A couple days ago we got news from BlackBerry Cool that the BlackBerry Storm was officially announced on Vodafone. Since then, we’ve seen a huge surge in Storm activity. Bell and TELUS also decided to pick up the Storm.
I’m really excited about the touch screen developments on the BlackBerry Storm. The haptic vibration system makes for a new experience that the current touch screen market does not offer. When you touch the keypad for instance, the haptic vibrations simulate actual keys, making it easier to type.
On top of the media capabilities and new touch screen system, the BlackBerry Application Center will launch with the BlackBerry Storm’s OS 4.7. It will allow BlackBerry users find, browse and install/upgrade 3rd party BlackBerry apps hosted by carriers. The Application Center will display an up to date list of applications availalbe for download, along with description and marketing information about each application. Functionally, the App Center will consist of the device side client and a a server backend hosted by RIM that the application will interact with to retrieve up to date application list of applications hosted by the carriers.
The numbers I’ve been seeing lately say that about 50% of BlackBerry users are pure consumers. I’m expecting this device to push the consumer side even more.
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