Breaking the Norm: BlackBerry Storm 2 9520

The specs of the Storm 2 are out and they are quite impressive; if you can deal with a transmissive touch screen. Putting aside all the previous impressions of the old Storm phone, the new Storm is a pretty nice touch screen phone that gives decent functionality. Still, the BlackBerry brand is well known for their devices with excellent messaging capabilities. Without a physical keyboard and a hard to use on screen keyboard, the Storm 2 does not focus on typing, instead, it plays a more a general purpose role.

Moving From 1 to 2

With the BlackBerry Storm series, Storm 2 reviews find it impossible to look at Storm 2 without remembering the fiasco that was the original Storm. Considering that this series marks BlackBerry’s foray into the touch screen technology, one might question the wisdom of choosing a transmissive touch screen over a capacitive screen. In terms of accuracy and ease of use, capacitive touch screens are far more accurate.

Aside from that, the Storm 2 was mode focusing on all the old mistakes of the old Storm. While improving over what was bad is a good thing, it appears that the Storm 2 serves as more of a re-doing of a bad model than a new device.

Aside from the 3.25 inch screen, the Storm 2 also features Wi-Fi –a feature that was sorely missing from the original. The onscreen keyboard supports landscape and portrait views.  Also, it now has face recognition; the phone will shut down the display when pressed near your ear for calls –this prevents users from accidentally tapping the screen when making or receiving phone calls.

Storm 2 in Vodafone

There are Storm 2 contracts available from Vodafone UK. The device is still available for free at 35 Pound plans. It is also available on business plans and in Vodafone Ireland.