High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The BlackBerry Storm is a touchscreen smartphone developed by Research In Motion (RIM). A part of the BlackBerry 9500 series of phones, it is RIM`s first touchscreen device, and its first without a physical keyboard. It features a touchscreen which reacts physically like a button via SurePress, a Research In Motion patented technology of providing haptic feedback. It is a direct competitor to Apple`s iPhone, the Palm Pre, the T-Mobile G1 by HTC and the HTC Touch family.