The first smartphone with a “clickable” touch-screen – the BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 from Research In Motion (RIM) – is now available in Germany exclusively from Vodafone. Purpose built for Vodafone and delivering the renowned functionality of the BlackBerry® solution, the BlackBerry Storm brings entertainment, information and communications to the tips of your fingers. The beautifully designed BlackBerry Storm will be available in Vodafone stores from 17 November from EUR 1,- on a 24 month contract.

The BlackBerry Storm is the perfect choice for both consumers and business users looking for a state-of-the-art multimedia device that makes a statement in the office and out on the town. The stylish smartphone boasts exceptional performance, a stunning display and rich features including 3G (HSPA) network support, GPS, desktop-style web pages, advanced multimedia, a first class phone, camera and robust messaging capabilities – designed to give users an incredibly fast and powerful mobile experience.

The BlackBerry Storm features the unique and innovative SurePress™ touch-screen, which depresses ever so slightly to aid in typing and navigation and to give users an experience they can actually feel. Through the revolutionary SurePress touch-screen, the virtual keyboard on the BlackBerry Storm responds much like a physical keyboard. The touch-screen supports single-touch, multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient navigation as well as easy and precise typing. It also features a built-in accelerometer, which automatically switches the display for use in landscape and portrait as the user rotates the handset. When in portrait mode, users can type out a quick instant message or dial a number using either RIM’s SureType® keyboard layout or a 12-key multi-tap keyboard. When the handset is rotated to landscape, the user is presented with a full QWERTZ keyboard.

The BlackBerry Storm smartphone brings images to life with stunning clarity through its gorgeous 3.25-inch, high resolution (480×360-pixels at 184 ppi), 65K colour display. A multimedia powerhouse, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone has a built in media player that handles a number of music formats. It can even be synchronised with iTunes® to enjoy music on the move* or synced wirelessly via Bluetooth to the BlackBerry® Remote Stereo Gateway to enjoy songs through a home stereo. The built-in speaker and stereo headset deliver music in excellent sound quality. The BlackBerry Storm also has 1GB of onboard memory storage and a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 16 GB of additional storage.

BlackBerry Storm users can also find their way in unfamiliar surroundings thanks to the Vodafone Navigator application and integrated GPS receiver. The 3.2 MP digital camera with autofocus and a powerful flash, complete the rich multimedia capabilities. Preloaded with an incredible selection of applications that were custom-built for use on BlackBerry® smartphones, the BlackBerry Storm enables users to simply and easily keep web community pages current, continue instant message chats or even add pictures directly to Flickr™.

The BlackBerry Storm is available from EUR 1 on a 24 month term contract from Vodafone. Vodafone has introduced three special data tariff options for the BlackBerry Storm which are optimised for email and Internet usage.

Vodafone customers have the choice of a range of flat rate services and additional monthly packages that range from EUR 2.95 and EUR 24.95. There’s an Internet messaging tariff option to satisfy all user requirements and if the customer isn’t sure about which option to choose, they can use the Vodafone InternetMessaging StartAutomatik service for 30 days to send and receive emails, surf the net and send up to 500 text messages to all German networks free of charge. Following this trial, Vodafone can determine the Internet Messaging tariff option that is most suitable for the user’s needs and inform the customer about the best tariff option to suit their needs by text message. The customer then has four weeks to decide whether to keep the tariff option or switch over to another one.

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