Credit goes out to Kevin Michaluk for his full Review of the Blackberry Storm. I could go about this article one of two ways, either copy and paste the entire thing here or just link you to the article and strongly recommend that you read it. The article goes over technical specs, the touch screen, the pre-release software, a comparison vs the iPhone and Bold, keyboard, display, web browser, and most importantly Brick Breaker. So go read the Article and your fill of the Storm.

Go sign up for your email alerts at Verizon, you know I already have. Now that we have a dedicated official page to the storm there is no turning back now, except for the dreaded delayed release date. Its a shame this phone has a lifetime exclusivity with Verizon otherwise I would be a lot more excited about the storm.

Early this morning a member on CrackBerry's forums found a video review of several upcoming cell phones: The HTC Coke, the LG Lotus, and most importantly the BlackBerry Storm/Thunder. The Storm/Thunder for Verizon is setting to make itself an "iPhone Killer" but with its first video review out, BREW Ninja wasn't too fond of it. Unfortunately for everyone who didn't get to see the video this morning, it was pulled off of YouTube shortly after I was able to view it a few times. So the best thing I can bring to you is a Review of the Review.

Continue Reading for the Review of the Review.

Engaget Mobile has broken pictures of the packaging for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. The storm was formally code named Thunder and many leaked pictures have been around(Here, Here or Here). The Storm is set for an October 13th release date, but its going to be an Verizon exclusive. Hey RIM, why make an obvious iPhone competitor if you arn't going to release it on the same network that the iPhone is on? Maybe im just bitter because I'm stuck on AT&T and won't be able to get a Storm without switching networks.

As for the Thunder name, according to the blog-o-sphere, in Canada, Europe, and possibly elsewhere the 9530 will go by "Thunder". Seems as though only in the U.S. will it be named "Storm". Weird huh?

According to the packaging the phone will include a SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card to house all of the media for the Storm. I applaud RIM for adding a decent microSDMC Card, anything smaller could have been disasterous for them.

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