The BlackBerry fightback begins
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I've heard that the new 9500 BlackBerry Storm is going to be a Vodafone exclusive or will at least debut on Vodafone (http://blackberry.vodafone.co.uk/storm/). Volker reported in his blog that RIM have released v4.7 beta of their IDE (http://vowe.net/archives/009971.html).
The feature list of the IDE makes for interesting reading (http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/devbeta.jsp#tab_tab_jde):
Touch Screen with support for gestures;
Orientation and Rotation support;
Accelerometer Support;
DRM support;
3rd Party Apps can invoke the video recorder and capture video;
Apps get a "send to" menu action for sending media to a target (like email, Flickr app)
Other features of the 9500 include:
3.2mp Camera with Flickr and FaceBook apps pre-installedt;
30fps video;
Up to 16gb storage via SD Card;
High quality sound;
That sounds like iPhone territory to me but with the security of BES.
The Vodafone link gives you a nice 360 degree view of the device and it looks nice. At 112.5mm x 62.2 mm x 13.95 mm it has very similar dimensions to the iPhone's 115 x 61 x 11.6mm. Hopefully it has a bigger battery.
CrackBerry.com recently revealed a first look a RIM's app store: (http://crackberry.com/exclusive-first-look-blackberry-application-center) which looks like a move in the right direction. The concern I have with it is the rumour that carriers will host the store. I hope we're not going to have a situation where developers are having to approach the different carriers worldwide to get their applications in the various stores worldwide.
All in all it's looking positive, BlackBerry is fighting back. BTW check out the Vodafone link if you think you might miss a real qwerty keyboard, the landscape view with virtual keyboard looks good. I can imagine execs wanting a Storm. For IT departments the Storm is a sexy device which also makes integration with Notes secure and easy to manage. The iPhone is currently hard work for us and the Storm should be an easier sell to execs than any previous BlackBerry.
But wait, before we all get carried away and buy one, what's missing? There's apparently no WiFi. I know 3G's quick but why pay for calls and data when you don't need to? Bizarre. That's why I won't be an early adopter much as I'd like to.
Hopefully the 9510 will be worth the wait, I want one.
Bookmark :
I've heard that the new 9500 BlackBerry Storm is going to be a Vodafone exclusive or will at least debut on Vodafone (http://blackberry.vodafone.co.uk/storm/). Volker reported in his blog that RIM have released v4.7 beta of their IDE (http://vowe.net/archives/009971.html).
The feature list of the IDE makes for interesting reading (http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/devbeta.jsp#tab_tab_jde):
Touch Screen with support for gestures;
Orientation and Rotation support;
Accelerometer Support;
DRM support;
3rd Party Apps can invoke the video recorder and capture video;
Apps get a "send to" menu action for sending media to a target (like email, Flickr app)
Other features of the 9500 include:
3.2mp Camera with Flickr and FaceBook apps pre-installedt;
30fps video;
Up to 16gb storage via SD Card;
High quality sound;
That sounds like iPhone territory to me but with the security of BES.
The Vodafone link gives you a nice 360 degree view of the device and it looks nice. At 112.5mm x 62.2 mm x 13.95 mm it has very similar dimensions to the iPhone's 115 x 61 x 11.6mm. Hopefully it has a bigger battery.
CrackBerry.com recently revealed a first look a RIM's app store: (http://crackberry.com/exclusive-first-look-blackberry-application-center) which looks like a move in the right direction. The concern I have with it is the rumour that carriers will host the store. I hope we're not going to have a situation where developers are having to approach the different carriers worldwide to get their applications in the various stores worldwide.
All in all it's looking positive, BlackBerry is fighting back. BTW check out the Vodafone link if you think you might miss a real qwerty keyboard, the landscape view with virtual keyboard looks good. I can imagine execs wanting a Storm. For IT departments the Storm is a sexy device which also makes integration with Notes secure and easy to manage. The iPhone is currently hard work for us and the Storm should be an easier sell to execs than any previous BlackBerry.
But wait, before we all get carried away and buy one, what's missing? There's apparently no WiFi. I know 3G's quick but why pay for calls and data when you don't need to? Bizarre. That's why I won't be an early adopter much as I'd like to.
Hopefully the 9510 will be worth the wait, I want one.
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