The Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry, Research In Motion (RIM) has launched BlackBerry Storm and this is the first ever full touch-screen phone from RIM. The smartphone, the Blackberry Storm, will be available later this year through Verizon Wireless in the United States and Vodafone in Australia, Europe, India and New Zealand, the Canadian company said.The Storm resembles the iPhone but its color touch screen differs in that it is "clickable" - the screen depresses slightly when touched like a typewriter key.
RIM president Mike Lazaridis described the touch screen as a "truly tactile touch interface" which "solves the longstanding problem associated with typing on traditional touch-screens".
Users navigate on the touch-screen by using their finger like a cursor, scrolling, highlighting, panning and zooming and clicking on selections.
It also features a media player, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a video camera and Global Positioning System (GPS) capability along with Blackberry Maps.
Mike Lazaridis, RIM’s president and co-CEO said, “We are proud to introduce the first touch-screen based BlackBerry smartphone together with Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. The BlackBerry Storm is a revolutionary touch-screen smartphone that meets both the communications and multimedia needs of customers and solves the longstanding problem associated with typing on traditional touch-screens. Consumers and business customers alike will appreciate this unique combination of a large and vibrant screen with a truly tactile touch interface.”
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