Americans in line for BlackBerry Storm

World news agencies report huge queues in front of Verizon Wireless points, where sales of BlackBerry Storm, the first touchscreen smartphone from Research In Motion, began on Friday.

The photo on the left is a real snapshot taken on Friday in one of the Manhattan offices. Early in the morning the queue there reached 200 people, reports Reuters.

Less than an hour after the start of sales, that is, at 9 am, all the available BlackBerry Storm ran out. Some of the queues began to riot, and employees of the operator Verizon even had to call the police.
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According to Verizon, a similar stir is observed in other outlets of the company. The shortage of "storms" is the most severe. If you make a pre-order via the Internet, you can only expect delivery in 5-7 days.

The “iPhone” competitor is sold for about the same price of $ 200 (with a two-year contract).