Comments on: Rumor: BlackBerry Storm v2 Coming in September? Adding Wi-Fi & More?

By: anon

anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:30:02 +0000

I can say that (because I actually have a “storm 2″ in my posession, and no, I will not send you pictures or information, so noone ask) this is what the original storm should have been, and there is no excuse that it was not…namely, the design. The 95 series design is pathetic in the front/bottom of the device (read: the keys).
The “storm 2″ (and no, that is not the release name) still isn’t the ultimate touchscreen blackberry, however, it is getting closer.
Still wouldn’t trade it for a physical qwerty tho.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:35:44 +0000

@Queen4111: did you read the two essential words in the subject of this article that directly address your question? “Rumor” and “September”.

By: Queen4111

Queen4111 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:07:16 +0000

When is this Magical Device going to be available?

By: papped

papped — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:54:46 +0000

Sprint claims the exact same thing and they charge far less than verizon…

By: Matthew Zinader

Matthew Zinader — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:09:37 +0000

Cost isn’t the issue. They charge more for everything than the other carriers. They’ll get the money back. I saw that the Omnia by Verizon has wifi. They won’t do uma. They claim that it is not needed because of their network, and it is the best network. But, some of us live in rural areas or work in building that obstruct signal. They can’t fight this forever. Also, they can’t fight the gps fight forever. Gps is used for more than just nav now.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:32:59 +0000

With the integrated chips out these days, having wifi in addition to what is in the Storm now would have cost mere pennies more.
I have a 8830 and a 9530 and no matter how much BG rags RIM for no wifi on CDMA BlackBerry smartphones I just don’t care to have it in my phone. The ONLY use I can see is data service in buildings that have poor cellular but good wifi inside. Yeah, that’s like 1 place I visit maybe once every 3 years. And to be honest, Storm doesn’t need ANYTHING else slowing down its already sluggish processing.

By: papped

papped — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:22:05 +0000

Yeah because I mean they wanted to compete directly (price-wise) with the iPhone 3g (smart move) and even without the wifi the manufacturing costs on the Storm are pretty high.

By: Boomh4u3r

Boomh4u3r — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:11:31 +0000

Ah,I didn’t think of that.

By: papped

papped — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:42:28 +0000

More hardware space and cost. It doesn’t have to do with them losing money on the data plans.

By: Boomh4u3r

Boomh4u3r — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:54:50 +0000

I also do not understand why VZW doesn’t allow wifi on BlackBerrys.You have to have the DATA plan,so having wifi cant take money away from them.I can’t see ow it does at least.

By: Datdude

Datdude — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:51:18 +0000

Kitch, you are right, i mean i work at a verizon store and i dont’ see why the left it out in the first place. it’s not like T-mobile you can get the phone and not have the DATA. Can’t wait for the Storm 2.

By: papped

papped — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:58:37 +0000

The CDMA carriers seem to like neglecting wifi in order to push their reliable “EVDO”.

By: Kitch

Kitch — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:43:10 +0000

I just don’t understand why it was left out in the first place. Wi-Fi, IMO, should be a staple in smart phones.