RIM’s BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Verizon Wireless U.S. will now work around the world with the new data plans. With this stylish touchscreen smartphone you may go in more than 200 destinations with voice and more than 150 destinations with data. The Global Value Plan offers discounted roaming charges on calls made to and from 130 countries for just 5 USD/month.
Together with the Global Value Plan, Verizon also unveiled its new GlobalEmail Plan offering access to corporate e-mail attachments as well as personal or POP3 e-mail accounts. This plan is available for 70 USD/month with access for a stand-alone data plan and 65 USD/month with access when added to any voice plan.
BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Verizon Wireless is momentarily the latest smartphone announced by RIM. The Storm features 3.25” display with 480 x 360 pixels, 3.2 megapixel camera, Media Player, built-in GPS, 1GB onboard memory, RIM wireless modem and a wireless email.
After the official introduction of the new BlackBerry Storm, Canadian Telus has already announced that will bring RIM’s first touchscreen smartphone to its customers. The highly anticipated Storm will carry 3.25” display with 480 x 360 pixels, 3.2 megapixel camera, a HTML browser, and microSD card support. Telus has not announced the pricing and availability but you can stay informed through their site here.
Just announced BlackBerry Storm has been spotted and Rich Brome from Phone Scoop has spent a time with this new handset. According to Rich’s words the new BlackBerry is not large, thick, or heavy but pocket-friendly. It’s build quality is excellent, in comparing with an iPhone it is shorter but larger than the Curve.
The display has 12% more pixels than the iPhone which are also able to make more details and bring clear and crisp experience. Touchscreen technology also works very well on the whole display which is one huge a physical button.
On the front are also 4 buttons: menu, back, send and end which are easy-to-use as well as easy-to-find. There are mute and lock buttons on the top. For storage, this handset offers microSD card slot for up to 16GB as well as 1 GB of phone memory.
Unfortunately, this phone is missing the Wi-Fi which is last times very wanted, but company argues with the 3G support. Our Japanese and Korean friends will also enjoy the new Storm thanks to its GSM/EDGE and HSDPA 2100 data support.
