China Telecom launches BlackBerry... the BlackBerry Storm, that is

When a carrier announces that it's adding BlackBerry devices and BES support to its lineup, very rarely does that mean a touchscreen BlackBerry -- but hey, crazier things have happened. China's CDMA-based giant, China Telecom, has announced a partnership with RIM to bring the Storm (the original 9530, as far as we can tell) into the mix in the second half of this month, available in some sixteen provinces for a yet-to-be-announced price. At any rate, it's fair to assume your privacy will be compromised at no additional charge.

[treats Posted May 18th 2010 5:12PM]

It's probably the Storm 1 because Verizon's exclusivity is over for it, and the second one isn't. I've owned both, and they are terrible.

[JFH Posted May 18th 2010 5:26PM]

@treats

They sure are terrible. Good selling for RIM though.

[Stevenk Posted May 18th 2010 6:05PM]

@treats Worst phone ever, glad i live in the USA

[daedone Posted Jun 9th 2010 5:43PM]

@treats
You do realize that exclusivity only applied in the US right? We (Canada) had those Storms 3 weeks after you did, and the Storm 2 before you.

[alzrnb Posted May 18th 2010 6:30PM]

That exclusivity is only in the US isnt it? Given we have the storm 2 in the UK on O2?