Life just got a lot easier for Vodafone Australia prepaid users. Mobile prepaid recharge is now possible directly online through PayPal, as long as you have an account with the online payment portal. If you’re only just registering a new PayPal account, you have to verify it first to be able to use it with the Vodafone live! mobile content portal.

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It’s no secret by now that the BlackBerry Storm was released in a bad light with an operating system that was either not ready for public use or just unfortunately buggy. Complaints flooded the Internet (and I’m sure, telcos’ customer service departments) and were, at least, heard.

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Literally seconds ago, via email, Vodafone informed me that the Blackberry Storm is now available for purchase in Australia. Although I love trying out new phones, I think I’ll hang on to my iPhone 3G for while longer.

However if you’re Blackberry-inclined and want the latest, contact Vodafone Australia today for your Blackberry Storm!

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At last the BlackBerry Storm’s officially arriving in Australia come December 1, 2008. And, in accordance to the imminent release date, Vodafone announced the pricing plans associated with the device. The Storm will be offered free on Vodafone’s Internet Data Cap plans.

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I say train because the number of handset manufacturers announcing their intent to come up with their own devices carrying the Google Android OS can only increase in time. After Samsung, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Hop-on, OpenMoko and any other we might have missed, comes Huawei.

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Gizmodo, has just been tipped off by a Verizon employee that the Blackberry Storm will be available on November 14! Expect things to start warming up in the iPhone 3G / T-Mobile G1 dominated arena.

As to when the Blackberry Storm will be available in Australia, we’ll have to wait to hear from Vodafone Australia. If you’re keen about this phone, sign up at Vodafone’s Blackberry Storm web page.

Via Gizmodo

To confirm earlier news that the BlackBerry Storm would arrive in Australia on Vodafone, the telco put up a page dedicated to RIM’s first full-faced touch screen handset.

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Vodafone already has an existing 3G network that’s also partially-owned by Optus. That’s only 63% of the telco’s intended total network coverage though. The plan was to get the rest of the network ready by Christmas, but it will take a few more months before it rolls out.

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It’s only obvious after a series of leaked information including slides of a PowerPoint presentation and more recently, a promotional video, that the BlackBerry Storm would be officially out soon. Vodafone UK already put up a page dedicated to RIM’s touch screen device.

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If the “leaked” PowerPoint presentation and additional details about the Storm and the BlackBerry Application Center (meant for the Storm) isn’t enough to convince you of the phone’s impending, err, release, then maybe this will.

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