Wednesday, October 21, 2009

BlackBerry Storm 2



The new phone, has a better touchscreen than the original version but BlackBerry has retained the Storm's controversial SurePress technology - which requires the user to physically press down the screen, rather than just touching it - to execute certain tasks. While the original Storm had just one SurePress sensor, however, the new device has four - one at each corner of the screen - meaning that pressing the device is a far smoother experience and typing takes far less effort.

RIM has also turned the individual physical buttons from the first version - which included call pick-up, end, menu and back buttons - into part of the touchscreen. The keys on the side of the device, meanwhile, which had a tendency to fall off the first phone, have been replaced by more durable rubber keys.

The Storm 2 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording but only 2GB of storage - though it can take microSD cards, which would raise this by as much as 16GB. BlackBerry has also improved the 3.5mm stereo headset jack, which was also a problem on the earlier device. Crucially the Storm 2 has Wi-Fi capability, something that was sadly lacking from the original device.


Specs:

Height:
4.43 inches (112.5 mm)

Width:
2.45 inches (62.2 mm)

Depth:
0.55 inches (13.95 mm)

Weight:
BlackBerry® Storm2™
9550 smartphone:
5.64 ounces (160 grams)

Available Features

  • Wi-Fi® Enabled - 802.11b/g enabled
  • 3.2 MP Digital Camera
  • Video Camera Capabilities
  • Supports BlackBerry App World™
  • Bluetooth® Enabled
  • Multimedia Player
  • SMS/MMS
  • Wireless Email
  • Organizer
  • Browser
  • Phone
  • Corporate Data Access

Display

  • High resolution 480 x 360 pixel color display
  • 3.25” (diagonally measured)
  • Transmissive TFT LCD
  • Supports over 65,000 colors
  • Dynamic hardware brightness control

Battery & Battery life

  • Standby time: GSM: 12.7 days (305 hours), UMTS: 11.7 days (280 hours), CDMA: 11.2 days (270 hours)
  • Talk Time: GSM: 5 hours, UMTS: 6
    hours, CDMA: 5.5 hours
  • Battery: 1400 mAhr removable/rechargeable cryptographic Lithium cell

Memory

  • 2 GB Embedded Multimedia Card
  • 256 MB Flash Memory

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