Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Research in Motion is known for building some quality devices that can take a licking and keep on ticking, with the BlackBerry Storm being no exception. This guy dropped his Storm 9530 out of the driver's side of a truck (what kind of truck we don't know) onto the pavement ...
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
Telus has posted the 9530 Storm on its site this morning. While it is not available to order quite yet, they are promising it "in time for the holidays" and have a sign-up page for notification when available.
Meanwhile, you can enter to win one of ten 9530 Storms from Telus. ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
No, 4.7.0.75 is not officially "official" quite yet. Not at all. That could be tomorrow or next month.
Not knowing why Verizon is taking their dear time to release this, but the OS version 4.7.0.75 for the 9530 Storm is floating around so visibly, BlackBerryNews.com would be remiss by not giving ...
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
What happens when you come across a BlackBerry Storm 9530 using OS 4.7.0.61? You give the built in wireless OTA - Check for Upgrades a try.
Over the Air OS upgrades, finally on a BlackBerry? Make the jump for the how-to:
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
(BlackBerryNews Editor-in-Chief Troy Brown spent most of Friday, Nov. 21, tracking the Storm launch around the U.S. What follows is a compendium of observations on the Launch, insight from a Verizon personnel and Troy's own opinion on the events of the day.)Over the last 24 hours I have been in ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Some are specluating there may not be enough Storms to go 'round tomorrow on Verizon Wireless' launch of the long-awaited 9530 touch screen device.
ChannelWeb is reporting "The tipsters said a security flaw was found in the operating system and the devices had to be re-flashed, delaying shipments to stores and ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Some Verizon VIP customers are beginning to find their VIP Storm launch invitations in the mail today.
Slated for November 17-21, the VIP private sale invitation will ensure you will be one of the first with the 9530 Storm in your hands. Are you a VIP? Click for more pictures and ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
The BlackBerry Technical Solution Center has posted up several great documents for the new Storm user.
Ranging from shortcuts and tips for the Storm, tips for using the browser, how to use the touch screen keyboard, to Home Screen tips for the Storm, these band new Knowledge Base articles bring us ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Verizon has posted up a BlackBerry Storm Business Events page for reservations, dates and times to varioous scheduled events for its business customers. While the list below is what has been posted as of now, hopefully they will be spreading some love around elsewhere in country, as well.
Lewis Center OH ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
It's official. Well, almost. The Verizon BlackBerry Storm is up on Verizon's testman site.
The Storm is going to cost $219.99 on a 2yr contract. The mail-in rebate details, if any, haven't been announced, but it looks like the Storm will be $219.99. We'll have to wait until it hits the ...
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