Blackberry Storm Mobile Price | review | features | cost | Specifications
Blackberry has built up a reputation as a manufacturer of smartphones that really do try and do it all, so it is no surprise that the Storm has been so highly anticipated as it is Blackberry’s first foray into the touch screen mobile phone market which has been dominated by other manufacturers so far. The Storm really is being put out into quite a full, competitive market, but with Blackberry’s track record of making stylish and functional phones, will the Storm endure?
Blackberry Storm Technical Specifications
On paper the Storm is a mixed bag. It has 1GB of onboard memory and comes with a microSD slot for expansion up to 16GB, but unless you’re going to be using your Storm for storing loads of pictures, movies and music, which is outside the remit of the Storm’s corporate target audience, then the standard memory should more than suffice for storing messages, emails and documents.
The 3.25 inch screen is one of the best looking on any handset available, and with a 480×360 pixel resolution it makes viewing documents, emails and the web a less eye-straining experience that you might expect, and video playback is respectable for a phone that isn’t as media-orientated as other handsets.
The thing that all the critics are raving about however is the ClickThrough touch screen technology that is unique to the Storm. What this refers to is the fact that the whole of the screen is suspended on a special system that essentially makes it one large tactile button. The touch sensitivity is handled in the same manner as the Apple iPhone by sensing the electric pulses in your fingertips but in order for a button press to be recognised you must physically ‘click’ the screen down, giving you the sense that you have actually pressed a physical button, which is partially true. This makes the touch screen very responsive and easy to use and could cut down on the spelling mistakes and typos that other touch screen phones are prone to. The uniqueness and impressive application of the ClickThrough capabilities of the Storm is for some the deal breaker in the selling of the Storm to consumers, and no doubt other manufacturers will now be rushing to replicate this function on their own handsets.
In terms of the Storm’s other technical features it’s much as we’ve come to expect from modern smartphones, with quad band capabilities making it useable on foreign networks in nearly every country around the world along with providing high speed mobile internet over a 3G connection.
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Blackberry Storm Software and Features
The Blackberry Storm doesn’t sacrifice any of the functionality we’ve come to expect from other Blackberry handsets, with its various corporate abilities and compatibility with all of the services you will have come to expect, along with the traditionally virtuoso handling of emails.
In terms of media capabilities the Storm is compatible with all of the most common file types making playback of your music and videos a fairly hassle-free task, and the Storm is also fitted with a 3.2 megapixel camera which also shoots video. The pictures are nothing to shout about, but then the Storm doesn’t set out to be a camera phone and most users probably won’t be fussed by this.
Significantly the Storm also has support for stereo Bluetooth, which is something that most of its competitors, including the iPhone, miss out, which does boost its media phone status.
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Blackberry Storm Negatives
The major downside of the Storm that may put off some people is the lack of Wi-Fi connectivity. Unlike the iPhone and the G1, the Storm’s two main rivals, you cannot connect to your home or office wireless broadband connection and use it to access the internet.
This kind of functionality is useful if you want to avoid running up big data bills on your contract, but since the Storm lacks Wi-Fi you might be put off by being stuck with always having to use the 3G connection to access the internet. Not a deal breaker if you aren’t paying the bills, or have a contract that includes these costs.
Blackberry Storm Conclusion
All in all I, like many others, am very impressed with the first touch screen handset from Blackberry. Thanks to its innovative design, improved corporate functionality and stylish looks it really hits all of the marks and has been tentatively hailed by some as an iPhone beater. If you’ve been a long time Blackberry user then you’ll love all that the Storm has to offer, and if you’re new to the smartphone table you’d do very well by making the Storm your first Blackberry handset.
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