The hopes and dreams of an entire nation relies on this phone (the Blackberry Nation that is), and finally the savior has gotten an official launch date. On November the 21'st those who would like to see the Storm kick iPhone butt can drop by their local Verizon office and pick up the device.

Other than the world phone coolness (yes it is quad band) you'll also be getting an 8GB microSD card. As for price expect it to be for $199.99 on contract after a $50 mail in rebate.

As for those of us who own a Pearl or Curve and our contract is not up you're looking at over $500 for the phone.

According to Verizon there is not need to arrive at stores early as they will have plenty of Storms to pass around even for Black Friday. So you guys know what to do.