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.