Research In Motion (the BlackBerry people) has become a major force in mobile UC. Their product line-up is due to get a big boost tomorrow with the introduction of the touch screen Storm device by Verizon. The Storm wasn't on display in RIM's booth at the fall VoiceCon conference in San Francisco last week, but a number of their executives were showing off their own Storms and a number of us got our first hands-on experience with it. The preliminary reviews I have read on the Storm have been inconclusive; however, after my first five seconds with it I was convinced it's a major winner, read my analysis "For Mobile UC, The Blackberry Storm is the Touch Screen of Choice". That's also good news for IT departments whose users have been pressuring them to support the not-enterprise-ready iPhone. In short, the look and functionality of the Storm will put it in the same ballpark with the iPhone, and the security and support features will appease the network security folks and seal the deal. Now all we need now is an open market for cell phone handsets so we can all get one and not just the Verizon customers.