Comments on: Verizon BlackBerry Storm Ship Date Moved Up A Week

By: VZW Employee

VZW Employee — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:33:05 +0000

OH and there has been one software upgrade released since the BB Storm has been released so you may want to look into this and make sure you are up to snuff so to speak.

By: VZW Employee

VZW Employee — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:30:27 +0000

I ordered a Storm for myself at 6am on the release date. The payment came out 12/09 and I probably will not get it until the 15th. It is hard to ask you Blackberry fan’s to be patient as I am on pins and needles as well, waiting to recieve mine. The ship date is 2-3 days from the date that the payment was processed, not ordered. That’s where the confusion lies. If it makes you feel any better, we employees are put on the back burner for orders so that you guys get yours first! When the original Voyager came out we weren’t even able to begin ordering them until about 4mos after the release date!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:31:38 +0000

My storm just shipped today as it was scheduled to ship by 12/8. Good news for anyone waiting.

By: Thought

Thought — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:20:25 +0000

One wonders how many Storms Verizon could have sold this past weekend had they been in stock…

They will still sell a lot, and some will order or wait to buy the phone anyway, but missed opportunities are still missed…

By: freewareupdater101

freewareupdater101 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:07:30 +0000

I guess with this one I will be changing my phone.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:41:38 +0000

How can they make it without WiFi? It is Verizon… it is to be expected that it would not have WiFi.

I will grant that, in my area, Verizon coverage is awesome. It is not better than the WiFi in my house though. If I like this phone, I will sure miss the WiFi I get with my TMO Curve.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:06:37 +0000

I ordered it the night of the release date and they said it would ship by 12/5. Should I expect an earlier ship date with the news of the 8th now for those that expected the 15th?

By: Prepaid Cell Guy

Prepaid Cell Guy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:14:18 +0000

How can they build a tool like this and not offer wifi? Maybe Blackberry made it with wifi and Verizon said “no way.” The Verizon model of hammering the customer for every last cent of revenue sure gets old.

The independence that Apple had to build their iphone and then sell marketing rights to ATT is better because they made the tool to be as useful as possible and then made it a phone.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:05:45 +0000

Hi Rich,

That makes complete sense. I actually wondered about that. Obviously everything in the VZW store would be plugged in 24/7.

I will have mine on Monday and will report more after a day or two of hands-on. I am hoping that I like it! Sure wish it had WiFi though.

Eric