E-Guide To The BlackBerry Storm

E-Guide To The BlackBerry Storm: BlackBerry Storm Games – Nintaii#links

2009-05-02T09:56:00.000-07:00

E-Guide To The BlackBerry Storm: BlackBerry Storm Games – Nintaii#links

BlackBerry Storm Games – Nintaii

2009-03-17T23:18:00.001-07:00

Besides all the free and paid BlackBerry Storm Applications, new games are being developed to take advantage of the touchscreen and accelerometer of the Blackberry Storm.

Nintaii is a 3D Puzzle game that you have to roll a block through a certain path, avoiding obstacles and traps along the way until you reach the end, then you move to the next level, The game consists of 100 levels. Frankly, I did not care that much about this game. You can watch the video and decide for yourself.

Nintaii is developed by Mobigloo and it costs $ 9.99 for the full version. You can also download a trial version of the software.

Blackberry Storm Free Applications – StormSketch

2009-02-23T22:33:00.001-08:00

These days Free BlackBerry Storm Applications are becoming abundant rather than scares. Here is yet another free application for those who grow up with an Etch A Sketch as their favorite childhood toy. For those who do not know what an Etch A Sketch Is. It is a thick grey screen housed in a plastic red frame with two small rotating knobs on each side, the screen is filled with an aluminum powder that get displaced as you turn the left or the right knobs, hence creating a masterpiece drawing. This new free blackberry storm application is the electronic version of the favorite toy. To start drawing just use your fingers on the screen to draw your masterpiece. When it’s time to erase and start over just shake your blackberry storm to clear the screen. This free blackberry storm application brought some nice childhood memories. for some this might sounds a silly application, especially if they never played with such a toy, however I guarantee you will get hooked to it if you try it once. Go ahead download the StormSketch And enjoy this free blackberry storm applications.

Pimp My BlackBerry Storm

2009-02-19T23:17:00.000-08:00

If you are among the few lucky people who have received their BlackBerry Storm by now, then you probably are looking for ways to improve the look and the functionality of your new phone. In this blog I will discuss how you can protect your Storm from everyday accidental scratches and chips, and additionally how and where to get third party applications and contents to spruce up your phone.

My first concern was that this phone looked and felt more fragile than my previous phones, and for $ 250.00 investment I had to protect it from chips and scratches. On my previous Palm Treo I had the invisibleSHIELD which did a very nice job in keeping the phone looking new for over two years.

The invisibleSHIELDis only .2 millimeters thick, making it the slimmest Blackberry Storm skin or cover of its kind. It applies directly to your phone, providing the toughest, most durable protection you will find. The invisibleSHIELD has its origins in the military, where it was used to protect high-speed helicopter blades from dust, dirt and debris. Now you can use that same powerful technology to protect your new investment.

Although the video shows the iphone, but they also carry the product for the Blackberry Storm as well as other phones.You can visit them at www.zagg.com

After using so many cases for storing and carrying my previous phones. I finally decided on one type. Some call it the Sandwich case, I call it the Pouch. It is a top loading design which provides easy access; the phone is basically sandwiched between neoprene covers, it has elastic sides to insure that the phone is held securely. A strong belt clip secures the phone to your belt. However I seen many people put the phone and the case in their pockets instead of clipping it on their belts. The best design I found is from www.cellphoneshop.net they call it the Sandwich Carrying Case For BlackBerry Storm (9530) .

Now that you protected your new Blackberry Storm phone, let’s add some applications and multimedia. Like the iphone “apps store”, BlackBerry launched their application center, where you can download third party application right from your phone. These applications are carrier specific. Your wireless network provider will add new applications as they become available. Some of the included applications with Verizon are Facebook and Flickr. However you can also download applications and more directly from the blackberry store, just visit mobile.blackberry.com from your smartphone’s browser. This is your mobile destination for everything you need to personalize your Blackberry Storm. From Wallpapers, ringtones and themes to games, applications and software.

In my upcoming blog I will share with you some of my favorite add-on applications for the blackberry Storm and some of the free stuff you can download. Please stay tuned.

Poynt - Blackberry Storm Free Application

2009-02-11T21:28:00.001-08:00

It looks like the local search category is the most popular amongst application developers for the blackberry storm. Poynt is yet another free local search application based on the built-in GPS of your blackberry storm. It is an all-in-one local search tool that gives you way more than an address and phone number! Your search results will be shown on an interactive map, you will even get turn-by-turn driving directions, also you will be able to see movie show times, watch trailers and buy tickets all on Poynt.

