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It was looking pretty certain that the refreshed Storm that jammed BlackBerry 6 onto the Storm 2 was going to be canned, but there are still signs of life in internal Verizon retail systems. There are two pictures here, showing the BlackBerry Storm 3 9570, clear as day, but I still suspect these are relics from before the cancellation. It’s interesting that they’re being listed as the Storm 3 too, since it seemed to me like the real Storm 3 is that bigger one we saw with a trackpad.
The BlackBerry 9570, as we knew it, bumped up the camera on the Storm 2 to 5 megapixel, and app memory to 512 MB, but otherwise kept the same SurePress clicking touchscreen, HVGA display resolution, GPS, Wi-Fi, and 3G. It would launch with OS 6, probably acting a lot like the Torch, but RIM has been really quiet about a software upgrade on previous Storms; I think that’s a subtle sign that we won’t see it, but it does potentially mean the next Storm will run QNX’s Neutrino operating system.
Whatever the case may be, given the new evidence, let’s not rule out a refreshed Storm just yet. RIM went through the trouble of refreshing the Curve 8520 and the Bold 9700, there’s no reason they wouldn’t do it for the Storm 9550.
[via TheBerryFix, BerryReporter]
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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.
