“Verizon Wireless is cutting the price of the BlackBerry Storm to $99 in order to better compete with AT&T’s iPhone 3G,” Marin Perez reports for InformationWeek. “The Storm is the first touchscreen BlackBerry from Research In Motion. It was designed specifically to give Verizon an alternative to the popular iPhone lineup. The handset debuted in November last year for about $200 with a new contract, and it sold well over a million units despite some launch bugs that led to mixed reviews.”

MacDailyNews Take: Marin’s definition of “mixed” is interesting:
• Only one storm drags down D.C. Republicans and Democrats alike: RIM’s awful BlackBerry Storm – March 06, 2009
• PC World: It’s official, Blackberry Storm is no Apple iPhone killer – January 27, 2009
• RIM’s big response to Apple’s iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, falls flat – January 26, 2009
• ChangeWave: Apple iPhone’s ‘very satisfied’ rating more than double that of RIM’s BlackBerry Storm – December 22, 2008
• Yale Daily News: The Storm isn’t an iPhone killer, it’s a Blackberry killer – December 10, 2008
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professor reviews RIM BlackBerry Storm: ‘Disappointing and awful’ – December 05, 2008
• NY Times’ Pogue reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘I’ve got a better name for it: BlackBerry Dud’ – November 26, 2008
• InformationWeek reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Tiresome, slow, severe bugginess and problems’ – November 24, 2008
• TIME Mag reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Novelty screen feels cheap; steer clear of this storm’ – November 20, 2008
• Chicago Tribune reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Can’t compete with Apple’s iPhone’ – November 20, 2008
• Gizmodo reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Heavy, laggy, sluggish, unstable, clunky, and tiring’ – November 20, 2008
• Engadget reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Frustrating, inelegant, uncomfortable; a disappointment’ – November 20, 2008
• PC World reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Awkward, disappointing; a failed experiment’ – November 20, 2008
• BlackBerry Storm: No Wi-Fi. No iPod. No iTunes App Store. No sale. – November 14, 2008

Perez continues, “AT&T and Apple upped the ante recently with the release of the iPhone 3GS, which boasted hardware improvements, new software, video-recording abilities, and the handset sold over a million units during its launch weekend. The companies also dropped the price of the iPhone 3G to $99 for new contracts, which is an aggressive price point for a device that has been so popular with consumers.”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Jen" for the heads up.]