BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel

October 8, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel (AP)

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This photo provided by Research in Motion Ltd., shows the company's new touch-screen phone, the Storm. With the new model being announced Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2008 the Storm, RIM is for the first time giving up the physical keypad in favor of a large screen, just like the one on Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Research in Motion Ltd.)

(AP) -- Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.



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