The hugely anticipated BlackBerry Storm for Verizon Wireless is the world's first touch screen BlackBerry, with a brilliant 3.25" display that uses the breakthrough SurePress technology.

The internationally compatible Storm supports Verizon's high-speed EVDO network, and comes loaded with 1 GB of on-board memory, a 3.2-MP camera, a full featured web browser, and a removable battery.

The full BlackBerry experience on a touchscreen device - it's set to take the world by storm.

CNET editor's review

"The RIM BlackBerry Storm brewed up a lot of hype and excitement as the first touch-screen BlackBerry.

The touch capabilities were news enough alone but add to that Research in Motion's SurePress functionality (the technology that makes the screen clickable), an impressive feature list, and the competitive $199.99 pricing, and there were a lot of expectations for the BlackBerry Storm to succeed.

However, when the Storm finally blew into town, it was a definite letdown because of the phone's sluggish performance and bugginess.

Verizon Wireless has since released two firmware updates. The latest, released on May 31, 2009, greatly improves the device by resolving a number of bugs and improving general performance while adding some nice feature enhancements.

While we would have preferred all of this from the get-go, the BlackBerry Storm is now a more stable device that should please current owners." - Bonnie Cha