The BlackBerry Storm 9500 was released in November 2008. This is RIM’s very first Blackberry phone to use “Surepress”, the latest touch screen display that acts just like a physical keyboard by giving off a clicking sensation every time you touch on the display. A few other useful important options on the Blackberry also include a 3.25 inch screen, an accelerator in order to rotate the screen, 3.2 mp camera, 528mhz Qualcomm cpu and 1 gigabyte of storage space.

The blackberry Apllication Center will allow individuals to download a wide range applications like Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Google maps, messaging apps, etc ..

There is good and bad news regarding the connection to the web. While the cellphone does make use of HSDPA for faster internet browsing on supported networks, the unfortunate news is that there’s no Wi-fi. Additionally, if you get the device unlocked and want to make use of it on North American GSM service providers such as Cingular AT&T or T-mobile, you’ll be limited to using their slower EDGE connection.

Blackberry 9500 Features:

General

2G: Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G: Network HSDPA 2100

Size

Dimensions: 112.5 x 62.2 x 14 mm

Weight: 155 g

Display

Type: TFT capacitive touch screen, 65K colors

Size: 360 x 480 pixels, 3.25 inches

- Accelerometer sensing unit for auto-rotate

Sound

Notification types: Vibration, MP3 ring tones

Loudspeaker: Yes

3.5mm jack: Yes

Storage

Phonebook: Practically limitless entries as well as fields, Photocall

Call records: Yes

Internal: 1 Gb storage space, 128 Megabytes Ram memory, 192 Mb ROM

Card slot: microSD, up to 16 Gigabytes, 8 Gigabyte card included

Data

GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 killerbytes per second

EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mb / s

WLAN: No

Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

Infrared port: No

USB: Yes, microusb v2.0

Camera

Primary: 3.15 Mp, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features: Geo-tagging, picture stabilization

Video: Yes, QVGA

Secondary: No

Features

Os: BlackBerry Os

Cpu: 528 Mhz ARM 11 cpu, Adreno 130 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7600 chipset

Messaging: Text, MMS, E-mail, Im

Internet browser: HTML

Radio: No

Games: Yes + downloadable

Colors: Black

GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support

Java: Yes

- BlackBerry maps

- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

- MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player

- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player

- Organizer

- Voice dial/memo

Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh

Stand-by: maximum of 360 h

Talk time: Maximum of 5 h 30 minutes

If you purchased your Blackberry cellphone and wish to change providers, you will have to get the device unlocked. In case you are asking yourself why the cell phone comes locked, the answer is simple. Service providers usually provide the handset at a discount and recover the expense throughout the duration of your contract (depending on the length of the contract you signed). By locking the phone to their network, this helps reassure them that you won’t able to get the phone from them at a discount, end your contract and change to a cheaper company.

After your cell phone is unlocked, it will be possible to use a sim card from whatever other GSM service providers. Most people make use of phone unlocking before they need to travel, so that they can purchase a simcard from the domestic cellphone service provider in whatever city they’re traveling to. This enables them to avoid paying the roaming costs that their service provider back home will charge them (when using your cellphone in another country, your service provider will charge you roaming fees, which can be avoided by using your unlocked cellular phone with a local simcard).

Unlocking your mobile phone is simple, you just need an unlock code. You can purchase your code by visiting our website CellUnlockCode.com (full url is at the bottom of this article). As soon as your unlock code is ready, it will be emailed to you (it can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours depending on the unlock service you purchased) Once you have your Blackberry unlock code, all you need to do is follow these code entry instructions below.

This process can be done with or without a sim card inserted into your Blackberry

1. Power on your Blackberry and click the “Manage Connections” icon. Choose the option “Turn off all connections”. All of the wireless connections will be disabled.

2. Return to the Home screen and click the “Options” icon and select “Advanced Options”

3. Scroll down and select “SIM Card” from the list

4. Push the Blackberry key and select “Show Keyboard” to display the keyboard

5. Push the following keys in order: MEPD

6. On the following screen, type MEP then [ALT BUTTON] then the number 2 (NOTE: You do not see any text display on the screen as you are typing)

7. A prompt will appear asking for the MEP code. Enter in the unlock code you were sent from from cellunlockcode.com

8. Restart your device

As soon as your mobile phone unlock code has been typed in and accepted, your phone will be unlocked. After that you can insert a simcard from any other carrier and the phone should instantly pick up the network. In some cases you may have to modify a few configurations on the phone (e-mail as well as other web related services) by pointing them to your new service provider.

For those that need a Blackberry unlock code, unlocking instructions, or help unlocking their phone, come visit CellUnlockCode’s unlock code website.