Not eligbile for your 2-year discount and still hoping to land a BlackBerry Storm?  Over at the BlackBerry Storm landing page when clicking the ‘Fine Print’ link at the bottom of the page you will see that Grand Prize of a BlackBerry Storm 9500 Smartphone and $50 Verizon Wireless gift card has an ‘Approximate Retail Value (”ARV”): $549 each’.  Assuming that this retail price includes the gift card and not just the Storm alone we could be looking at a $499 Retail Value, but to be safe we’ll just call it $549.  Considering the At&t BlackBerry Bold is showing up with a No Commitment Price of $999.99, we’d consider this a bargain.

Remember the NYC Storm Hunt kicks off tomorrow (November 6th) where 50 Grand Prize winners will get their very own BlackBerry Storm 9500 Smartphone.  In case you missed our coverage of the Storm giveaway, take a look at our previous post here.  Still questioning the authenticity of the screenshot above, go ahead and hit the Storm landing page and click Fine Print here.

BlackBerry Storm (9500 Series) Specifications:

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