Bold, Storm, Curve, Pearl- each sounds like its own variety of luxury drug, and VRZ, TMO, ATT, are our dealers. I just wanted to Public Service Denouncement that hopefully brings everyone back to reality. As far as Onoshedidnt & Bluehorseshoes frienemy discourse, I would add this:

First off the RIM has attested to wanting to reconfigure the security bugs in the storm updated OS, before release “en mass” , so that their official reason for delays. However add credit to ONO, large U.S corporate firms typically attempt to sell mediocre and for lack of a better term “bullshit” as consumer options. I lived in Ohio practically all my life and relocated to Europe, both London and Madrid, and what I can tell you after be astounded by the food, work schedule, and la arquitectura marivilosa (marvelous) , I was stunned to find out that in most of Europe, China and Africa – Individuals buy the cellphone with the features they want , and then either purchase cellphone min via cards, or choose a carrier or in this case
Crackyberry dealer.
Thus it seems Europe and the rest of the world has done something we are still only catching on to – The unlocked phone, the unlocked mind.”

So yes, VRZ and TMO and ATT all have strict policies with RIM to provide different products that provide consumers “choice”. In reality, the real competition would have been releasing a “Storm” of Blackberries into the market with identical features – and seeing who really are the Most Valued Companies.

There is no fact to what you linked. Just he said, she said. One can only speculate. Perhaps BGR should have asked his source for proof before posting such information.

Yet another verizon given strike against RIM and their flagship Storm model. No excuse for verizon continuing to make RIM Blackberry devices less than what they should be for consumers, or less than they should be for RIM. After all bluehorseshoe can’t go a thread without reminding all of us of the industry leading competition.

sadly this is not your place to “call” anything or “call” anybody out. Nice try yet again at acting like your someone, but in reality your no one. You fooling no one here. It’s a fact verizon cripples autonomous gps on it’s blackberry’s to force customer to purchase vznav or what ever the hell they call it. As for Wifi lets go with BGR and all his bias facts against blackberry shall we? That after all does tie into this thread right? Knowing the facts and the truth (instead of making lame excuses and childish personal attacks)

The real reason the BlackBerry Storm doesn’t have Wi-Fi or tri-band HSDPA
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/31/the-real-reason-the-blackberry-storm-doesnt-have-wi-fi-or-tri-band-hsdpa/

Like always no “banter” just educational “proof”.

Not sure how true it is, but it does make sense, and the ‘no price’ listed for the Storm actually worked out well since it can be used as an excuse that they’ve been advertising the Storm on almost every piece of material that VZW has been publishing recently.

I guess marketing played this one to go either way. CYA if this happens, CYA if that happens. Yet it was able to create an opposite response at the same time. I’m sure this is one example that will be used in future ‘Marketing 101′ classes.