Now the Canadian smartphone company is looking for a second-chance at touch-screen bliss with the BlackBerry Storm 2. Verizon is bringing the Storm 2 to the United States and Vodafone will be a carrier in seven European countries as well as South Africa.
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg gives an overview of the new BlackBerry Storm 2 (on Verizon) in his column and hints that the phone should be coming out sometime in November for around $200.
On the specifications side, the BlackBerry Storm 2 has more memory, will take up to a 32GB microSD card, includes a 3.2 megapixel camera, and now includes WiFi. The biggest change is in the keyboard -- gone is the mechanical "button" keyboard from the original BlackBerry Storm -- the new model will be fully electronic (so the screen won't shift when you type) and will sport a full-width keyboard while in landscape mode.