BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion and cell phone service provider Verizon Wireless released the long-awaited Blackberry Storm smartphone on November 21, 2008. With the release of new the Blackberry Storm, reviewers, bloggers and consumers alike are scrambling to compare the Blackberry Storm's features to those of the Apple iPhone.Washington Post: RIM's Un-iPhone

So far, the preliminary reviews of the Blackberry Storm have been mixed. Publications like Time and Information Week are singing the praises of the new Blackberry Storm while CNET and the Washington Post say the new Storm is no iPhone.