Still considering the purchase of a BlackBerry Storm 9530? If so, the time may have just arrived because Verizon has recently lowered the price down to $99.99. The new lowered price comes after a $100 instant online discount and requires you to also agree to the standard two year agreement. That and, it should be more »

After plenty of rumors, hope and speculation, the official details for the BlackBerry Storm have been announced. The Storm will be priced at $199.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate and along with a two-year agreement. As for availability, November 21 will be the day when it will be both online and in stores.

The Storm, as noted in the short and to the point, press release will be the “first touch screen BlackBerry smartphone with the world’s first “’clickable’ touch screen.” Which despite the price not coming in quite as low as we would have hoped for, (lower than the iPhone 3G) should still be low enough to sell more than a few.

A few interesting tidbits from the Verizon Wireless announcement show that the Storm will be running software version 4.7, that it will be shipping with an 8GB microSD card and also that it will be able to function as a wireless modem for your notebook. Of course, Verizon does not specify the extra cost for the tethering, simply stating that the Storm has “3G modem support.”

Keep reading to check out the full (and short) press release below…

Nothing yet in terms of a launch date, however some new information has been released and also revealed about the BlackBerry Storm. To begin with, RIM has officially release the interactive online “User Guide” for the Storm.

The guide is what most geeks would typically ignore, and covers everything from the basics of setting up your device, to using the Storm, and even some “advanced” topics such as the desktop software and switching from another handset. If nothing else, the online guide does offer some nice images of the Storm and should prove to be a good read for that reason alone.

Moving on, we have some additional information regarding the pricing of the Storm. We should point out that this information has not been made official, and although it seems to be along the lines of what we have previously mentioned, it should still be considered a rumor.

The pricing information comes courtesy of some screenshots that were taken from an internal Verizon website. Based on the images, it looks like the Storm will set you back $519.99 at full retail, or $219.99 with a two-year agreement and $289.99 with a one-year agreement. All-in-all, if these prove to be accurate they Storm could see some very nice sales.

Keep reading to check out the screenshots of the pricing information below…