When Research in Motion announced their first touch screen smartphone, BlackBerry Storm, it was an full stop to the wait for much anticipated gadget.It was supposed to hit the Indian market on first week of December.BlackBerry Storm also known as ‘iPhone killer’ had some great features. To pint out some of its important specs and features will be its 3.2 MP camera with 480×360 resolution, virtual keyboards available in AZERTY and QWERTZ, Built-in GPS and speakerphone, SurePress™ touch screen, Integrated earpiece/ microphone,On memory side it features Expandable memory – support for microSD™ card and 1GB onboard memory and128 MB Flash and also battery life of Up to 15 days (Standby time).
But before it could reach the Indian market, there are reports of problems shooting at the new phone from RIM. Even though there are huge fans for their ever loved storm, certain issues had been reported on the first touch screen from RIM. RIM has acknowledged issues which include loss of e-mail connectivity, couple of issues with the keyboard not responding and the phone’s screen orientation and also passed a list to Verizon employees. The report says that the reported issues will be resolved in the firmware update that is expected in the first week of December.
The info that the BlackBerry Curve 8900, will be launched by Rogers in January 2009 with a $149.99 price tag on a 3-year voice and data deal is not new to everyone. But to add to the info, here is the piece of update – along with 8900, they will be launching a a pink BlackBerry Bold. The pink bold features the same crisp screen (480 x 360) as the Bold but a better camera of 3.2 MP. Even though it does not feature 3G, it have GPS and Wi-Fi features.
Fido would be offering BlackBerry devices and services soon. Fido is planning to launch the BlackBerry 8120 Pearl in both Oyster Pink and Grey on second week of December . BlackBerry 8220 Pearl will be launched by Fido in Q1 ‘09 for price tag of $50 on a 2-year contract. We are expecting the release of data plans from Rogers/Fido to be out by the end of the week.
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Virgin Mobile Canada has officially released the BlackBerry Curve 8330 which is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry. The deal is for $49.99 on a 3-year plan. You can also get it for $329.99 on a 2-year plan or $379.99 on a 1-year plan or $429.99 on 30 days plan. The exciting attraction of Virgin Mobile is that it will include an 8GB memory card with the device, and this offer will be available till supplies last.
Virgin Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8330 packing comes in with a Full QWERTY keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP Stereo BT, 1GB Micro SD Card and Stereo Headset, 96 MB flash memory (internal) , External MicroSD expandable memory up to 8 GB and Screen: TFT LCD , 320 x 240 pixel, 65,000 colors.
You can also access up to 10 corporate and personal email accounts with unlimited email and instant messaging using the BlackBerry service which starts at $15 per month.
