The BlackBerry Thunder had made an appearance long back and then had mysteriously disappeared into thin air, leaving the Storm to take on mobile world by veritable storm.
Now the Thunder has just as suddenly entered the scene with Verizon this week. We are not so sure about this smartphone though – it might just turn out to be the Storm 2 after all. You never know – considering the course of events, the next ones could well be named Tornado, Tsunami and so on!
Blackberry Thunder VZW
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Now Verizon Wireless has announced that it will let music lovers easily access their fave music on their BlackBerry Storm smartphones. They can also purchase and download their required tracks online, at the same time. Very soon, Verizon BlackBerry Storm users will see the Slacker Radio app appear on the homescreen of their devices. This app will give them all the most popular radio services available today.
The latest version of the Slacker Radio will also be able to connect to V Cast Music, so that its icon will be visible when it is also available for purchase with Rhapsody. Other features of Slacker include custom-created stations, caching to storage memory and a quick peek at the next song, artist, album and so on. Slacker Radio comes with Verizon’s Email and Web plans, starting at &29.99 a month. Visit verizonwireless.com for more info.
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A new WebOS theme is now available to give your BlackBerry Storm a bit of Palm Pre-mojo look. The new WebOS theme, very rightly named PreBerry, imitates both the look and feel of the Palm Pre’s all-new mobile operating system. Following on the recently-canned TealOS theme for Palm OS smartphones, PreBerry offers BlackBerry Storm owners a chance to get in on the Pre-action all pre-release style.
PreBerry enables all sorts of theme customization and application integration, even emulating the WebOS’s “wave launcher” dock. The theme comes complete with a slew of high-quality WebOS-like application icons, so you can be sure that your Pre-experience is as accurate as possible. Of course, the capacitance touchscreen on the Palm Pre will make for a decidedly different touchscreen experience, so be warned, do not be under the illusion that PreBerry is going to be a good alternative to the actual WebOS.
PreBerry is on sale for $5.99. Click here to download PreBerry .
PreBerry Screenshot
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RIM co-CEO Jim Ballsillie has now confirmed that the company is currently engineering a kind of sequel to the touch-based BlackBerry Storm smartphone. This is done considering the fact that there is now a large consumer segment for such a device.
Balsillie further said that “[the Storm] was a huge success in terms of sales and adoption” and that “we have next-generation devices with [touch] and the whole roadmap.” The company, though, did not provide any specific additional details, nor did they mention when this product would hit the retail market.
BlackBerry Storm
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