RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530

Verizon's BlackBerry Storm 9530 is a radical new direction for BlackBerry, but it's imperiled by a difficult-to-use QWERTY keyboard and widespread reports of serious bugs.

The decidedly sexy 5.5-ounce Storm is a 4.4-by-2.4-by-0.5-inch (HWD) slab dominated by a 3.3-inch, 360-by-480-pixel touch screen, which is capacitive, meaning it detects the electricity from your fingers, and transflective, so it's easy to view outdoors in bright light. Below the display are Pick Up and End call buttons, a Back button, and the familiar BlackBerry menu key. On the sides of the handset, you'll find Camera, Volume, and a programmable multifunction button. Mute and lock buttons are on the top panel. The phone's metal back is home to the speakerphone and the camera.Buzz up!
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Every few years, RIM changes what we think about smartphone keyboards. The SureType hybrid keyboard introduced on the BlackBerry 7130e seemed wacky at the time, but now the BlackBerry Pearl is a mainstream bestseller. RIM has changed the game once again with the Storm's radical click screen, which you click by pressing down.

A bit of honesty: I hate, hate, hate entering text on the iPhone. I really prefer having some sort of physical feedback to be sure that I've pressed a key. And the Storm gives me that feedback—with a real, solid click. If you're like me, this might be the first touch screen you actually love.(www.pcmag.com)