First off let me say that I can’t tell you how sorry I am because I’ve been out of touch for so long. I had to go down to Mexico for 3 weeks to get some things settled with my business and my family (which is a wonderful mess). I’m back in LA, but I gotta go back to Mexico on Monday again
I don’t think there is more to say. This time we just got pictures of the new Blackberry Essex with the actual Verizon Wireless Logo on the hardware. On average from the time we see the first of these pictures up (Branded Hardware), to the actual release of the phone is, on average) about a month. So let’s keep our fingers crossed. Can you guys smell it? Because it is getting closer and closer.
Here we go again. This is the first Blackberry Tour 2 (9650) A.K.A. Essex that’s up for grabs on eBay! It looks like the seller has an impressive sales track record, so there is no reason for you to let this opportunity go by, unless of course you don’t want to spend almost $1,400 USD on a pre-released phone. I must say that one great thing about this phone is the OS this phone is running on: OS v5.0.0.402, which has to be the latest OS version that I’ve ever heard off for this Berry. Another cool thing you can notice on the pictures is that the device has the dark bezel that Verizon has on its current Blackberry Tour (9630), and these are the first pictures of this version of the Tour 2 (9650).
After a lot of speculation we finally got our hands on a new Verizon Blackberry Essex thanks to our good friend The Cellular Guru. This second generation Blackberry Tour is now officially “numbered” and is now the Blackberry 9650. Except for the OS version, nothing else has changed from the one I showed you in my Overview Video of the Blackberry Essex (at least on the outside). This is also very good news, because we are already seeing devices like this one floating around that are already branded, so that means the release date is getting closer and closer.
We will update you, as always, as the story develops, but for now please feel free to ask any questions or comment on the Essex Forum.
Finally after a long time our site is almost ready! We just opened our brand new Forum to the public and to celebrate it we are giving away a sweet/pre-released Blackberry Essex to a lucky winner! The reason why we opened the forum is mainly to let everyone discuss the upcoming Blackberry Models that we already know about and nobody else wants to acknowledge, but we also open the forum for all of you guys! This is NOT a regular site’s Forum, this is a People’s Forum. So we want to hear what you guys want to see in there, what do you guys want to talk about and we will make it happen.
Let’s make it official and let’s take a deeper look at the latest “rumored” device by RIM, the Blackberry Essex, which will be the replacement of your “already old” Blackberry Tour (9630). This new and sexyfied version of the Tour goes by the code-name “essex” (still no number for it, but it looks like it will be 9650), but what you haven’t seen yet is that inside of the phone (on the engineering screens) is still referred to as another 9630. The essex is still a CDMA/3G phone, just like the Blackberry Tour that’s out right now for sale, but with a few upgrades:
The new 3G-CDMA-WiFi Motorola Droid for Verizon Wireless is without a doubt one of the sexiest touch-screens smart-phones out on the market right now. The Droid doesn’t just have a good looking touch-screen, but it also comes with a slide-out qwerty key-board which you can use instead of your virtual keyboard whenever you feel like it (I’m all about the options; the more the better). I had a chance to get one a couple of days before the actual release (which happened on Friday, November 6th), and let me tell you that the phone is problem free out of the box (which is extremely rare now a days on the smartphone world). The OS is very smooth and fluid, but if you are coming from a Blackberry there is for sure a learning curve, but nothing in this beast is too hard to learn.
There is too much to cover about the new Droid by Motorola but so little time. What I’m going to do is make several videos about the phone throughout the day and post them right here on this post, so stay tuned because way more videos are coming up.
I can’t tell you how excited I am over the official release of the Blackberry Storm 2 for Verizon Wireless! It’s been a long wait for all of us, but it feels like we are getting closer to the end of the tunnel and its looking pretty bright out there. The reason why I made this post is to make sure every gets the perfect unit the first time around, so below are 2 little things to look out for when you purchase your first Blackberry Storm 2. But before getting into it, I just want to say that out of 8 pre-released Storms 2 that I had (A combination of both 9550s and 9520s) only 1 had a problem, which is pretty impressive considering those were pre-released units. So when purchasing your first Blackberry Storm 2 you have to watch out for:
After getting over 8 of these phones, I can tell you that the hardware and software combo in this puppy is very close to being ready if not ready. I think it was important for me to get a lot of phones for this one, because I completely understand what the phone is fully capable off and how it can be improved in the future.
The Hardware: The phone is great to look at, and specially with RIM fixing the previous battery door problems that older revisions had, the phone is ready for every day use. The screen’s response is perfect at all times (Even though this is OS dependent), and there is no more light leaking around the screen
The Software: The latest update I did to the phone made the phone a solid device. This is exactly what RIM had in mind when they decided to put out the phone. We are back to the screen becoming solid when its off, but now the buttons on the bottom of the phone (send, end, app, return) are able to bring the screen back to live as well. I don’t know how that is possible since those buttons are integrated on the screen, but I’m loving it. Random reboots are a thing of the past. In fact, they got rid of those with builds over .19X. There is no random freezing on the screen anymore either, and every single click works this time. The OS also makes the phone very snappy (responds really fast) whether you are going in or out of a menu, making a call, or even texting, the lag is completely gone here. With this bad boy you can text as fast as you want, and not as fast as the phone allows you to, like with the first version of the Storm.
I’m all in for this phone, and I’m using as my daily driver and I’m loving it. Because of my job I e-mail a lot, and so far I can’t complain about the touchscreen capabilities. I mean what’s there not to love? You got a bigger screen, fast texting, a lot of memory space, WiFi, great reception, and great voice quality (Same as a Tour). If you are looking for a touchscreen device that will have the best e-mail experience all around please look no further, the Storm 2 is exactly what you were looking for.
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