BlackBerry Storm
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Apple started something with its touch screen iPhone; it made all the major cell phone manufacturers go back to the drawing board to add touch screens. Even Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the popular and addictive BlackBerry, created a version with a touch screen. It's call the BlackBerry Storm, and with RIM's current market position, it may be the company's biggest hope for the future.
Before the Storm, all BlackBerry devices were pretty much the same. They were all devices with a physical keyboard, and a wide screen. Sure, for different models, RIM slimmed the size down, improved the hardware, and added new features, but looking at the first Blackberry and comparing it to more recent models, not too much changed from a usability standpoint.
Why mess with something that has worked wonders for RIM? Well, the rest of the industry caught up with the market leader, and can now duke it out blow for blow with Blackberry. So RIM had to summon up a Storm of change.
The Storm
The BlackBerry Storm is physically similar in size to the iPhone. It is a little shorter and thicker. The phone features a 3.25" multi-touch screen with a decent resolution of 480 x 360 pixels. It boasts four basic function buttons, but nothing like we've been used to from Blackberry. The back includes a 3.2 MP camera; a couple of years ago, you could find this level of MPs only on standalone digital cameras.
Its brain boasts a 528 MHz CPU, one of the more powerful mobile CPUs found in mobile devices. It includes 128 MB memory, and 1 GB of onboard storage. It doesn't have nearly as much as memory as the iPhone, and I think this could deter consumers (as opposed to business people) from looking at smart phones. The device includes a MicroSD slot though, to offset the mere 1 GB of storage.
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