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The Associated Press: BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel
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 Storm 9500 - BlackBerry Smartphone
BlackBerry Storm 9500 - BlackBerry Smartphone
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 ... (more) BlackBerry Storm 9500 - BlackBerry Smartphone
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BlackBerry Storm First Hands On [Blackberry Storm Hands On]
BlackBerry Storm First Hands On [Blackberry Storm Hands On]
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 ... (more) 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. Read the full article

HOT: RIM BlackBerry Storm 9500 touchscreen backed by springs
Phones Review — ... 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 ...

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. Source

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