BlackBerry Storm 9530 (aka Thunder) Pre-Release Thread

[doffmaster]

whats the deal with the video voice mail? is that through the carrier just a phone feature? is this the first phone on verizon with this?

The Voyager has it. It's a $2.99/mo feature that lets you view your voicemail messages on screen rather than listening to that lady tell you how many of your messages are about to expire.

http://gizmodo.com/5035483/verizon-v...sadly-not-free

[JBDizz]

whats the deal with the video voice mail? is that through the carrier just a phone feature? is this the first phone on verizon with this?

Verizon released "visual voicemail" just recently for certain phones. Its like the iphone's vv.

[thenaa00]

Anyone down for Pre-Release Thread 2?

[cwcanty]

NO WAY!!! Lets get this baby up to 6000 posts!

[sabatinojr]

OH NO! Everyone who signed up will DEFINITELY get an email this time around. Theres too much riding on this device.

I guess the big question is. Will we know here before we get the email.....my guess is that I will have one in my hand before I get anything. I hope you are right though....you usually are!

[Sovak75]

Although I have not seen concrete evidence on paper, I'm 99% sure it will be rev a. My Blackberry contact has stated it will be rev a on numerous occasions, plus VZW would not launch their flagship phone with rev 0 IMO.

Don't be so sure.

People's Exhibit A: LG Voyager (REV O)

[cwcanty]

That was almost a year ago though...No doubt things have changed since the voyager released

[Sovak75]

That was almost a year ago though...No doubt things have changed since the voyager released

It was still the flagship phone at the time and I'll also point out the the Curve (released just back in April) is also REV O. But I do agree that this device will almost certainly have REV A.

[cwcanty]

yeah I feel ya, but releasing this bad boy without REV A would be so foolish. I guess crazier things have happenend tho.

[tryn2getaclu]

Verizon released "visual voicemail" just recently for certain phones. Its like the iphone's vv.

Only iPhone's vv is included with no extra charge. I am not sure about this but I think the iPhone downloads all voice mail messages to the phone. Then you can scroll through the list of messages visually and touch which one's you want to listen to. It is a nice feature because if you save messages, or leave your phone off for a longer time, you can pick and choose which ones to listen to without having to listen to all of them in order. As nice as it is, I would not pay $2.99/mo = 35.88/yr ~~ $71.76 over a 2 yr contract.

I know I've mentioned this but I really do wish VZW would offer this phone with the VCAST only plan for those who do not need email. After all, we seem to think they are trying to target more of the consumer market in addition to the business market. They could still offer the $30 consumer package for those who want email, the business plan AND offer the optional no email VCAST data plan. It would cost them nothing and they may get even more consumer users who might otherwise pass on this due to the $30 data requirement. That additional $15/mo = $180/yr and $360 over a 2 yr contract. In these tougher economic times, I know I am wrestling with justifying it and I can afford it.

[mick4394]

Don't be so sure.

People's Exhibit A: LG Voyager (REV O)

If the Dare has Rev A, I'm going to assume that the Storm will as well.

Things have changed since the Voyager was released.

[BurrBerriez]

I wonder how many email registrations Verizon could have possible received in those few minutes they had the storm site up......

[AdamB]

Hopefully enough to convince them to release it early

[LilSizzler]

I wonder how many email registrations Verizon could have possible received in those few minutes they had the storm site up......

haha I know I put mine in as fast as possible. We'll see what comes of it.

[ricerz]

The new blackberry bold has a new HTML browser, does anyone know if the browser is the same between the bold and the storm?