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You would think that Vodafone Essar might make a wee exception and call the BlackBerry 9500 the Monsoon instead of the Storm, but hey, I guess there’s branding to preserve. Vodafone Essar will be offering the Storm as of January 15th. for Rs27,990. While BlackBerry service is still relatively young in India, the Storm represents RIM’s latest and greatest to the second-biggest country in the world. While the Storm’s software remains a point of conention for many (and the SurePress clicking touchscreen a point to many more), Vodafone has spread the device across many countries since the UK launch this summer regardless, including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain. Based on all of the Storms I saw at CES, the device is starting to catch on, and if it can capture even a portion of the vast Indian market, it will do very, very well.
[via EFYTimes]
[image via Jeff Hutchens]
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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.
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