The Blackberry Storm 2 9520 ? reviewed but revered?
Blackberry 9520 Storm 2
The Blackberry storm 2 is RIM’s new improved version of the Storm touchscreen range, It has a fully functional touchscreen as well as intuitive text options and no traditional Blackberry QWERTY keyboard.
As always we have reviewed this phones suitability for the business mobile phone market.
The original Blackberry Storm was a bit of a let down as it was so easily over-shadowed by a number of other new smartphones including the i-phone and also the HTC Hero.
How does the new Blackberry Storm 2 compare as a smartphone in the business market?
The Storm 2 sits well in the hand and is just 5g heavier than it’s predecessor, it’s really easy to get your fingers around the touch screen whilst holding the phone and also to hit the on/lock screen button on the top left-hand side.
The Blackberry 9520 has a large number of buttons around the outside that are typically rubberised – which I guess is a matter of taste, but personally I quite liked it. On the left is the USB port and also a function button that allows you to access your favourite function as a shortcut.
On the top is the power/lock button and the mute key. The 3.5mm headphone jack is recessed into the phone on the right just above the volume up/down keys.The button used to take photos is on the top right.
On the front of the phone are the call, menu, return and terminate buttons – these have been embedded into the LCD screen for the Blackberry Storm 2. They’re now part of the SurePress click screen.
The original Storm had a single piezoelectric sensor behind the touchscreen and the new Storm 2 has 4 of these which means the screen is easier and simpler as well as more responsive to