The Blackberry bites back
There’s been a good deal of development in mobile technology recently, with more people wanting to access the Internet from their mobile phones. As we have mentioned before, the advantage of having a reliable and useful link to your emails, business diary and the Internet, whilst on the move, is invaluable to business people today. The mobile phone market has stepped up to the plate and produced the Nokia E61, the iPhone and the G1, which we have written about, among others. Now, one of the original Smartphones, the Blackberry, is hitting back with the UK launch of the Storm last week.
Like the iPhone and the G1, the Storm is exclusive to one network provider, in this case Vodafone, and went on sale on 14th of November. It’s free when you sign a 2 year contract at £35 a month or more. This is cheaper than both of its main rivals.
Like the iPhone, it is a touch screen device. Touch screens seem to be growing in popularity at the moment , however the new Google G1 does not have one. HTC who make the G1 have recently launched their touch screen device called the HTC Touch HD and Nokia has a touch screen phone in the offing, but has not yet signed up an operator for it. They have launched the E71 however, which looks like a usable and well put together alternative, as always.
Blackberry has a long standing customer base, who may be loyal to what they know and love, or they may be tempted to try something new. Only time will tell.
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