With Rim and Vodafone launching the highly anticipated BlackBerry Storm 2 this morning, we are wondering just how successful the handset is going to be.
The original Storm mobile phone had some bumps in the road and attracted a lot of criticism from various sources, however it seems that Research In Motion have rid the device of these unfortunate negatives this time around; the touch screen device has a new found edge to it while still having that BlackBerry feel we all love.
The actual display was one of the real problems for many people who purchased the original Storm mobile phone, with the unusual “clickable” display feeling rather like a keyboard – and while some people loved it and hailed it as being innovative, many users were unimpressed with the amount of pressure needed for their actions to register.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 has fixed this issue with an improved version of the SurePress technology, which now works with electronic pulses rather than mechanical features, and also comes with a good number of newer, better specifications.
For starters, the Storm 2 has an upgraded version of the BlackBerry operating system, a respectable 3.2 mega pixel camera with LED flash, 2 GB of built in memory, as well as the addition of Wi Fi connectivity – a must have for any smartphone that the original Storm was, sadly, lacking.
The body looks much the same, if not slightly slicker, and there have been some small modifications in terms of both the web browser and mail.
These minor improvements may not sound exciting, but they give us the impression that RIM has really paid attention to detail here, and we won’t be left disappointed.
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