Lewis Hamilton helps Blackberry create a Storm

THE BlackBerry Storm 9500 hit stores today and is bidding to overtake the iPhone as the latest must-have gadget.

BlackBerry’s first touch-screen device is packed full of state-of-the art functions, with social ­networking site Facebook just one press away on the high-resolution screen.

There is the option to stream video clips from sites such as YouTube, while the music player is compatible with MP3 files and most other formats.

There is also a sat-nav function­, a 3.2 megapixel ­camera with a built-in ­autofocus and 1GB in memory, which can be expanded.

It is, however, still slightly heavier than the iPhone, weighing in at 155g. The BlackBerry Storm 9500  comes free on a two-year ­contract at £35 per month with ­Vodafone, which is teaming up with Blackberry for the first time.

Click below to watch a vid of Lewis Hamilton putting the Blackberry Storm to the test

Sony Rolly dancing to Footloose

Can someone tell us what a Sony Rolly is? It looks like a spaceship with flappy speakers. Either way, that thing can DANCE! Or, at least, be programmed so it looks like that's what it's doing.

Watch it dance to Footloose after the jump. Be prepared for girlish cackling on an epic scale to start issuing out of your mouth.

Give BB Kat some Cookie Love

When I opened an email saying 'Cookie love for Kat' this morning, I feverishly thought Christmas had come early and someone was going to send me some delicious baked goods.

Not happening. One Big Brother fan has set up a blog devoted to getting cookie-obsessive Kathreya all the doughy treats she could need when she gets out of the house - so if you're a Big Brother fan/bored stiff/a feeder, get on over to Cookie Love and, er, give her some.

Alternatively, all cookies are welcome addressed to me c/o thelondonpaper, 1 Pennington Street, London, E98 1BD.

You need this in your life

It's a remote control car with a little metal bit on its  roof that brushes against bottles...and plays the Super Mario theme tune as a result. Am in no way exaggerating when I say this is the greatest thing ever!

The brilliance of The Onion and the Iron Man trailer

I love The Onion. Love it. It's like the acidic glue holding my brain together first thing in the morning, stopping me from getting all screamy and annoyed on the Tube when some total idiot falls into my lap and then pats my knee as though to make it better.

Their video channel has been mixed really, the prose version takes a lot of beating, but this inspired skit on the Iron Man trailer is my favourite from the last few days: check it out after the jump.

La morse qui danse du Michael Jackson

I am in no way exaggerating when I say that the following video is the greatest thing you will ever see.

Willy Wonka gets sweded! Rather brilliantly in fact.

Despite the scandal surrounding Be Kind Rewind's relationship to The Amanda Show which has so far rendered BKR fan Kim Taylor Bennett a weeping puddle of catatonic trauma, some very very good things have come out of its sweding competition.

I am in no way exaggerating when I say that this video of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory made by some London schoolkids at St Paul's is a perfect example of why we need YouTube, and vice versa. I laughed so hard I alienated my neighbour Pru who insisted I put my headphones in and Be Quiet.

Check out the detail in the factory! The chocolate lagoon! The elevator bursting through the roof! Ridiculously silly and very, very funny. More please. God bless my Facebook homepage for bringing up this kind of random stuff.

Answer Me This! How will this podcast change my life?

I've had my entire world stored on my iPod for the last eight months since I stopped having a computer at home, but my lustrously impractical (and red!) new laptop has not only meant I can change my damned music, but start downloading podcasts again.

The one that's been stealing my every commuting hour however is the Answer Me This podcast from comedians Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann. If you ever went to Robin Ince's Book Club, chances are you've played Boggle against Helen and Josie Long on their phenomenally oversized and handcrafted set.

Prime examples of classically silly, sarcastic humour lovingly encased in pedantry and love of biscuits, they answer listener questions on everything from Keith Chegwin to crying and the dearth of Pretzel Flipz with plenty of meandering in between. I love a good Flip too and you could get them in Cybercandy in Covent Garden last time I looked. Mmm.

It's sharply produced by the dour yet strangely loveable Martin the Sound Man, and beautifully, ridiculously funny. I keep on having to temper the urge to burst out laughing, which generally means I end up grimacing at people like a merrily unaware imbecile on day release.

Want music instead? More after the jump.

THE iPHONE HAS ARRIVED!

Yes people. We need to shout, hence the capitals: the iPhone will hit the shelves of old Blighty on November 9, 2007. We were at this mornings press conference in Regent Street - click on the link for all the details... such as the price. Your first born... or rather £269. A full 70 squids more than initially anticipated.

Now don't get too crazy gadget fans. Remember this: buy first gen Apple products at your own peril!