The BlackBerry Storm 9500, a varient to the 9530 that has leaked in the US, has appeared on the Vodafone Germany website, and many screenshots of the phone have surfaced on a website dedicated to the phone as well.

The BlackBerry Storm will be RIM’s first touchscreen device, and will feature a 3.3” touchscreen with 360×480 pixels of resolution, Tri-band HSDPA, Quad-band GSM connectivity, built-in A-GPS, microSD memory card support, 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi, and will run on BlackBerry OS with 624 MHz CPU speed and 192MB of RAM to power it.

It is necessary to make an entry on the touchscreen market from all manufacturers and all market levels. Touch is said to the future of mobile, which I agree with, and more interactive interfaces are needed for phones to feel more natural to consumers, and not as technological bricks.

[via GSM Arena]