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RIM unveils Blackberry Storm

October 8, 2008 By Kunal Gangar 2 Comments


 

Research in Motion took off the wraps from its first ever touch screen enabled Blackberry device. Blackberry Storm will be available by December from Verizon Wireless in US and Vodafone doing the honors for Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.

The American Storm will have EV-DO Rev. A to suffice the internet needs while Vodafone users can benefit from 3G and EDGE in the supported countries. RIM touts Storm as world’s first “clickable” touch-screen that responds much like a physical keyboard with support for multi-touch gestures. The built-in accelerometer allows its touch screen interface to automatically switch between landscape mode and portrait mode as the user rotates the handset to reveal a Suretype keyboard in portrait or a full-fledged QWERTY in landscape.

Full Specifications:

Network Quad-Band: 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks Single-Band: 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA networks; Dual-Band: 800/1900 MHz CDMA/EVDO Rev A networks
Size (L x W x D) 4.4” x 2.4” x 0.55”
Weight (battery included) 155g or 5.46oz
Display High-resolution 480 X 360 pixel color display, Transmissive TFT LCD, supports over 65,000 colors
Camera 3.2 MP camera, flash, auto focus
Memory 128 MB RAM memory, 1 GB eMMC
Expandable Memory MicroSD located under battery door cover
Battery 1400 mAhr removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell
Battery Life CDMA: 15 days standby, 6 hours of talk time
GSM: 15 days standby, 6 hours of talk time
User Interface Intuitive Touch Screen
Navigation Touch Screen Navigation, with ClickThrough for user selection
Keyboard On screen keyboard – portrait SureType and Multi-tap, QWERTY landscape
Voice Input/Output Integrated speaker and microphone, hands-free headset capable,
Bluetooth headset capable, integrated hands-free speakerphone
Ringtones 32 polyphonic – MIDI, MP3
GPS Stand-alone and Assisted GPS. Preloaded with BlackBerry® Maps.
Media Player Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264 (encoding and decoding 30fps), WMV
Audio Format Support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
Headset 3.5mm stereo headset capable


 

Product Page

Press Release

  • RIM introduces Blackberry Storm2 in India
  • Blackberry OS 5.0 now available to Verizon Storm (9530) users
  • Verizon now selling Blackberry Storm for $50
  • Vodafone gets Blackberry Storm to India

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