BlackBerry 9550 Storm II
There has been lots of noise recently regarding the BlackBerry Storm 2 handset. This new touch screen phone should get a better reaction from users than the original Storm phone which got some terrible reviews and comments from around the globe on its launch.
RIM says that it has solved the problems that held back the first phone and has upgraded the touch screen which was one of the biggest drawbacks.
Analysts have speculated that it has been harder for other companies to create reliable and intuitive touch screen technologies due to the patents held by Apple for the iTouch/iPhone.
RIM have labelled their technology “SurePress” which requires an actual push rather than a touch to get the phone to respond to certain tasks. The first version of it was a train crash, so hopefully things will have improved, but then for people like me with fat hands, we’ll wait and see!
There are plenty of other changes which a too numerous to list, but one other key alteration is the keys on the side of the device which have been upgraded, the previous phone’s keys had a tendency to fall off!
I’ll be interested to have a little play around with this phone. BlackBerry appear to have fallen behind with their devices recently and with competition such as the iPhone and the new Android phones, they need to up their game. Perhaps they have with this phone?
January 30th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
great phone
May 17th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I don see any significant difference between the 1st version of BlackBerry Storm and the latest, except for the WiFi, which, in my country, is best for frequent overseas travellers. After all, in BongoLand, my ServiceProvider charges a token, like $20 per month – whether u use WiFi or not – meant for pushing my emails strait to the supersecurity smartphone, access the internet as much..as long as i wish, download as much as i pls – all in the same flat rate $30. Thats separate frm call. Whats the use of extra $ for something i already get? Moreover, if we have WiFi but most oft the time we need to unlock – when we get authorised to use wiFi. For now, to me, it doesnt make much business sense to upgrade. [Some guru or ServiceProvider - am i right? Pls correct me if need be at all].
As for the touch screen.. its just so super. U just need to get used to it. Owned a touchscreen before – Samsung F480 -may be thats why i still feel the Storm is a great phone. Best for business persons.
RIM, keep it up.