You will really be startled when you touch the BlackBerry Storm for the very first time. This is the first touchscreen and keyboard free smart phone of Research in Motion (RIM). Nothing will happen to the screen even if you have used it several thousand times. In this phone, screen is the giant button and you have to punch it basically for each and every action. The defining feature of this phone is ClickThrough. The phone has got the impressive multi-touch UI. The phone has great sleek design to which it can be a fashion statement as well. Navigation is easily possible through the Transmissive TFT LCD with the size of 3.25 inches in height and with 480 x 360 pixel color display and the screen is light sensing. The phone comes along with integrated microphone and built-in speaker phone. Memory of the phone can be expanded. The phone weighs 5.5 ounces (around 155 grams). It supports MPEG4 H.263, WMV and H.264 video formats and WMA ProPlus, WMA, eAAC+, AAC, AAC+ and MP3 audio formats. It has screen lock, password protection, sleep mode, supports encryption AES or Tripe DES and offers optional support for MIME.
The Good:
Sleek design
Browsing is easier
Touchscreen is pretty good
OS performance is good
The Bad
There is no Wi-fi
Typing of messages is really hard
Clicking on anything is a 2 step process
Has immature firmware
It is clear from the phone itself that it is pretty gorgeous to look and to hold as it is designed and backed by RIM itself. The phone is paced up with various features and by seeing at first glance, it makes anybody be engaged with it. The one place most of the people are happy is the clickable screen. The considerable lagging and option of decent typing is the area which most of the power users are feeling paused about. The company has definitely tried to strike middle of the ground between the function and form, but unfortunately it has come up with short on both of them. For the internet users, not having the Wi-FI is another set back for the phone.
Posted August 6, 2009 by Sensible PC under Cell Phone Reviews