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Tech Watch: Who's Afraid of the Touchscreen BlackBerry?

Chris Dannen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:30:05 -0500

On Thursday, RIM and Verizon announced the details of their forthcoming touchscreen BlackBerry 9530, dubbed the Storm. Before getting into its feature-set and specs, here's the straight dope: it'll cost you $200 from Verizon when you sign up for a two-year voice and data plan, and it'll be available nationwide on November 21.

Big News From BlackBerry

Chris Dannen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:17:42 -0400

Today we have the privilege of recognzing two signifcant achievements for RIM [RIMM], the maker of BlackBerry devices. Both are long in coming, much-needed, and potentially dangerous for companies trying to dominate the touchscreen device market (Apple [AAPL] and Google [GOOG], take note).

Nokia Planning More Touchscreen Phones?

Chris Dannen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:34:31 -0400

Consumers that checked out a Nokia [NOK] podcast on its new S60 Symbian operating system this week might have noticed that it featured press photos of an as-yet-announced touchscreen device. On the heels of the release of the Finnish company’s first true finger-operable touchscreen phone, the Tube, this news might suggest that Nokia is investing more R&D in the touch format, and perhaps looking into a combination touch/clamshell form factor like the one seen in the press photos.

Whoa! Touchscreen BlackBerry Leaked

Chris Dannen — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:22:06 -0400

Technophiles have been making a big to-do about RIM's [TSE:RIM] forthcoming BlackBerry Storm, the first touchscreen 'Berry and potential Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] iPhone 3G challenger. Speculation has run rampant, as it usually does with breakthrough product development, with a whole range of rumors: some sources have leaked that the phone's development has hit ineluctable roadblocks, while others claim the device's progress is cruising smoothly toward its planned date of release. Whatever the truth is, it's perhaps best told in pictures -- and today, that's exactly what we've gotten.

Touchscreen BlackBerry "Storm" Progressing Well

Chris Dannen — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:59:19 -0400

The COMcast ic forecast -- chance of storms

Carter Smith — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:23:44 -0400