The tech blog Engadget showed the packaging for the new touchscreen-operated BlackBerry 9530 - RIM’s first device with no physical keyboard.  Now called the Storm in the U.S. market, the phone will be released on Verizon Wireless later this year.  The 9530 will operate globally with a removable SIM card.  It will also include an 8GB SanDisk microSD card, stereo headset, travel charger and USB cable.

It appears that the device may be marketed as the Thunder in Canada through Rogers and in Europe through Vodafone.  Pricing or final release date are not yet finalized, although prior rumors has the phone pegged for a mid-October launch in the U.S.

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