RIM’s much anticipated Blackberry Storm is set to launch on November 21 2008 on the Verizon network in the US. It will launch in time for the holidays in Canada with Telus. Notably, the Blackberry Storm specifications include a 3.15mp camera (2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, video, flash), 128MB RAM, 1GB internal memory, 624 MHz processor, A-GPS, and a whole lot more. This is RIM’s first touch screen device and features heptic technology where the user feels as if he is really pressing on a physical button on the touch screen. RIM will also launch an app store that will only initially support the Storm, which is clearly a competitor to Apple’s online app store. However, many people maintain there is no need for a touch screen BB and also because the OS is so simple (which is a good thing), a touch screen simply isn’t warranted. Additioanlly, it is expected RIM will soon launch the upgrade to the Curve which will likely arrive very early in 2009.