BlackBerry Storm 3 spotted in Verizon Wireless' system

By on Oct 19, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Rumor October 19, 2010

BlackBerry Storm users on Verizon Wireless are still feeling the burn from the AT&T exclusive launch of the BlackBerry Torch. While not everyone has a hankering for a hybrid handset, owners of the Storm and Storm 2 were more than displeased to learn that RIM will not be updating either smartphone to the latest version of its OS, BlackBerry 6. While the imminent release of a new OS 6-powered touchscreen handset will merely be salt in the wound for some, others will be happy to learn that the Storm 3, so it would seem, is almost ready for prime time. The third coming of RIM’s popular touchscreen line, the BlackBerry Storm 3, has been spotted in Cellbrite — an internal system used by Verizon Wireless service technicians to transfer information between phones. In short, another piece of the puzzle is now in place and the BlackBerry 6-equipped Storm 3 may be hitting store shelves in the near future.

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  • Boy Genius

    you are all idiots

    • Mang

      Most agree.

  • phone capo
  • James

    Guess its coming after all.

  • Axtell

    Verizon’s ‘system’? That’s not their ‘system’, that’s nothing more than a cellebrite number transfer device. This proves nothing.

  • freddy

    While RIM may not disappear like Palm because many businesses still swear by them, they are going to keep loosing consumer market share if they don’t do something drastic. The Playbook specs and OS on a 4inch NON-movable screen (surepress needs to die!) would bring up to par. That is especially needed if the rumors hold true that the iPhone will be on VZW in early 2011.

  • http://www.v-techwireless.com yvan holder

    In an evolving industry link the cell industry were technology is changing at a fast pace some companies are struggling to keep up.

  • phone capo

    rumor has it after os 6 rim going use winmo 6.5

  • So Official

    Official

  • dariuscuh

    another crappy old ass OS RIM? better yet another fail? i bet it is… *yawn*

  • Oh Snapplz

    If only Apple had created the Blackberry…. wait… would that mean the iSheep would run out & get RIMJobs??

    Creeeeeepy…

  • JJ

    Wasn’t the 9570 canceled by VZW? Storm 3 is still alive but 9570, I don’t think so

    “The BlackBerry 9570 Storm3 has been canceled. It could still launch somewhere, but it won’t be on Verizon, apparently — and considering that it was shaping up to be an ever-so-slightly-retuned Storm2, we can’t say we blame them.”

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/30/verizon-scoop-extravaganza-motorola-venus-with-portrait-qwerty/

  • Sam K

    TheBerryFix.com posted a pic like this from CellBrite on Oct 15th so PhoneArena.com can’t call this an exclusive.
    http://www.theberryfix.com/blackberry-storm-3-canceled-new-evidences-proves-otherwise

    Also, BBLeaks.com posted information that the 9570 was canceled by RIM.
    http://www.bbleaks.com/2010/10/blackberry-storm-9570-canceled-for-all.html

    I hope they’re wrong because I’d like to see an updated Storm with OS 6 until we can get a new touch screen Blackberry with the upcoming QNX OS.

    And to all the people who’ve never used or hardly used a Storm and Storm2 and are saying that it stinks, you really have no business commenting about them. I don’t care if you used one in a Verizon store for 5 minutes or tried out a friend’s Storm/Storm2. I got both of them when they came out and I’ll be the first to admit that the original Storm was horrible with the original OS but once Verizon/RIM released OS version 4.7.0.148, it became a much better phone. The Storm2 was very good right out of the box with the exception of the web browser.

    • KEVIN

      I AGREE I HAD BOTH STORMS AND I REALLY LIKED THE STORM 2. WITH OS6 I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PHONE. BUT I DID HEAR THE 9570 WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE SLIDE OUT

  • Ken

    1. Palm is not gone, just about to be rebranded and is poised for a comeback.
    2. My boss has a torch and is impressed with it, but then, he’s easily impressed.
    3. My Pre+ runs circles around the torch.
    4. I agree that the storm 3 is not much to talk about.

  • http://www.buymobile.net BuyMobile.net

    I really like the Storm 2 like many people are saying I think that OS6 on anothe BlackBerry would make it worth upgrading. The 9550 surpassed the 9530 without a doubt, can’t wait to see what the 9570 looks like.

  • Troika

    I still have a bb storm 1 and after updating the os, the phone has worked fine. After two years of daily use, I have had to replace the battery once.

    Would like to update, but everything else out there does not sync seamlessly with outlook. There is still a business crowd out there for which this is very important.

    I owned a Droid X for 41 hours and gave up, problems with emails and sync. The vz rep was about to make an appointment for me to go over my issues with a tech specialist! After over 6 hours on the phone with vz staff, I said no thanks and returned the phone to the local store. Also, I was asked to leave the phone and return in a few days to pick it up? It is only a phone, not a car.

    Get the phone to work right out of the factory before you distribute the products. I am a customer. It is not my job to identify problems and suffer the consequences of poor QA in design and manufacturing.

    Most of the stuff being dumped on customer is either junk or should have never left the factory in the firts place. It is outrageous.

  • Device58

    does anyone know of a touchscreen smartphone other than a blackberry where you can enlarge the font, the droids only stretch the screen on email and they run off the screen. My eye are getting bad need large font.

    kd

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