The BlackBerry Storm, the first ever touch screen BlackBerry smart phone, officially hit stores Friday, marking Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd.'s official answer to the Apple iPhone 3G.
At the Verizon Wireless store in Natick, Mass., BlackBerry faithful started lining up at 5:30 a.m. to be the first to get their hands on the coveted handheld and see what all the hype was about. By the time the store opened at 8 a.m., roughly 70 people were queued up for their chance to buy the most coveted device in BlackBerry's 10-year history.
Here's the scene from outside the store, which contained more than 75 people after the clock struck eight and the Storm launch was underway.
