Research In Motion has taken the wrappers of its long-awaited BlackBerry Storm touchscreen handset, and revealed that it’ll only be available on Vodafone and Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale later this Autumn.
They’re flagging it as having “the world’s first clickable touch-screen”, claiming that the on-screen keyboard responds more like a physical keyboard, thanks to the screen depressing slightly when you touch it. That’s clearly an attempt to head off any criticisms of the lack of a physical keyboard in the phone from BlackBerry fans.
Multi-touch, taps, drags and other touchscreen gestures are also supported, while there’s also an accelerometer inside, allowing iPhone-esque switching between portrait and landscape mode. Oh, and it DOES support cut’n'paste, unlike Apple’s handset.
Other stuff: It’s 3G/HSDPA here in Europe, has a full web browser, the obligatory push email, a 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, 1GB of memory plus a microSD card slot, a 3.5mm headphone port (but also support for Bluetooth audio), and a 480×360-resolution screen. Phew. Vodafone has confirmed it’ll go on sale next month here in the UK, with pricing to be announced.
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