BlackBerry Storm
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BlackBerry Storm goes head to head with Apple iPhone in battles of touch-screen phones.
Does this look familiar? The makers of the BlackBerry today announced a new model that is set to rival Apple’s iPhone. Named the Storm, the phone features a large screen instead of a keypad for the first time – just like the iPhone. The traditional BlackBerry is already hugely popular among email-addicted executives and managers.
On the new version, users will be able to scroll through and select text by dragging and tapping the screen, which is springy rather than rigid like the iPhone’s glass screen. It will be available from Verizon Wireless in the US and from Vodafone in the UK. The phone will work both on Verizon Wireless’s network and on Vodafone’s, even though they use incompatible technologies.
The Storm also comes with e-mail and document managing software in-built, as well as a media player for music, movies and photos and a 3.2-megapixel camera.
The phone is certainly going down a storm among tech experts given a sneak preview of the device. Rich Brome from phonescoop.com said he was ‘very impressed’ by the device source