use. You can also click two parts of the screen at once, which means you can type out those emails slightly quicker.
When you put the phone into sleep mode the screen locks down meaning that you cannot accidentally press buttons when you do not mean to. Although you can answer and end calls in sleep mode.
One thing that did make the Blackberry storm 2 feel a little cheaper than it’s business smartphone counterparts was that the battery case is not completely flush and wobbles very slightly when using the phone.
The phones comes packaged with a microUSB travel charger (perfect for business trips), USB cable, 3.5mm headphones, a pouch and a nice cloth to wipe the screen with.The headphones double as a hands free kit but are not the best quality – fine for calling but not good enough for music enthusiasts.
The Storm 2 uses the OS 5.0 interface, which is RIM’s latest and greatest. It does feel a bit wierd to apply pressure to a touchscreen so that it clicks but the functionality is good.
The phone takes a few minutes to boot up which is not a big issue as it is not often that you remove the battery.
Ther home screen has a half menu in portrait mode, with your eight favourite applications, and when moved into landscape all the menu icons become available. The options can all be quickly clicked into making the functions really accessible.
The screen is of an excellent quality, the scrolling is quick and easy and very responsive and all of the icons are a nice size and are easily clickable.
Occassionally we found that the OS can slow down slightly, and when this happens all the buttons will lock, meaning you can’t do anything until the system has fixed the issue – which it tended to do