In our earlier post, “BlackBerry ‘Storm’, New Touchscreen Phone from RIM“, we provided some of initial details on this exciting new device. Verizon has now announced the final information on the price and shipping date for the first touchscreen BlackBerry.

• Price: $199 (actually $249 with a $50 rebate)
• Availability Date: November 21, 2008

This should be a very attractive price point for a device with the wide range of capabilities of the Storm.  Loads of details, pictures, and video are available on the verizonwireless.com web site. It will be interesting to see how RIM’s new device stacks up against the Apple iPhone.