We’re coming to the close of the week, but that doesn’t mean the gadget news has been thinning. On the contrary: we’ve got plenty of it for you to get through right here, culled from the last day’s headlines. Read on for everything you might have missed in our round up!
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The BlackBerry Storm has been a long time coming. Years of research, development, trial and error have gone into its creation. Here’s a quick rundown of the BlackBerry heritage that has led to the Storm‘s creation, and why it puts the handset in pole position to topple the iPhone.
RIM’s not content with launching its own iPhone-batterer today, in the shape of the BlackBerry Storm, it wants to take on Apple’s App Store too, with the launch of its own Application Centre and an SDK to get developers filling their phones with new software!
Just as we predicted, RIM has officially ripped the covers off the BlackBerry Storm. It’s the first touchscreen BlackBerry in history, and set to challenge the iPhone and T-Mobile G1 in the ultimate mobile showdown. Read on for all the facts!
The BlackBerry Storm isn’t just going head to head with the iPhone with multi-touch and copy and paste, RIM has a bespoke App Store in the works too!
OK, so the BlackBerry Storm can now be considered semi-official. This video just leaked online from a Vodafone presentation in Italy, showing off the Storm in all its touchscreen glory, as well as dishing up a few new details.
We’d heard the BlackBerry Storm was coming to Vodafone, but now it’s official: the network’s even giving handsets away free to lucky punters who register their interest early.
The BlackBerry Storm isn’t even official yet, but already dummy handsets are showing up on display in Verizon stores. These shots were snagged by a curious shopper, who reports the dummy feels nice, but “boy is it heavy!”