ap.google.com - 10/8/2008
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2 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology. RIM is known for its e-mail-oriented phones with large keypads. With the new model being announced Wednesday, the Storm, RIM is ...
blackberry.vodafone.co.uk - 10/7/2008
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blackberry.vodafone.co.uk —
Feel the power of the Storm – Purpose-built
for Vodafone The entertainment you want. The information you
need. And the email experience BlackBerry is famous for. If you want it all, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone does it all – beautifully. The ...
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BlackBerry Storm 9500 - BlackBerry Smartphone
blackberry.com - 10/8/2008
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blackberry.com —
BlackBerry Storm 360º Photos Get Updates Features Specifications
BlackBerry Storm Press and Be Impressed. With its responsive
screen and advanced multimedia and business tools, the BlackBerry Storm is like nothing you've ever touched. Now you can ...
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BlackBerry Touch Screen - BlackBerry 9530 - Blackberry 9500
gizmodo.com - 10/8/2008
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gizmodo.com —
The very first time you touch the BlackBerry
Storm, just announced for Verizon Wireless, you will be
startled. No matter how many times your fingers dance on the screen like you've been trained on every other touchscreen, nothing will happen. At ...
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BlackBerry Storm First Hands On [Blackberry Storm Hands On]
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RIM BlackBerry Storm 9500 news: touch screen with springs
PR News: —
... touch screen handset as we already know. RIM are not stupid, they have studied what Apple have done with the iPhone and improved on the touch screen format.
Many iPhone users hate that they do not get any sensation when they touch the screen, RIM have decided to add a screen that is backed by springs on their BlackBerry Storm 9500. When you press the screen, it gives in under your finger. It is small things like this that has made RIM such a successful brand.
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HOT: RIM BlackBerry Storm 9500 touchscreen backed by springs
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... said Mike Lazaridis, RIM’s co-chief executive.
Verizon Wireless is the last of the four national U.S. brands to unveil a flagship touch-screen model. AT&T has the iPhone, Sprint Nextel Corp. sells the Samsung Instinct, and T-Mobile USA just announced the G1, the first phone to run Google Inc.’s software. Verizon Wireless does have other touch-screen phones in its lineup, but none that it has promoted with as much vigor as other carriers have.
Source – Press Release
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Blackberry Storm : Touch screens that are on springs
Fashionfunky.com —
... individual keys on an onscreen keyboard and also know if he has pushed them) , but its a start.
As a Web browser, the Storm more closely emulates the desktop experience than the iPhone does. That's because the screen can distinguish between light touches and firm presses. A light touch can move around a cursor, while a firm press activates a link, much like moving a mouse cursor has a different effect from clicking a mouse button, said Mike Lazaridis, RIM's co-chief executive.
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Fact has replaced rumour with the official launch of the BlackBerry Storm. And with a proposed November launch from Vodafone, this is one toy you can guarantee for Christmas.
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