12 Facts About BlackBerry Storm

BlackBerry Storm is a touchscreen smartphone developed by Research In Motion.

BlackBerry Storm was available through Vodafone in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, The Netherlands and India; Verizon Wireless in the United States; Telus, Bell, and SaskTel in Canada, on Iusacell in Mexico, and on lime and Digicel in parts the Caribbean.

BlackBerry Storm 9530 was an international and worldwide electronic communicating device, featuring CDMA with EV-DO Rev A data, UMTS with HSDPA, and quad-band GSM with EDGE data access speed.

However, the BlackBerry Storm only has European, Oceania, Asia and Brazil UMTS and HSDPA frequency bands.

Therefore, if the BlackBerry Storm is used with GSM wireless carriers in North America, the BlackBerry Storm will only be able to access wireless internet at EDGE data speed maximum.

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Newer versions of the Blackberry OS for the Storm allow the use of the QWERTY keyboard when held vertically.

The BlackBerry Storm 9500 has a firmware-disabled CDMA module and is destined for use outside North America.

However, the BlackBerry Storm only has European, Oceania, Asia and Brazil UMTS and HSDPA frequency bands.

Therefore, if the BlackBerry Storm is used with GSM wireless carriers in North America, the BlackBerry Storm will only be able to access wireless internet at EDGE data speed maximum.

However, Verizon had to replace almost all of the one million BlackBerry Storm smartphones sold in 2008 due to issues with the SurePress touch screen and claimed $500 million in losses.

BlackBerry Storm was met with generally mixed reviews, some focusing on serious usability problems in particular.

David Pogue of the New York Times bashed the BlackBerry Storm calling it the BlackBerry Dud and said it was "head-bangingly frustrating", particularly for lacking Wi-Fi and being prone to too many glitches.