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businessweek.com - 1/29/2009

The Eye of the (BlackBerry) Storm

— businessweek.com — (more) The Eye of the (BlackBerry) Storm

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Blackberry Storm

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engadget.com - 1/29/2009

iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build

— engadget.com — In a fiscal climate where profit margin reigns intensely supreme, we've got yet another dollop of bad... news to heap upon the parfait of pain that is the $199 (after $50 mail in rebate) BlackBerry Storm. Research firm, iSuppli, estimates that the ... (more) iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its ...

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Blackberry Storm

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engadgetmobile.com - 1/26/2009

RIM CEO: Buggy smartphone software is the "new reality"

— engadgetmobile.com — Filed under: Handsets , RIM , Verizon Wireless , GSM , EV-DO , HSDPA , UMTS While... our experience says otherwise, we really hope that the practice of launching buggy smartphones hasn't been institutionalized. The Wall Street Journal just published ... (more) RIM CEO: Buggy smartphone software is the "new reality"

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Blackberry Storm

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RIM co-CEO says buggy phones are part of a “new reality”
Tech Ticker —   While one CEO reckons Blackberry Storm to be a small netbook, another one says faulty software is a part and parcel of complex phones, including their Storm. In an interview with WSJ, RIM’s CEO Jim Balsillie confessed that software glitches in the Storm are part of the “new reality” of large volume production of phones and everyone must accept it. He even said that missing October debut was very crucial and the November deadline was met “by the skin of their teeth” to have sufficient sales just in time before the holidays. Storm was launched in US on ...