BlackBerry Storm

The much-awaited BlackBerry Storm was finally released by Canadian wireless giant Research in Motion (RIM) on October 7. Touted as the "iPhone killer", this is the first ever full touch-screen phone from RIM. RIM has said that the Storm will be available exclusively to Verizon customers in the U.S. and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand in the autumn.
This announcement has come within days of the massive hit taken by RIM shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange, after RIM reported a less than expected profit.
The new touch-screen, which also works as a keyboard, supports single -touch, multi-touch and gestures to easily navigate in applications. The haptic touch-screen will let the user distinctly feel the screen being pressed and released with a gentle click, and the experience is said to be similar to that of a physical keyboard or a mouse button.
Some of the other features include an inbuilt accelerometer to auto-orient the screen between landscape and portrait modes when the handset is rotated by the user.
RIM has said that it is very fast and easy to navigate web sites with the Storm's touch-screen interface letting users double tap to zoom in and slide their fingers to scroll and pan.
Mike Lazaridis, RIM's president and co-CEO said "We are proud to introduce the first touch-screen based BlackBerry smartphone together with Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. The BlackBerry Storm is a revolutionary touch-screen smartphone that meets both the communications and multimedia needs of customers and solves the longstanding problem associated with typing on traditional touch-screens. Consumers and business customers alike will appreciate this unique combination of a large and vibrant screen with a truly tactile touch interface."
The Storm will probably launched in India in December 2008, though the pricing and carrier plan details, and details about whether it will be carrier-locked or not are yet to be announced.