The BlackBerry Storm Touchscreen has been Unleashed

After recently releasing its first clamshell Smartphone, RIM has released another impressive handset with the launch of the BlackBerry Storm Touchscreen Smartphone. Let's take a short look at the details of this amazing device.


According to the official BlackBerry Storm Press release, the touchscreen smartphone will land in Verizon Wireless this fall. The RIM Storm will also be launched in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand mobile phone markets.

The BlackBerry Storm is a device that is not just suitable for business users but for other classes of customers as well. This device will offer a combination of touchscreen technology and the powerful Smartphone features found in RIM's devices. It also offers a slim design with contoured corners that will attract many customers. It also has stainless steel back and chrome accents surrounding its large glass lens giving it an elegant and high-end look.


Now RIM's devices have been known for the QWERTY or SureType keyboards that helps customers to speedily enter data into the device. Well, the Storm will have a full QWERTY software keyboard when used in landscape mode. It will also have a SureType keyboard when the user holds it in the portrait orientation.

The Storm also offers enables easy and precise typing but with a touchscreen flavor. The BlackBerry Storm's touch-screen has been touted as offering the same response as a physical keyboard. I'll guess well have to wait for the reviews to confirm this claim.

One of the highlights of the Verizon bound Storm is it's 3.2 megapixel camera. It will have flash, zoom and auto-focus. The BlackBerry Bold's camera will also have the ability to record video for MMS and at half-VGA resolutions.

Here are the other key features for the BlackBerry Storm Touchscreen for Verizon Wireless:

• dual-band CDMA radios
• quad-band GSM/EDGE
• HSPA 2100MHz for 3G coverage
• multiple Bluetooth profiles
• standard GPS and a-GPS
• BlackBerry Maps
• 3.5mm headset jack
• media player for music and video
• full HTML browser
• 1GB of on-board memory
• BlackBerry productivity applications
• mobile Facebook

Look for mobile phone reviews and new cellphone ratings of the Storm if you want more info. I'm sure that reviews and ratings for the BlackBerry Storm will be out in the next few days. Stay tune to this blog for more new mobile phones, news and updates.