RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie confirmed to Reuters that the company is planning a “next-generation” touch device, and that the original Storm was a “huge success.” Well, at least “in terms of sales and adoption.”
The guys at Laptop Mag sat down with RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis and uncovered some interesting bits of information—including the possibility of more touchscreen devices and an acknowledgment of problems with the Storm.
Dutch website Tweakers, a RIM sales manager said that, as rumoured, a followup to the underwhelming BlackBerry Storm will be arriving at the end of this year, or the beginning of next.
According to SlashGear, the BlackBerry Storm 2 is supposed to hit Verizon this coming September and it is rumoured to have Wi-Fi.
The country and the world is going to hell but, hey, what are Republicans and Democrats worrying about in Washington? They are whining about how much their BlackBerry Storm sucks:
Research In Motion is shooting their blackberries at Apple’s apples. Literally. Too bad their Storm’s touch screen actually sucks, no matter how many phony prizes they get. [Rimarkable via 9to5]
The Storm’s wunderkind network chip, which plays on CDMA and GSM networks, and fancier 3.2MP camera is why it costs $US203 to build, about $US30 more than the iPhone 3G. [BW]
Another week brings yet another BlackBerry Storm OS leak. This time the version is 4.7.0.90 for the 9530 and 9500—a version CrackBerry claims is “a step in the right direction.”
At least that’s what the CrackBerry folks who got their hands on the latest Storm OS seem to think anyway. Install at your own risk (unofficial update), but the changes appear to be pretty solid.
