Christmas day seems more presents, so as expected Verizon has launched their holiday sales flagship and gambit against the iPhone in the BlackBerry Storm.

BlackBerry Storm Features:

• 3.25-inch LCD Hi-res HVGA display (480 x 360 pixels)
• USB 2.0 high speed
• 1GB built-in flash memory
• Bluetooth 2.0
• microUSB connector
• 3.2 mpix camera
• 3.5mm jack
• full desktop-style HTML browser
• 3G modem support
• UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA (2100MHz), EvDO Rev A
• removable 1400 mAh battery

Carphone Warehouse, has listed the BlackBerry 8900 Curve on its website and has announced that it is slated to arrive in December for the holidays.The choice of carrier and pricing haven’t been named but will see Carphone as the exclusive third-party to carry the device, which resembles a smaller, 2G-only version of the BlackBerry Bold. The 480×320 display, GPS and Wi-Fi of the more expensive phone carry over with EDGE handling cellular Internet access. US release information is still unavailable, though a growing number of reports put an American Curve 8900 on track for early 2009. The phone has already been spotted in AT&T trim and is likely to ship for both T-Mobile USA and Canada’s Rogers.

Vodafone UK just revealed what’s in store for their customers this Christmas.There will be a total of 16 mobile phone exclusives offered, plus a netbook (bet you didn’t see that coming), and several freebies.The list of the mobile phone line-up are the BlackBerry Storm, Samsung Omnia, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and Nokia N96 16GB. Sadly, only the BlackBerry Storm will be offered for free, while the Omnia will come in PAYT, and the two other handsets will come with contracts.

I you want to know more about “Vodafone UK announces Christmas line-up” read the press release. (more…)

Verizon Wireless today said that it will start selling the BlackBerry Storm on November 21st to all consumers and corporate customers. The price of the touch screen phone will start from $199.99, which required a 2-year service contract and after a $50 MIR.

RIM today announced the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for T-Mobile Germany.The device is closely related to the Bold and carries the same extremely sharp 2.4-inch 480×360 display, GPS mapping and Wi-Fi as its high-end cousin but drops 3G support in favor of slower EDGE. In exchange, the device is both smaller and carries a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocusing and flash. The phone also has a relatively quick 512MHz processor and a microSDHC slot that supports at least 16GB of storage.

T-Mobile Germany will start selling the BlackBerry Curve 8900 in “mid November”, which is about now, so next week the smartphone should be available for purchase. Its price will range from €4.95 with a 2-yr contract agreement to €359.90 ($459) free of contract.

You  know already that Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Group and Research In Motion (RIM) announced that the BlackBerry Storm will be available later this fall, exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The BlackBerry Storm 9530 gives Verizon Wireless customers 3G EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA technology - and (2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM for global use. The BlackBerry Storm 9500 from Vodafone supports (2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks. In Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, Vodafone will support customers with its high-speed 3G mobile broadband networks.

The BlackBerry Storm 9500 have a 3.2 megapixel camera with variable zoom, auto focus and a powerful flash that also provides continuous lighting when recording video.If you are locking to buy this phone you should take a look for a BlackBerry Storm Cases for touchscreen.Also on the market you will find a lot of grate BlackBerry 9500 Accessories like: BlackBerry Charging Pod, BlackBerry Leather Pocket etc.

Finally AT&T has officially launched the evolution of the BlackBerry platform in the Bold 9000.The device features a landscape half VGA (480×320) display, quadband GSM/EDGE access, triband W-CDMA with support for UMTS and HSDPA high speed data access, full international 3G roaming with support for Japanese and Korean sub-bands, Wi-Fi radio with support for advanced WPA encryption, microSDHC slot, 1GB of internal memory, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, flash and zoom, speakerphone, media player, voice activated dialing, noise cancellation, document viewer/editor, GPS transceiver, and Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo audio support.

AT&T will also be including free Wi-Fi access at corporate Starbucks locations with the purchase of the Bold and a qualifying data plan.

The phone is now available from AT&T for $549.99 with No Commitment or $299 with new 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate via a prepaid Visa card, bringing the total cost to $199.

Crackberry has posted the BlackBerry Storm 9530 manual, you can download the 249 pages user manual first to know about the smartphone in detail! Click here to download the file (1.14 MB)

The BlackBerry Storm will be available this month for Verizon Wireless and Vodafone customer. Price detail for Vodafone has just been announced as below:

• With 12-month contract, minimum £40/month subscription, it cost £300

• With 18-month contract, minimum £40/month subscription, it will be free!

• With 24-month contract, minimum £35/month subscription, it will be free!

Phones 4u can now reveal that from this November, it will be offering its customers the revolutionary BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone with Vodafone UK.

The beautifully designed BlackBerry Storm combines the industry’s leading communications capabilities with rich multimedia features and brings them together in perfect balance with the world’s first ‘clickable’ touch-screen. This state-of-the-art smartphone will draw attention in a bar or a boardroom, and will be available from Phones 4u

Brendan Sweeney, Phones 4u managing director said: “The BlackBerry Storm is revolutionary and the perfect choice in a touch-screen smartphone for both consumers and business users who are looking to make a statement. Phones 4u is thrilled to be able to offer its customers a mobile solution for style, hassle free living and unbelievable quality entertainment.”
You will love the BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s unique and innovative SurePress™ touch-screen, which depresses ever so slightly and “clicks” to provide a highly-intuitive typing experience. If you’re sending a text message or an email, browsing the Internet or watching a video, you can rotate the handset and use it in portrait or landscape mode depending on your preference. (more…)

From now until November 27, Best Buy will not only be selling the Bold for for $199.99 but they will also be giving away a $50 gift card. That’s hard to argue with, especially since the holidays are coming up and chances are that there’s someone your shopping list who would make a fine future-Bold owner.