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Breaking the Norm: BlackBerry Storm 2 9520

BlackBerry Storm 2The 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.

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categories Blackberry | Simon | datetime November 24, 2009 10:18 am | comments Comments (0)

A Review of BlackBerry’s new Storm

BlackBerry Storm 2 (1)Everybody is waiting for what analysts and techie bloggers have to say about the newly-released Blackberry Storm. After all, when the original version was released last year, many regretted rushing the purchase and ended up complaining about slow operating speeds, the inconvenient absence of the QWERTY keyboard and seemingly heavy gadget.

Before the release of Storm 2 at the end of October 2009, much buzz has been heard about the problems of the older version already gone and fixed. For starters, the new version is thinner and much lighter, but the attractive interface is intact. The applications are also going to run smoother and faster with larger memory allocations.

As for the touch-screen QWERTY improvisation, it allows double-touch-at-one-time for speedier typing. Users would fine the “real keyboard” typing experience offered by the Storm 2, even hearing the clicks while they do.

The newer Blackberry also has a wi-fi and features video and music applications as well. The advanced camera features, the phone, emails and SMS services and video and music players integrated into the Storm 2 makes it a leading choice for busy people. Also, heavy and constant users of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites will find the new version really high on connectivity.

Of course, we could not discount the similar capabilities and features of the Apple iPhone and the Satio from Sony-Ericsson, both having solid shares of the all-touch multimedia smartphones market. Each has an advantage at one aspect, like the 12.1 megapixel of the Sation. On the other hand, HTC’s offering called the Tattoo is also marking high on sales being the latest unit to use the Google touch-screen interface.

It can be said that more individuals with relaxed mobile phone usage opt for these latter, while Blackberry Storm remains the solid preference for business users.

To read more related information, click: Source: Times Online

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categories Blackberry | Simon | datetime November 4, 2009 3:19 pm | comments Comments (0)

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