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.
How much is it??
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
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….
what shops are the licensed dealers of blackberry phone? im planning to buy a blackberry
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.
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.
Pangit pag la wi-fi.. Bili nlang aq PSP – may wifi pa.. hahaha.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@jojo, there’s no prepaid plan for Blackberries
boss , where can one get for prepaid ?
Does Smart and Globe charge the same rate for internet browsing (per KB)?
Could this give the iPhone serious competition here in the Philippines?
I’m jealous. Taiwan doesn’t have a shit of this~
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?
Is it a sign that Philippine is not affected by recession. We can still afford to buy this kind of mobile hehehe
it sounds so business-y hehe