I think that Storm2 is great, especially if you need the corporate email integration.

It seems that this mobile phone has its own concept but lacks a majority of things like the slowness, touch capacitive, and the annoying click sound every time we use our finger to open some applications as per the review made here - http://www.techarena.in/review/38170-blackberry-storm-2-9520-mobile-phone-review.htm , it is really worthit than the new iphone 4 in comparision

It's just "wow". I'm gonna grab one from http://buyergen.com

Hey dude. Just get your iPhone 3GS. That's what I did after 9 months with a Storm. You'll never look back. The Apps are also cheap as chips, compared to the Blackberry. Plus Last FM, Spotify work - which was never the case on Vodafone with the Storm.

After being burned with the original Storm; I'm hard pressed to spend money on the Storm2. I called Verizon and asked if they are doing anything for customers who bought the original; which quite frankly, works 50% of the time, the other 50% of the time, it's a dandy paperweight. Does RIM really believe that after being burned by this product that I should spend my money on a new one without some sort of discount? Seriously, I'm not kidding, sometimes it's a chore just to punch in a phone number on the original Storm. Now, I'm supposed to shell out another $200 and take the chance that this one really works? I'm this close to getting an iPhone, something I should have done in the first place....

As the article said, the new OS 5 will be available for Storm 1 owners soon which in fact means that all the software based new features will soon be available on Storm 1. Only the hardware changes will be different.

Still, in my opinion, the major improvements are on the hardware side...

Sorry to interrupt but I've had a Storm practically since week of release and although the original 4.7.xxx OS's were pretty poor, the newer leaked 5.0.xxx OS's contain jazzy features such as kinetic scrolling, the new text-select functions to do with the cut and paste and the SMS / Email thread and search functions (respectively).

I'm not trying to fault this article just want to point out that the features I've mentioned have been added to the Storm 1 via software updates.

Note: I'm currently using Storm OS 5.0.0.230 on a Storm 9500.

The progress made in the new Storm is much more significant then what you normally see with the iPhone. It has addressed all of the problems and shortcomings of the first Storm. I think there is always room for improvement, such as increasing the screen size (this can be done without make the phone bigger), faster processor, and even more app memory. I've got at least a year before my next upgrade, so I will wait for the Storm3.

"...abandoned its model of producing physical keyboard based handsets in 2008"

RIM makes only one model of device? OMG! Where's the memo, why wasn't I informed?