Although the official launch of the upcoming Blackberry Storm on the Verizon network is tomorrow, November 21st, initial reviews are coming in from those fortunate enough to have received an eval unit. Their reports are that RIM falls short of the "perfect" Storm.

The smartphone’s major innovation is called SurePress, which means that the phone’s entire touchscreen is a gigundo button but this is the company’s first venture into the touchscreen arena.

The Pros:

• The SurePress button screen has a very nice feel to it
• The screen is the highest resolution screen ever produced by RIM, 480×360 resolution
• Verizon 3G rocks! It’s better and more stable than AT&T’s network.
• GPS
• Copy and paste (Take that iPhone!)
• Blackberry email
• It has the best blackberry browser

The Cons:

• Heavy and clunky
• Ok battery life but not a major problem
• Where’s the WiFi???
• OS lags at times

Overall, the Blackberry Storm makes for an OK phone, but still no iPhone killer. As a Bold user, I’m not at all jealous of the touchscreen. It’s still probably going to be a big hit on the Verizon Wireless network.

This has recently been on the news, so it might slightly more credible that a rumor lurking in a message board. Everyone has been subject to a rather nasty thunderstorm, the kind that sets off all the car alarms and uproots all the trees in the neighborhood. As you may have noticed, whether through unfortunate circumstances or otherwise, any small electronic objects that are on your person at the time are not safe, especially iPods.

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Space.com is reporting a potentially dangerous dust storm which right now, covers the entire southern hemisphere of Mars. It is reducing direct sunlight to Mars’ surface by nearly 99 percent, and the Rovers are solar-powered. Even though they are battery-powered, being without sunlight for a long time could drain the batteries and then they would not be able to recharge at all.

"This thing has been breaking records the past few days. The sun is 100 times fainter than normal. We’re hoping for a big break in the storm soon, but that’s just a hope."