RSSBlackBerry unleashes Storms and Javelins upon the world
By Tim Conneally | Published November 13, 2008, 1:25 PM
Research in Motion's first touchscreen BlackBerry, the Storm, will be coming to Verizon on November 21 for $249.99. Germany will be getting the Curve 8900 (a.k.a. "Javelin") by the end of the month.
Officially announced in October, the 3G touchscreen Storm offers tactile feedback, accelerometer-driven portrait/landscape layout swapping, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and BlackBerry's famous productivity application lineup.
With a two-year Verizon contract and $50 mail-in rebate, the Storm's retail cost comes down to $199.99.
Meanwhile, RIM launched the Curve 8900 "Javelin" with T-Mobile yesterday in Germany. The 8900 works on T-Mobile's EDGE network and also offers Wi-Fi and GPS. It has a 2.4" HVGA (480 x 360) display, and measures only 13.5mm thick, according to RIM, it is the thinnest full QWERTZ BlackBerry available.
The Curve 8900 will be available later this month for €359.90 without contract. On a two-year contract on T-Mobile's Relax 200 Plus plan (€39.95 monthly), the Curve 8900 will cost only €4.95.
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|I messed around with a Bold yesterday and to my surprise I didn't really like it. It felt rather cheap and light, and that leather back is totally out of place. You literally can't hold the thing without touching at least one or two buttons - both sides are covered with them. Even the PSP-ish interface turned me off a little. I'd really like to see a next-generation E series with 3G come to Verizion or AT&T. Or failing that, a new Treo with a keyboard designed for something other than a small octopus. Or *any* 3G smartphone with a human-sized QUERTY, a center D-button and full Outlook integration. Is that so much to ask?
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|I can't believe they managed to stick that stupid myfaves feature on a BB.
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|the 3G touchscreen Storm offers BlackBerry offers tactile feedback,
One too may offers there, Tim.
it is the thinnest full QWERTZ BlackBerry available.
look at the keypad...and try again. ;)
Going to have to take a look at the storm as well I guess...
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|You should check again -- it is a QWERTZ keyboard -- its being released in Germany, with a German keyboard layout.
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|http://news.cnet.com/830...938_105-10095985-1.html
Look at the keypad.
You are right about the German keyboard layout, of course, but every image I have seen of the Curve (including the linked image) is QWERTY.
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|Good eye on both counts
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