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BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.607 for the Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 has been officially released. Some Storm2 users have reported that the update has been pushed OTA to their devices. (Note: Wireless update works only with officially released BlackBerry OS versions)
You can also download OS 5.0.0.607 from the Verizon BlackBerry Updates page for use with BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
Back at CTIA 2010 Verizon announced that the it’s V Cast Apps market would launch on March 29th. It looks like they almost made that date…
If you take a look at the image, you will notice that the V Cast Apps icon appears on the home screen of this BlackBerry Storm2. Have any BlackBerry Storm2 users noticed a new installer icon appearing on your device?
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It’s no big deal for Verizon to tout the strength of their network versus that of AT&T, however, we haven’t actually seen them do it with the BlackBerry Storm2 directly against the iPhone before.
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If the number of questions I’ve gotten about how to set the speed dial, how to change speed dial entries, and why there are only 8 available slots for speed dial on the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Storm2 is an indication of how RIM did over the holiday season… RIM did pretty well.
Instead of trying to answer everyone individually I figured that I would create this little post to tell you how to quickly and easily manage the speed dial on your BlackBerry Storm or BlackBerry Storm2.
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As many of you may already know, memory has been a point of contention for BlackBerry users for quite some time. To get straight to the point, there simply isn’t enough of it. Sure, the newest devices have 16 gig media cards and 2 gigs of internal memory, but, you really only have 256 MB of application space. Once you factor in the OS you are probably only talking about a 100 MB or so from which to install and run applications and if you don’t have a BlackBerry Storm2 or better, the problem is dramatically worse.
The big hit at the BlackBerry Developer’s Conference this week was OpenGL ES which brings 3D graphics support to BlackBerry applications. Starting with the BlackBerry Storm2 and the BlackBerry Curve 8530, developers are going to deliver applications and games that rival what you see on the the iPhone. The problem for RIM, however, is that 3D graphics take up space. They take up a lot of space and the BlackBerrys antiquated way of handling memory is going to be a huge bottleneck.
BlackBerry App World’s ability to archive rarely used applications and store them on your media card allowing you to reclaim that precious application memory is great feature, but, it gets really old really quick when you have do it with apps you use regularly simply because you are out of memory.
RIM needs to fix this…
The hottest device coming out of Research in Motion right now is the BlackBerry Bold 9700. The hottest news coming out of Research in Motion is OpenGL (3D graphics) support. The BlackBerry Bold 970o, unfortunately, doesn’t support OpenGL.
The question to you is does the Bold 9700 still sound just as hot?
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Even though the TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 hasn’t been officially announced it is showing up on TELUS’s Black’s Photography site and there are rumors that the Storm2 will launch on TELUS November 24th.
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An interesting report from ComScore on Touchscreen Mobile Phone Adoption came out yesterday and a few things in the report kind of surprised me.
Of the 10 devices listed, the BlackBerry Storm received the most bad press, deservedly so, by a long shot. For the Storm to come in 4th when it was such a bad device at launch and having been on the market for a lot less time than the three devices in front of it was more than just surprising. It was actually a bit shocking.
This is probably due to the strength of the BlackBerry brand because no one else could have had a device suck that much, yet sell so well. Hopefully the BlackBerry Storm2 will do better by the brand than did it’s predecessor. Every report that I’ve heard about the BlackBerry Storm2 goes something like, “You know, it’s really not that bad“. If that sentiment remains I think RIM will view the BlackBerry Storm2 as a success.
Check out the new Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 commercial…
The Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 9550 is now officially available on Verizon’s website. It is $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract.
If you are looking to get a solid BlackBerry device with a touch screen and you don’t already own the Storm, get the BlackBerry Storm2. You won’t feel screwed like many consumers did when they bought the original Storm with the initial FUBARed to the tenth power OS that it shipped with.
If you already have a Storm, I strongly recommend that you upgrade it to OS 5.0.0.328, play with it for a while, and seriously debate on whether or not your really need Wi-Fi. Yes, the BlackBerry Storm2 has better build quality than its predecessor. Yes the BlackBerry Storm2 has more memory than it’s predecessor. Yes, there are undoubtedly other things the the BlackBerry Storm2 does better than it’s predecessor. At the end of the day, however, the really big difference, in my opinion, is Wi-Fi.
I doubt that we will see any more BlackBerry devices that don’t include Wi-Fi. I would recommend to anyone buying a new BlackBerry get a device with Wi-Fi. That being said, Wi-Fi in the BlackBerry Storm2 is not a compelling enough enhancement for me to recommend that existing BlackBerry Storm users move to the BlackBerry Storm2. This isn’t and indictment on the Wi-Fi or the BlackBerry Storm2. It is an indictment on the BlackBerry OS and the BlackBerry Browser. That, however, is a topic for another post…
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