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So BlackBerry finally has a worthy opponent for the iPhone? I got to say,  I am very impressed with the storm. It’s disappointing that storm doesn’t support Wi-Fi, but the touchscreen feature is a nice surprise. You can read all about it here. I think Storm is a great device and Blackberry lovers will love this one too. But unfortunately, I don’t think it has what it takes to truly challenge the iPhone, especially if it is priced the same as the iPhone.

Just read this piece of interesting news that Moto RAZR is still outselling iPhone 3G in the U.S.? That is not really surprising to me as the device is available through almost all major carriers, and it has been available unlocked as well. The device is also cheaper and more useful for people who don’t the whole iPhone smartphone thing to deal with. iPhone is not for everyone though everyone can have lots of fun with. I personally dumped my RAZR to get an iPhone, so I do expect these numbers to be just that: numbers.

Nokia doesn’t seem to want to give up on the whole iPhone challenge thing. Now they have come full force ahead with XpressMucic 5800 to challenge the supremacy of Apple iPhone. This time Nokia is also challenging the iTunes by offering its own music service that provides customers with thousands of music songs every month.

I do like this phone a lot on the paper. But Nokia has tried and failed numerous times in its attempts to kill the iPhone. Now they are trying to do it by using a touchscreen phone. I don’t think anything major going to come out of this whole story. The market is simply not the same as it was a year ago with the introduction fo Google phone. Nokia is literally faced with a two-headed monster in the smartphone market.

But not what you think. Apple announced today that they are dropping their NDA on their iPhone software to allow developers to have more flexibility:

We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.

We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.

However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.

Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.

I think Apple is underestimating Microsoft’s and other’s determination to copy its software. I am sure even with the NDA in place Microsoft was looking for ways to borrow from Apple, so I am glad that Apple has finally seen the logic and decided to drop the NDA restriction.

Apple has just announced that you can buy Apple iPhone 3G online. Not actually. You can do pretty much all you need to do online (select a plan, …) but you have to pick it up at an AT&T or Apple store. Still, it’s better than waiting in the store for the things to get done. Go to Apple store for more information. It still shows that Apple’s willing to work to make it easier for us consumers to pick up the device, but I’d still rather get the device without going to the store.