With the SmartPhone war growing more brutal, companies are looking for anything they can to get an edge on their opponents through good publicity. In this respect, Blackberry received an unexpected shot in the arm this week after it emerged that president elect, Barack Obama wishes to retain his Blackberry once in office. The president to be has had a long-standing love affair with the device and was often spotted using one during the campaign.

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With the popularity of the iPhone and the G1 Android phone on the rise, Blackberry has released its long expected answer, Blackberry Storm. Storm is a device that allows users to do more social things like listen to music, access MySpace or Facebook, and take photos. The device has one big innovation, in what the company refer to as a ‘clickable touch-screen,’ a screen that compresses when you tap it, in order to mimic the feeling of a real keyboard.

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