BlackBerry Storm, the first BlackBerry with touchscreen, in the United States gets the name BlackBerry 9530 Storm.
The BlackBerry Storm 9530 has been talked about for long time to come, but there is still no official release date. The same applies to the BlackBerry 8220 Pearl and 8210 Pearl, BlackBerry’s first clamshell models.
The BlackBerry Storm has slim and elegant black design. As with other mobile phones from RIM, the Storm with all the typical BlackBerry applications, now with touch interface. The main feature of the BlackBerry Storm is the new click-through technology. This means that it has got touch screen to press.
BlackBerry Storm innovations
The touch screen is not the only innovation on the Storm. Other new features on the BlackBerry Storm are dual-mic noice cancelation, visual voicemail and “upside-down screen rotation.
BlackBerry Storm Video Review
BlackBerry Storm Specifications
* Format: 112,5 X62, 2×13, 95 mm
* Weight: 155 grams
* 3.25 inch capacitive touch screen
* High resolution 480 x 360 pixel color display
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* 3.5mm headphone jack
* BlackBerry OS 4.7
* Virtual QWERTY, Sure Type or multi-tap keyboard
* Standby battery: up to 15 hours
* Talk time: up to 5.5 hours
Blackberry Storm 9530 Features
Wireless e-mail
Organizers
Browser
Phone
Camera (3.2 MP)
Video Recording
BlackBerry ® Maps
Media Player
Built-in GPS
Corporate data access
SMS
MMS
Size and weight
4.43 “/ 112.5mm (height)
2.45 “/ 62.2mm (Width)
0.55 “/ 13.95mm (Depth)
5.5 oz/155g (Weight)
Data Input / Navigation
Touch Screen Navigation, with CTR for user selection
On screen keyboard: portrait Sure Type ® and Multi-tap, QWERTY landscape
Voice Input / Output
3.5mm stereo headset is
Integrated earpiece / microphone
Built-in speakerphone
Mono / stereo headset, handsfree, phonebook access profile and serial port profile supported (Bluetooth ® technology)
Media Player
Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
Audio support: MP3, AAC, AAC, eAAC, WMA, WMA ProPlus
Show
High resolution 480 x 360 pixel color screen
Transmissive TFT LCD
Font size (user selectable)
Light sensing screen
Notification
Polyphonic MIDI ringing tones
MP3 ringtones
Vibrate mode
LED indicator
Ca. Battery Life
15 days (standby time)
5.5 hours (talk time)
Memory
Expandable memory – support for microSD ™ card
1GB memory on board
128 MB Flash (flash memory)
Modem
RIM ® wireless modem
Getuid modem power
E-mail address Integrations
Works with BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server for Microsoft ® Exchange
Works with BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server for IBM ® Lotus ® Domino ®
Works with BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server for Novell ® GroupWise ®
Integration with an existing company e-mail account
Integration with existing personal e-mail
Integrates with optional new device account
Security Device
Password protection and screen lock
Sleep
Support for Triple DES or AES encryption when integrated with the BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server
Optional support for S / MIME
Wireless network
UMTS / HSPA: 2100 MHz
North America: 850 MHz ® GSM / GPRS networks
North America: 1900MHz GSM / GPRS networks
Europe / Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM / GPRS networks
Europe / Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM / GPRS networks
Dual-Band: 800/1900 MHz CDMA / EV-DO networks
Blackberry can always provide us with new PDAs.
good phone lots of bugs in it though. i bought one off of gsmallover.com and i’ve had it for a few weeks. think i’m going to upgrade pretty soon though.