the game. He is not a huge touchscreen fan, but was thoroughly impressed. His verdict; easy to use and the keyboard responding back to you is light years ahead of any other touchscreen he has ever dealt with.
Bottom line, I want one now!
Well, I really hope that the Verizon version will be shipping earlier than the Vodafone one. I really don't think I can live without a Blackberry for almost another 2 months !!!
Kevin, did you really mean to type November 28th? or did you mean October 28th??
This may be trivial, but has anyone noticed that this commercial shows the landscape position with the permanent "hard" buttons on the right? The PowerPoint released a few days ago (as well as other photos) show the buttons on the left. I believe that I would prefer the rotation 90 degrees counter clockwise from the portrait position (buttons on right), but I won't know until I get one in my grubby hands. I guess it's a moot point since I have to live with whatever decision RIM has made.
From what I recall, the video that BREWninja sent out in what seems like eons ago, the accelerometer will adjust to whatever position you have the STORM situated (in other words, he rotated the phone 360 degrees, and the screen adjusted each time).
So....you CAN have your cake and eat it too!
On another note, my company has a corporate account with VZW, and our sales rep says we would get our phones 2 weeks before public release....so, here's looking forward to getting one of these in the next couple of weeks (assuming a release date of 1st week of November)....
Any news about who the Canadian carrier will be and when it will be available for us Eskimo folk?
Will the Verizon version have WiFi, too, or is just enabled for Vodafone?
Does this mean the Verizon storm will have Wi-fi?
The Verizon storm will not have wifi, I think the reason is because its on their 3G network. Since the Vodaphone storm will be GSM they put Wifi on it.
Vodafone to release November 28? I hope Verizon will be out much sooner than that! Or better yet maybe that was a typo and he meant October 28!!
This is nothing. Its a model of the phone rotating to ridiculous music and people dancing on it. I want this phone to be awesome, but i'd hardly consider this like news. Show me a video of the phone working for one solid minute. Put any music you want to it, but this isnt anything to explode about.
I have a question about the blackberry storm and the wireless modem feature. What exactly will that enable someone to do with their computer and how will that work? Any thoughts?
you plug in your blackberry to ur computer via USB... use the VZAccess software and it will enable a data connection using your blackberry's data plan... it's like using an aircard or a built in EV-DO card, but without the need to carry extra equipment or sign up for a separate data plan. VZW usually charges $15 a month to be able to do it... probably to make up for the higher ammounts of data that you're likely to consume on a comp than a phone.
November 28th?
I'm going to hope you mistyped and it should have said October 28th.
If the Verizon release of this phone isn't until November 28th, then fuck you assholes, I'm getting an iPhone. The date continues to get later and later... this is some stupid bullshit. Verizon always manages to fuck up the greatest opportunities.
Your argument is missing one operative fact - Verizon has never made an official release date announcement on this phone. Had they done so, and then subsequently delayed the phone, then I would share your frustration.
People that visit this blog, or other blogs such as boygeniusreport are ahead of the general curve. The leaks, rumors, and other inside rumors have gotten all of us anxious for the phone. However, there is an enormous percentage of BB users who don't visit these sites and are just starting to learn about the touchscreen BB for the first time. For this dominant group of BB users, the announcement of the phone this week and then waiting 6 weeks is entirely different than people who have been following this phone in the blogs/forums since the summer.
Caaaalm down.... Typo or not, this is vodafone we are talking about. Also, neither RIM, Verizon, NOR Vodafone have made any mention of a release date official yet.
+1
agreed. I have a feeling this device is going to underwhelm. This might pass the time until that mysterious verizon iphone.
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