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...Storm's technical specifications are otherwise solid. Available in blue, sandstone, silver and black, the 5.5-oz. phone features a removable battery and MicroSD slot that can hold up to 16 GB of photos, songs, spreadsheets and more. The phone comes with 1 GB of built-in memory...
...Storm eliminates that problem with the clickable screen. It further improves the touchscreen experience with two other features designed to separate navigation and confirmation, which, Lazaridis told TIME, is the trademark of the Storm. One is the virtual keyboard: each letter lights up as you tap it so you know instantly whether you hit the right key. The second is the cursor: as you move your finger across the screen, a small arrow - which looks like a mouse cursor - appears to show exactly where your finger is pointed. Then, to confirm your selections, you push down on the entire screen...
What we still don't know about the Storm is how fast and reliably it will connect with Verizon's 3G network. Network speed determines how fast Web pages or file attachments load onto your device. It's especially important for the Storm because it lacks wi-fi connectivity, a feature that had been inaccurately rumored in the blogosphere but which is absent from the final device. (Both the iPhone and the G1 are wi-fi enabled.) Given that Verizon's nationwide 3G network is much more extensive than what's offered by rivals AT&T and T-Mobile (carriers...
Analysts are already forecasting strong interest in the Storm. The BlackBerry brand has an intensely loyal following, thanks to the devices' distinctive security features, such as encrypted e-mail and the ability for corporate IT departments to remotely erase downloaded messages in case of loss or theft. Once a niche player in the handheld market, BlackBerry, as Lazaridis puts it, "is now standard-issue everywhere." As of August, nearly twice as many people in the U.S. owned a BlackBerry Pearl 8100 or 8130 - two devices that are also geared more toward consumers than business users - than an iPhone 3G, according...
...needs a boost. Its stock price tanked in September, along with the economy. We won't know whether the Storm will shore up the company's earnings until the device goes on sale. One mystery remains: the device's price, which is about the only detail that RIM and Verizon have yet to reveal. Let the rumors swirl...