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Welp, today finally came…today as in the release date of the Blackberry Storm.  I picked one up this morning at 0′dark 30AM.  I was first in line and frooze my rear off in doing so, but it was worth it.  So far I’m   pleasantly surprised, it’s  better than my expectations and I really like it.  I also got a AT&T BB Bold this week at work and it’s definitely a sweet device. I can pound out emails like usual on it while the Storm’s SurePress will take some getting used to.  Both devices have beautiful displays, top notch for mobile devices…and arguably the best of any smartphones.

I’m going to need a few days to get used to the Storm’s SurePress technology.  I’ll report back after!

Here’s a pic of my new toys.

Tonight I picked up my new Blackberry Pearl(8100) by T-Mobile. I must say, having owned/used the Blackberry 5790, 6750, 7750, 7250, 7130, 7520, 8700, and now the 8100 – the 8100 is my favorite.

This phone feels solid and feels right in your hand and on a call.

Tons of new features offered for the first time by Blackberry are:

• Voice Activated Dialing
• Bluetooth GPS compatibility w/ Blackberry Maps
• Trackball/joystick – no more traditional Trackwheel
• New style themes, similar to Pocket PC’s “Today” Screen
• A 1.3MP camera
• Media player – Movies, MP3’s
• Stereo Headset
• Expandable Memory slot – MicroSD
• MP3 Ringtones – currently available on the 8700.

The phone came with OZ Instant Messaging Client. I’m not sure if this is a T-Mobile only included software or not. We’ll see when the Pearl comes out on Cingular sometime in November.

Check out a few pics: