Three major sites were able to take the BlackBerry Storm for a test drive before the official launch. Engadget, Gizmodo and PhoneScoop all tested it out and snapped lots of pictures and wrote extensive reviews. Here is some of what they had to say about this new sexy device… 

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More great Storm news today is that TELUS Mobility in Canada will be launching the Storm 9530 World Edition. No solid release date was announced, however most likely it will be available for mid-November. This CDMA Rev. A EVDO smartphone will feature Quadband GSM for World roaming, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, expandable microSD up [...]

Good Morning everyone! Today’s a great day in RIM history because today Research In Motion has announced their first touch screen BlackBerry smartphone, the Storm. It’s confirmed for Vodafone and Verizon sometime next month.
The Storm will come in two models, the 9500 for European carriers such as Vodafone. The 9500 brings UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM. [...]

Wow what a crazy weekend this has been for the BlackBerry world. First we’ve seen a ton of leaks for the BlackBerry Storm and now its the BlackBerry Application Center to go along with the Storm. This will be RIM’s shot at Apple’s App Store for their iPhone. You will be able to download tons [...]

Boy Genius has posted an everything you would want to know about the BlackBerry Storm 9530. You can check out all the slides but here is a quick run down… As you may or may not know the Storm will feature a revolutionary touch screen that clicks when pressed down. It will also feature a [...]

RIM’s first flip BlackBerry, the Pearl 8220 is now available for Italian carrier TIM. You can pick up the device from them for 269 Euros (or approx. $373USD). At this time its only available in black, however maybe they will get the red and silver colors soon? Now if only Rogers and T-Mobile would hurry [...]

New screen shots of RIM’s unreleased touch screen BlackBerry Storm. These new shots show features such as the clock application, browser and calendar. I have to say that the keyboards look much better than we have previously seen… I’m also happy to see they kept the full QWERTY in landscape and Suretype in Portrait mode.
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We know get to see tons more details of the BlackBerry Storm 9530 that Verizon will be offering. A leaked PowerPoint deck that Engadget got their hands on shows tons of interesting Verizon Storm news. The new Storm 9530 will feature 1GB on internal memory, Large 3.25″ high resolution display, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus, [...]

So far we have seen both Red and Black in RIM’s new BlackBerry Pearl 8220, now RIM will be adding Silver to the collection. Silver brings a very nice professional touch in my opinion. We are not sure who will be launching this new color just yet, but most likely you will see it on [...]

YES! It’s finally online. After a very long wait (well not really..) Verizon has put the BlackBerry Storm 9530 coming soon page online. You can register to be notified when the Storm is available for purchase. Unfortunately no pricing or launch dates are listed on the page. Let’s all still pray for a November 1st [...]