Remember the BlackBerry Storm2 refresh, the one we talked about way back in the summer of 2010?  Then remember how we broke the news about the cancellation of the Storm2 refresh, due to it being under powered, behind in technology, and just a bad idea from the start?  Well the same informant just reached out to us and I have to say, even I’m not sure I believe this one just yet.

It would seem that with the latest BlackBerry model announcements, such as the new Bold Touch and other touch screen devices they already have down the pipeline, the Storm series could very well be put to rest.  Can I blame RIM, if in fact, this turns out to be true?  Not at all.  The series should have died after the Storm2 honestly.  Time will tell if this one becomes reality from rumor.

April Fools ;)

We had to do just one.  Hope everyone enjoys their Friday!

RIM caught a lot of heat when the first BlackBerry Storm launched, for its lackluster performance to extremely laggy OS they had an uphill battle from the start.  The Storm2 fixed some of the flaws from that initial launch but did the outcry cause the Storm line to be to little to late?

We all know the Storm3 is in full development swing, and one of our informants just hit us up with something interesting.  It appears that RIM might be changing the name of their next 100 percent touchscreen device on Verizon, and not call it a Storm3.  The brand took to many negative hits and RIM might be thinking a name change is in order for the majority of users who dont follow blogs and the Interwebs.  We say… Good idea if it pans out to be true.  If they keep the Storm name chances are it will die a quick death if its not absolutely stellar, something RIM does not seem to be able to do lately.

Thanks A!

With all the talk about Android this and iPhone that, its tough to be a BlackBerry user as of late.  RIM seems to have lost all sense of what customers want.  Or have they?  An email has just landed into our lap from a trusty informant and this might make some of you RIM fans happy. (more…)

Thanks to our trusty informant we received some news this morning that might make some of you happy.  While we trust our source, this is still a rumor as always until RIM themselves say’s otherwise.  Remember the whole Storm 9570 fiasco that occurred between the months of August and October?  Was it a Storm3?  Was it a Storm2 but upgraded for OS6?  Well, we learned some interesting info about what happened and why.  Hit the jump for all the details. (more…)

As was Tweeted over the weekend, we received some Storm3 info but held off until we can better verify some of the information gathered.  First off, as is already known, there is no Storm3 this fall, as it appears that the Storm2 “refresh” will be RIM and Verizon’s push to get users onto OS6.  The refresh gives the Storm2 double the RAM to 512MB to better accommodate the new OS.

Now onto the good stuff.  We have learned that the Storm3 was delayed just a bit this past late Spring, as Verizon may want to launch the device with LTE for data.  We have reports from separate sources that give us two possible launch time frames.  One being May of 2011 to coincide with RIM’s WES conference.  The other date being next November in 2011.  Why the separate dates?  We are hearing it all depends on how well the LTE rollout goes, and how much coverage is around by May.  If LTE gets delayed at all, look for a November launch.  As always, when we get more we will post it up!

**Update – There’s talk that this is also an Official Release from Vodafone Germany. I went to the site myself but didn’t see it listed. So either way, if you decide to download, be sure to delete the vender.xml file**

WillyBoy6 over at Driphter just made Storm 9500 users happy this Monday morning. He has leaked 5.0.0.841. I’m not a Storm user, but he says that the last update was .484, so I’m sure you 9500 users will be excited by this. Leave us a note and let us know what you find different in this latest OS release.

As a reminder, please perform a backup before trying to install a new OS. GizmoFusion can not be held liable if you get the dreaded white screen. This is for advanced users! Please do some researching if you are an OS upgrade newbie!

Click Here to download 5.0.0.841 for the Storm 9500

Source: Driphter

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Not in surprisingly shocking fashion, we just received word today from a reliable informant that Verizon, which did have some BlackBerry 6 builds in testing, has since stopped and will probably wait until either a Storm2 reboot and/or a Storm3 is revealed.  Reasoning?  You can bet the 256MB of RAM is one of them, as well as other factors.  As said its not a shocker, but its sad for Storm2 users that were hoping to get some OS6 goodness.  Lets hope this bit of info is wrong for those of you sticking it out with your Storm2′s.

UPDATE: For those that have emailed asking, we agree.  We hope this is not true.  Lets hope the testing stopped for other reasons, such as waiting on a specific build.  For now, this is the info that we have though.

Well Research in Motion’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium, or WES for short is nearly upon us and this year promises to bring some exciting news to the Blackberry Platform. Here are some of the things that may or may not be addressed by Research In Motion and this years Wireless Enterprise Symposium… (more…)

The Barely There case from Case-mate has been on the market for a little while now, I believe actually just over a year. As a user and fan of Case-mate products, I figured it was time for a review!

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