Category: Blackberry Storm

Smartphone Marketshare »

Apple is certainly doing well, coming out of nowhere 2 years ago and surpassing some of the main players that’s been around much longer. You have to give them credit. Even more and more companies are allowing their corporate users to use iPhones to access company e-mail.

New Improved Firmware for Blackberry Storm »

Even though it took almost 6 months since the original firmware was shipped with this Verizon iPhone Killer, the new version well worth the wait. There were many complaints on the original firmware with slow reacting menus and browser usage but the wait is finally over. The Storm users can now enjoy this great phone [...]

What is the best selling smartphone in US? »

According to a market research company, NPD, it’s not the iPhone as many people thought. Here are the rankings for the Q1 in US in terms of sales. #1: Blackberry Curve #2: Apple iPhone 3G #3: Blackberry Storm #4: Blackberry Pearl #5: T-Mobile G1

Top 10 Selling Phones in March 2009 »

(1) Samsung SGH-i900/i910 Omnia (7) Nokia 3109 (3) Nokia 6300 (2) HTC Touch HD (8) Nokia E71 (4) Nokia E51 (10) Nokia 3120 (8) Nokia 5800 (5) Blackberry Storm (-) Samsung M8800 () = Last month’s position. Source: Krusell, the Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics.

Blackberry Storm Block Diagram »

Continuing with the series, here are all the suppliers inside the Blackberry Storm.

Blackberry Storm costs more to make than iPhone 3G »

Is this a surprise to anybody? According to iSuppli, the company that does teardown and cost estimate, BB Storm costs $203 to make while iPhone 3G costs $175 to make. The difference can be explained partly by the fact that Apple typically negotiates better with their suppliers than their competitors. The other reason is BB [...]

1M shipment for Blackberry Storm »

We had just reported that RIM had shipped a half million Blackberry Storms in the first month yesterday. Now, Verizon has come out and said they’ve shipped 1 Million Storms since launch on late Nov, or for the past 2 months. If my math is correct, that’s a half million phones per month for the [...]

500,000 BB Storm sold in first month »

RIM is reporting that they have sold a half million Blackberry Storms in its first month of launch. It’s not the highest selling handset model of all time or anything but still not bad considering they didn’t have the phones to ship and the initial review weren’t all that positive due to buggy software. And [...]