Verizon Blackberry Storm talking points slip out
By Nilay Patel 
posted Sep 15th 2008 11:04AM
posted Sep 15th 2008 11:04AM
[Thanks, HTCKid]
posted Sep 15th 2008 11:04AM
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When the link talks of "quad-band architecture" it is not saying quad-band GSM. It means 850/1900 on 1X and Ev.Do and 900/800 GSM making it a "quad-band" device. No device in verizon history has ever been released with 850/1900 GSM bands as they are primarily used in the states. And most countries that use GSM on the 850/1900 band also have CDMA coverage as well making the GSM not necessary.
Edit to above comment when i said 900/800 my keyboard left out the 1 so when talking about the gsm frequencies it should read 900/1800. Oops.
Hrmmm, I have an old 7130 for work that needs to be replaced, guess I might snag this one then.
Success of the 9530 will be solely based on two (maybe 3 things):
1. Touchscreen: has to be equally or better than the iPhone's multi-touch (can't deny that the functionality of it is pretty smooth)
2. Touch QWERTY keyboard: arguably, the iPhone's touch keyboard was difficult to use to some users (specifically those who have become very familiar with a physical QWERTY keyboard). RIM has advertised that the keyboard will act and feel like a physical keyboard - lets hope they provide a product to back that claim up
3. Operating System: can't argue on having a mobile version of MacOSX. So far, RIM's 4.2, 4.5 and 4.6 OS's don't really contribute to a consumer feel, rather it still makes it feel like a enterprise, messaging device. Hopefully RIM steers away from those OS's and possibly introduce a whole new OS aimed specifically at consumers.
If RIM can nail those (as best they can or as advertised) they might really be a serious competitor to the iPhone.
'Course, RIM is _already_ outperforming Apple/iPhone:
* More sales, even in the USA (worldwide, neither RIM nor Apple are significant compared to Symbian) - see: http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/10/report-shows-the-busiest-browsing-handsets.html
* More features (e.g. better cameras w/video recording, a real bluetooth stack w/tethering, a2dp, etc..) - see: http://www.iphonebuzz.com/iphones-bluetooth-is-dumb-purposely-crippled-or-both-151188.php
* J2ME - supports thousands of standard mobile applications (such as AmazeGPS for voice navigation, Skype, etc) - the iPhone only supports specific applications that are "blessed" through Apple's iTunes store.
Any try to go to the link? I tried and nothing there yet. Maybe it is too soon?
The big ? that should be answered is , REV A or only REV 0?
without Wifi, it better have REV A or it's near useless for data,
too darn slow, once u got REV A u won't go back.
Sure they say it's "3G" but I have seen that on a 1X phone so what...
Ok Verizon, where is it... it's coming up on 5pm EST and still no announcement. What gives?
The term "Quadband" has always been synonymous with "Quadband GSM". Until I see specs that state otherwise I'll stand by that. Regardless, the 9500 for Rogers and Eurasian providers will undoubtedly be Quadband GSM with (at least) Triband HSPA (850/1900/2100).
Based on the talking points and the video posted, there appears to be no WiFi.
Sigh.
Probably time to go to AT&T.