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New Delhi: Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the launch of the highly anticipated BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone in India today.
The second generation smartphone comes with a improved touch-screen platform and enhanced technology for better connectivity.
"Powered with the latest SurePress technology and BlackBerry OS 5, the new BlackBerry Storm2 offers customers a powerful and unique mix of advanced communications and multimedia features in a smoothly designed smartphone that will appeal to both consumers and business professionals," Frenny Bawa, Managing Director, India, RIM said.
New SurePress Technology
The smartphonecomes with anew SurePress technology based on an electronic system that assist user with tactile feedback when the touch-screen is pressed.
The new system responds equally to gentle pressure applied anywhere on the surface of the screen and makes clicking the display practically effortless. Typing on the smartphone's virtual keyboards is easier, more comfortable and more accurate.
The company further says that the new SurePress technology also allows the user to type a letter with one thumb even while their other thumb may still be touching or resting on another letter, enabling faster typing and multi-key actions such as Shift or Alt -key combinations.
Key Features
- Smooth design with sloped edges, chrome accents, glass lens and stainless steel backplate
- Large (3.25), high resolution 360 x 480 display at 184 ppi
- Capacitive touch-screen with integrated functions
- Global connectivity support: UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz), quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) networks
- 3.2 MP camera with variable zoom, autofocus, flash and video recording
- 256 MB of Flash memory
- 2 GB of onboard memory storage and a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 16 GB cards today and is expected to support 32 GB cards when available
- Background noise suppression technology, loud distortion-free speakerphone and face detection (proximity sensor)
- BlackBerry OS 5 for improved browsing and work-experience with faster JavaScript and CSS processing as well as support for Gears and BlackBerry widgets
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