Storm s/w Update for Vodafone

Vodafone has released a software update for the BlackBerry Storm in an attempt to improve software issues some customers have been having.

Although leaked versions have been floating around the web for some time, this is the first official update that has been released.

Currently available on Vodafone.de, the 103MB OS update will take the software revision to version 4.7.0.78 from the shipped 4.7.0.65 version.

Vodafone UK has said that the German version is multilingual meaning you can download it without fear of turning your handset German.

Additionally a spokesman for the UK arm of the company has said that it expects the download to be available on the UK site shortly with an Over The Air download available next week for those not interested in downloading it via their PC.

Storm Brewing On Vodafone 11th November

Vodafone has priced up Research in Motion’s touchscreen BlackBerry, the Storm 9500, and it’s going to be giving it away.

Well, sort of. The iPhone-like handset will come free of charge, provided you’re willing to cough up £35 a month for two years to get access to Vodafone’s network.

RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: yours for up to £500

Pay less per month, or choose a contract of 18 months’ duration, and the price of the Storm itself rockets to £300. Only go for a year-long contract and you’ll pay £500 for the phone.

RIM and Vodafone announced the Storm’s UK debut earlier this month. The handset sports a touch-sensitive 3.25in, 480 x 360 display, and can connect at HSDPA speeds of up to 7.2Mb/s.

Storm has a 3.2-megapixel camera and GPS. It’ll play music and movie files stored on Micro SDHC cards.

Source: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/31/vodafone_rim_blackberry_storm_9500/

A Blackberry Storm On The Verizon??

Blackberry are though to be cooking up a storm at some point today, a blackberry storm that is. This much talked about device should get officialy announced today according to online sources and advertising hype, the below image shows todays date and the image name is comingstorm.jpg.

As the image suggests, STAY TUNED!

UPDATE:

Just spotted another image online which has come from Verizon in an email to employees, some details are still missing though such as internal memory capabilities and if it has Wi-Fi built in?  A 3.2mp is included along with ‘Click Touch’ (Haptic) feedback and GPS functionality is also present in the new touch screen device.

Images courtesy of Crackberry