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Verizon BlackBerry Storm Now for Sale

Categories: BlackBerry, Verizon
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 7:37 AM

BlackBerry Storm from Verizon

The Verizon BlackBerry Storm is now available for better or worse to the general public. Price starts at $199 on two-year contract after mail-in rebates and a nationwide e-mail plan. There was a ton of commotion yesterday as reviewers were left cold in the wake of the Storm, but there are still OS updates to come which should smooth out the experience, right? … Right? Not everyone was completely enamoured with the clickable SurePress touchscreen either, but I remain optimistic based on my experience at the BlackBerry Developer Conference. For the full tour, be sure to check out our BlackBerry Storm Video Roundup and hands-on picture gallery, but considering all of the mixed impressions, the only real way to know if this smartphone is for you is to get your hands on one and try it yourself. Still interested? Swing by your local Verizon shop, or check out verizonwireless.com/storm.

UPDATE: We hear there are some pretty crazy lines out there and short supply. Feel free to drop a comment with your local availability, and if you managed to get your mitts on one, your initial impressions.

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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.

  • Jose Perez

    After so much announcement of the Blackberry Storm, a local

    verizon store located in Hamilton Mall Mays Landing New Jersey

    only gets 5 phones. They open the store at 8 AM when they had

    announced 7 AM. So NOT A HAPPY VERIZON CUSTOMER RIGHT NOW!

  • troy2199

    Picked mine up this morning after getting there at 7 am waiting in line for i hour. there were already 10 people in line after the doors open up there were 30 people behind me. after another 45min i was on my way out the door there were people still rushing in. the storm seems to work pretty will for the most part.

    p.s don,t trust everybody comments go check it out for yourself i am glad i did.

  • nini

    will the blackberry storm or something similar (touch screen)

    be coming to T-Mobile?