Rumor: Verizon to Discontinue the BlackBerry Storm

February 22nd, 2010 admin

There are rumors that a major Telco, most likely Verizon, will be reducing its stock of, and possibly cutting entirely, the BlackBerry Storm . The rumors are building that returns for the device series have been unacceptably high it hasn’t been the touchscreen success RIM was hoping for. This would be a real shame because the upcoming WebKit browser from RIM would make it a really great touchscreen device. While I’m personally not a Storm user, I have used one in the past


Originally posted on blackberrycool

 
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