This news headline is vastly misleading. BB Storm had its party, but its not available for purchase right now. Its expected to be in stores some time in November. More than likely, BB Bold will be available much before that - likely launch date is October 26th for BB Bold.
What I absolutely dislike about US cellphone system is the lack of interchangability between phones and carriers. I understand the point that carriers fund some R&D costs, thus put exclusivity deals in place, but what kinda archaic system is it where iPhone is only available on AT&T, Storm is only available on Verizon and Pearl Flip is only available on T-Mobile. Totally blah!
Now that my wife uses iPhone, I don’t want to split our AT&T family share plan and move to Verizon myself. Though if Storm is as good as it looks, I may very well do that.