Research in Motion (RIM) announced today the availability of the new touchscreen Blackberry Storm in the Philippines. The Storm is RIM’s first foray into touchscreen handsets, obviously aimed at the iPhone 3G market.
RIM announced the Blackberry Storm and partnered with Smart Communications and Globe Telecom on postpaid plans.
The Storm is expected to be available from Smart in June. Pricing information and pre-orders are available through the respective Relationship Managers and Account Managers of the Corporate Business and Small and Medium Enterprise Groups, starting from free with the Plan 3500.
This will also be made available for personal subscriptions through the Wireless Consumer and Infinity Groups.
On the other hand, Globe Telecom also announced new Blackberry Personal Postpaid Plans starting today, including the Blackberry Storm handset:
Globe’s Personal BlackBerry Plans are available at Plan 700 for 5 MB of data, which is approximately 55 emails per day. The Plan 850 gives subscriber 8 MB of data for approximately 90 emails per day. The Plan 1100 allows 10 MB of data so its user gets approximately 115 emails per day. Number of emails per day is based on estimated emails using a BlackBerry handset. egular mobile Internet browsing rates of P0.15 per KB apply in excess of the plan.
See full specs of the Blackberry Storm here.
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it sounds so business-y hehe
Is it a sign that Philippine is not affected by recession. We can still afford to buy this kind of mobile hehehe
Will only get a BlackBerry again if they have a service that has an flat-rate UNLIMITED data plan. 5MB plan? 8MB plan? What is this, 1999?
I’m jealous. Taiwan doesn’t have a shit of this~
Could this give the iPhone serious competition here in the Philippines?
Does Smart and Globe charge the same rate for internet browsing (per KB)?
boss , where can one get for prepaid ?
@jojo, there’s no prepaid plan for Blackberries
so Verizon in the US had this with NO WIFI, does the one released here have Wifi?
cause if not you’re better off with any other phone with Wifi, or a BlackBerry Bold 9000.
if you’re looking for a prepaid blackberry, you can check out a plethora of them at greenhills, it’s a melting pot of phones, so you’d most likely find what you’re looking for.
jojo,
You can get non-warrantied BlackBerry units if you’re planning to use prepaid.
However, that completely defeats the purpose of BlackBerry’s push e-mail feature since you won’t be able to use it.
I would highly suggest looking into other QWERTY phones if you’re not going to use BlackBerry-exclusive features.
I still like the iPhone better, it’s much more intricate in design and the functionality fits me well.
The devices they manufacture these days are too complicated to be made for mass media. We’re also not rocket scientists, so there’s no need in making a complicated-looking thingamajig. I don’t want to look like a uber-geek while holding this baby up, y’know.
TechLord, the iPhone is definitely the “it” phone for casual phone users. If you need a more serious and flexible phone. Possibly consider Windows Mobile. Symbian is good but they need to work more on their touchscreen-based devices.
Andre Marcelo-Tanner, this is probably the 1st generation BlackBerry Storm. RIM is set to come out with a 2nd generation which will have WiFi.
Weird that they decided to manufacture a phone with a screen size this big, but with no WiFi capabilities.
Pangit pag la wi-fi.. Bili nlang aq PSP – may wifi pa.. hahaha.
the reviews on it are really bad, I was going to get it but went for the bold. I will wait for the next blackberry storm to come out next year.
Blackberry Storm was brought here because of all the intrigues (yah. bugs, build quality especially the moving glass screen? i guess) and sales of the device (which is really low). so that they won’t have a greater loss then they brought the phone to other countries.
what shops are the licensed dealers of blackberry phone? im planning to buy a blackberry
i called globe this morning, and i was inquiring about the Blackberry Storm. I was shocked that you can get this Blackberry Storm fone in plan 5000, and you have to apply for a new line…..Huwag nalang!!!Sobra na….
i just got my brandnew blackberry storm here in SG. Iphone killer for me!!!
WTH is Globe’s data plan??? 5-10MB of data?? For a smartphone without wifi, the data plan is horrendous. Here in SG my subscription is 1GB/mo for SGD20.00
How much is it??
Is there any black berry service center here in manila? pls reply to my e mail address and phone number of the service center thank you…..
Any one who wants the unit alone? Blackberry bold at us$850 filipinodubaivisa@yahoo.com
hey guyz?? where can i buy that cool phone?? i want to have one tomorrow.. please???
which one is better? iPhone 16g or blackberry storm or bold?
@ sandz, here’s the sitch… blackberry storm has no wifi and has really bad reviews because of the SurePress touchscreen that makes texting slow. it’s the best-looking in my opinion (coz almost everyone has the iphone), but has usability issues. too bad coz its so hot-looking. The Blackberry Bold HAS wifi, so people tend to opt for this smartphone, although it is more expensive than the Storm (it is more functional but has a 2.0 megapixel camera only), and has a QWERTY keyboard lang (and may lalabas na Blackberry Tour that looks almost exactly like it but w/ a better camera at 3.2 MP so why bother…though i dunno when that will come out sa Pinas). The newly released iphone 3GS has the wifi feature, kaso apparently may limitations with multitasking between apps (you get signed off sa isang app before you can use another one), but still is the best-rated thing sa market. idk if that can be improved by apple anytime soon. wala pa rin perfect. Even the follow-up to the Storm (which will be called Thunder and will be released in October in the US), industry insiders are still unsure if it’ll have the wifi feature.
can somebody give me some advise, im going to buy a CP but im torn between Blackberry storm or iphone 3g di ako mabusisi sa mga feautures ng cp kung ano lang maganda yun ang bibilin ko, ang dami kong nabasa na reviews for blackberry and iphone parang pareho lang cia. so please give an idea which one is better kung gagamit lang ako ng prepaid.thanks.
a friend of mine has one of those. personally, iphone pa rin ako.
But what do you guys reckon about the Nokia N97? Iphone/Blackberry killer daw eh.
black berry is superb….. nothing can compare to it…
Hi! well ive got blackberry storm that I bought in the states and I have globe prepaid. is there a chance I could use globe’s wireless eventhough I’m not postpaid?
and it doesnt connect to my router thats why. I dont think it has wife, does it?
wifi sorry..
Guys bka you’re interested to buy Blackberry Storm and Blackberry Curve 8900. It will be available on the 1st week of November.
super mura ang bb phones d2 sa jakarta.
guys, available na storm 2 d2 sa pinas! yipeee! atleast i can sell na my storm 1 and get the storm 2! LOL
Id like to be reached by BB Storm seller in Manila
thanks/