nova media recently introduced tethered modem support for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 smartphone with an update of launch2net, its award winning mobile connection manager for Mac OS X, offering a mobile Internet connection for the Mac with up to 7.2 Mbits/s download speeds.

launch2net offers users trouble-free mobile Internet access and already includes drivers and network access information to connect with cell phones, modems and most mobile network operators worldwide. Further, launch2net offers advanced statistic information on the time and data volume spent online and features convenient connection preferences like the ability to auto-connect or to disconnect after a certain time or data limit has been reached.

launch2net is now available online at http://www.novamedia.de for US-$ 49.90 (Euro 49.90 including VAT). System requirements are Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.2 or higher and a supported mobile device and network carrier.

BlackBerry Storm 9500

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As well as Orange, Vodafone has also announced its winter range of phones with BlackBerry Storm in a leading position. Beside the Storm, the upcoming lineup include: Nokia 6124 classic, Nokia 6210, Nokia 6500 classic, Nokia N96, Samsung G600, Samsung J700, Samsung L810 Steel, Sony Ericsson C905, Sony Ericsson K770i, Sony Ericsson W350i, Sony Ericsson W595, Sony Ericsson W910i, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, Vodafone 231, Vodafone 527, Vodafone 533, and Vodafone 725.

Vodafone will be offering these phones for pay as you talk customers and for a new contract users. Pay as you talk phones are available from 20 GBP to 100 GBP. In the contract phones range consumers may choose from: BlackBerry Storm, Nokia 6124 classic, Nokia 6210, Nokia N96, Sony Ericsson C905, Sony Ericsson W595, and 3.2 megapixel slider Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1.

In addition, beginning today Vodafone also made available the Storm in Germany from EUR 1 on a 2-year customer agreement and added 3 special data tariff options for the BlackBerry Storm which are optimised for email and Internet usage.

BlackBerry 9500 Storm

After LG, RIM also announced its new developer tools especially for new BlackBerry Storm 9500, popular BlackBerry Bold 9000 and first flip handset, the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip. The developer tools features BlackBerry Java Development Environment which allows users to develop software of handsets as well as desktop applications to enable simulation of the handsets.

Available versions for download are BlackBerry JDE v4.7 and BlackBerry JDE v4.6. The BlackBerry JDE v4.7 is development application for the new Storm while the BlackBerry JDE v4.6 is for the Bold and Pearl Flip.

The BlackBerry JDE v4.7 includes: Touch-Screen Support, Orientation and Rotation Support, Accelerometer Support, Virtual Keyboard Control, Camera and Media Integration and Set Homescreen Background Image.

BlackBerry JDE v4.6 together with BlackBerry JDE v4.7 include following APIs: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Location-Based Services (LBS), Multimedia Integration, Customized Messages and Alerts, Multiple Calendar and Contact List Support, Time Zone Enhancements, Décor Enhancements and SMS & MMS Listener.

The new APIs have been improved and now provide better web page rendering with AJAX, JavaScript 1.5, CSS 2.1, DOM L2 (including Core, HTML, Style, Events) and HTML 4.01 (including Forms, Maps, Tables, Frames, Objects), as well as support for downloading files via the browser.

For more informations please visit: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/.

RIM to bring its developer tools too

BlackBerry is surely taking the world with Storm. This time it’s Verizon Wireless and Vodafone Group unveiling the BlackBerry Storm which will be available exclusive for Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. (9530 version) and Vodafone customers (9500 version) in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.

BlackBerry Storm is the first touch-screen based BlackBerry smartphone that actually depresses ever so slightly when the screen is pressed that user distinctly feels the screen being pressed and released with a gentle “click”. BlackBerry Storm will support single-touch, multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient application navigation. Just like in many new Nokia phones, BlackBerry Storm touch-screen can automatically switch between landscape mode and portrait mode.

The Storm features a 3.2 megapixel camera with variable zoom, a Built-in GPS support, 1GB of onboard memory storage and a microSD memory card slot.  The elegant Storm comes preloaded with DataViz Documents to Goapplicaton, and a media player that best plays multimedia files.

Here are you may find some additional details at pricing and availability: www.blackberry.com/storm, www.verizonwireless.com/storm or www.vodafone.co.uk/storm.

BlackBerry Storm