Yet another addition to the highly successful business phones from Blackberry, the BlackBerry 9500 Storm is RIM's first touchscreen phone. Much of the design has been incorporated from the Blackberry Bold 9000. The phone comes with a large 3.25 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen and is supported by an accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate. This device is loaded with an internal memory of 1GB but it can be conveniently expanded up to 16GB. However the standard package of the phone comes with an 8GB microSD card for the card slot. The device is on a heavier side with a weight of 155 grams and is presently available only in the colour Black. The powerful battery forms most of the bulk but it looks impressive with a talk time of more than 5 hours and a standby time for almost 15 days.
The Storm is a Quad-band GSM phone but is also capable of 3G connectivity. HSDPA allows fast data downloading. This one lacks a real QWERTY keyboard which is considered as the most important feature of any successful business device. However the phone comes with a virtual on-screen keyboard with two versions- a SureType virtual keyboard (like the one in Blackberry Pearl) to be used in the portrait mode and a broader QWERTY keypad for the landscape mode. The built-in accelerometer sensor automatically facilitates in switching the two modes when the phone is rotated. The enhanced UI of the Storm supports multi-touch inputs, slides as well as taps just like the iPhone. It uses a Blackberry OS and runs on a 528 MHz processor from Qualcomm. This device is loaded with a Class10 GPRS and a Class10 EDGE and employs an HTML browser for browsing the internet. The built-in GPS receiver has A-GPS support which can be coupled with the Blackberry Maps application that has been included in the handset to provide excellent satellite navigation.
The Blackberry 9500 Storm allows Email and Instant Messaging. It also comes with a 3.15 mega pixel camera at the back of the body. Features like auto-focus, LED flash, geo-tagging and image stabilisation have been included apart from video recording in QVGA mode. The included media player appears to be very versatile and can playback MP3, WMA, AAC+, MP4, 3gp, H.264 and WMV formats. Also included in the ensemble are Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Organiser, Voice dial and Voice memo that makes the phone a complete business device.
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