BlackBerry Storm to Strike Soon

BlackBerry Thunder, the much-anticipated touchscreen smartphone from RIM, will be launched, re-branded as BlackBerry Storm, reports Reuters. However, technology bloggers and speculators are unsure whether Bell or Verizon will be the cellular service provider of the North American market.
Reports indicate that Verizon Wireless has more or less confirmed the launch — RIM has rolled up its sleeves to launch the touchscreen BlackBerry line smartphone — BlackBerry Storm 9530, which will feature “global capabilitie

The BlackBerry Storm has similar features to the iPhone:
– 3.5-inch half-VGA display (480×360)
– 7.2 mbps HSDPA/UMTS (2100/1900/850 MHz)
– 3.5G EvDO Rev A support
– Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
– UMTS/HSPA 2100MHz
– 1GB of memory, 128MB Flash memory
– MicroSD support and expandable up to 8GB
– 3.2-megapixel camera, autoflash, auto focus, 2.5x digital zoom and image stabilization
– Video capture (480 320) and MMS mode (176 144)
– Assisted GPS — Enhanced version of GPS that performs at a faster speed