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]