Verizon's BlackBerry Storm page goes live

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Doug @ Sep 16th 2008 7:05PM

I still don't understand the concept of a touch screen feeling like a keyboard. That's a ludicrous sales pitch and kind of insulting to my intelligence. If you can't feel the spaces between the keys with your finger, then it doesn't feel like a keyboard. Otherwise, it's really hardly different than the clicking sound you get when you type on an iPhone or the haptic feedback when you type on a Dare. Sure, if you type with one finger, move it around to center it above the desired key and then click the Storm's screen, repeating that process each time you type a letter in a message, it may be different and possibly an improvement above the iPhone, but for most phone typists I can't help but feel like it'll be an annoyance. We'll see in the final product.

Still, thank God the final landscape keyboard doesn't look like the one we saw on the Brew Ninja's device. Also, I'm grateful for a full html browser as well. I'm sure html email will be included too, so yay to everything except the questionable screen/button idea.

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Jeff @ Oct 2nd 2008 9:05PM

Well I have some experience with a similar type of screen, however its with an Alpine radio. When you touch the screen to change the station or other such function you feel a pulse against your finger. Granted it isnt quite the same feeling as you would get from pushing a button but its close.

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