Rumors said that the Blackberry Thunder 9530 might be changed to a different name; the touch-screen handset might be called Storm. The handset will also be exclusive to Verizon when it launches later this year.

Blackberry hope that the Storm that it will be called in the U.S. will be able to spoil Apple iPhone’s party. The handset does have the added advantage over the iPhone; it will come with a removable 8GB SanDisk microSD card.

When the new Blackberry 9530 is launched in the UK with Vodafone, it will keep the name Thunder. Rogers in Canada will also stick with this name.

You might wonder why it is just the U.S., who is changing the name to Storm. It seems as if they want to be different to the rest of the world. Moreover, there were rumors that the handset was to launch on October 13. However, it could be much sooner than people have expected.

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