Officially it is not released yet for the blackberry storm. if you go to Mypoynt you you will see that it is only available for the Curve 8900 and Pearl flip phones. However the guys at crackberry were nice enough to provide the link for the storm version. just point your browser to m.mypoynt.com/crackberry/storm to download it to your phone.

I did test drive this free application today,I think this one is a keeper. I liked it more than the previous application, Berry411. My favorite features is the ability to watch movie trailers and find out local theatres and showtimes. One important tip for you guys, just make sure your GPS setting is enabled in Options menu. you need to switch GPS Service to "Location On" from "E911". and also you need to be outdoors since there is no GPS signals indoors. a big thumbs up for yet another free blackberry storm application. Please let me know what you think.

Beyond411 Another Free Application for the BlackBerry Storm

2009-02-02T23:59:00.001-08:00

It has been over two month now since the release of the much anticipated BlackBerry Storm from RIM. One of the main complaint is the lack of paid or free applications for this device. However it looks like software developers are busy writing new applications for the Storm and some are even modifying existing BlackBerry apps to support the Storm.

One such App is Beyond411, Formally known as the Berry411. It was available for other BlackBerry devices since last year. However a new version was just released this week that supports the Storm. It is a local search apps using the built in GPS for pinpointing exact locations and getting directions. You just set your Home or office location or use the GPS to find your Current location, then just type what you’re searching for. The Application will then provide a listing of the best matches in your area. It will also calculate driving directions using the built in GPS of the BlackBerry Storm.

Key Features of Beyond 411 includes address book integration where you can add the search results into your address book. Also the ability to search for best prices on items locally using the Yokel Shopping Search. it is fast efficient search that will provide instant access to yahoo yellow pages, maps and driving directions.

So here is another free application for the BlackBerry Storm until the official launch of the BlackBerry Applications StoreFront, which is scheduled for March 2009

Safe Mode For the BlackBerry Storm

2009-01-30T22:50:00.001-08:00

Microsoft Windows user are no strangers to the “Safe Mode” operating system, it basically loads the main OS without 3rd party drivers or applications. Like The PC, the BlackBerry Storm might also suffer from sluggishness caused by improper 3rd party applications. Luckily the Blackberry Storm 9530 has “Safe Mode” in their latest OS. now you have the option to disable 3rd party applications from running if they start giving you problems.

To start in Safe Mode:

take the battery out and then reinsert it.
Wait for the red status LED light to to go off.
Press and hold the Back or Escape key, it is the key with the bent Arrow
You will see this dialog Box. Just press OK.

To go back to normal Mode just Remove and reinstall the battery and wait for the device to start.

The “safe Mode” for the BlackBerry Storm is especially handy if you upgrade to a new operating system and your favorite application is not compatible with the new OS. Just disable the application in safe mode until you get the new version.

BlackBerry Storm Paid Applications

2009-01-28T22:04:00.001-08:00

In my previous posts, Must Have Free BlackBerry Storm Applications and More BlackBerry Storm Free Applications, I experimented with few of the free applications available for my phone. In this post, I would like to tell you about some paid applications that I Installed and some that I am reviewing.

I always wanted to store and organize all my passwords and sensitive data into one place that was secure and easily accessible. On my Treo I had installed SplashID. I used it to store all my credit card information, user names and passwords for different web site logins, and account numbers and passwords for various membership organizations and financial institutions. Although SplashID is available for the blackberry, it is not available for the Storm yet.

The alternative for me was Ascendo DataVault.

DataVault is the most complete Critical Data Manager for the BlackBerry Storm. It has easily surpassed my previous applications I used on my Treo. It protects all private and personal data using a strong encryption algorithm and complex security features. You can organize the data by categories or types for easy access. You can customize the fonts, templates and data fields to your liking. The best part is that you can enter all your data on the PC with the included Desktop software and then transfer it to your device. You can download a trial copy and decide whether you like it or not. For me this definitely ranks top in my must have blackberry storm paid applications list.

My second discovery in the paid blackberry Storm applications category is QuickLaunch by Nikkisoft. It will create shortcuts to your most used applications on your device, so you can open and switch between them easily. QuickLaunch is designed exclusively for the BlackBerry Storm and it allows you to set shortcuts for a wide range of functions and applications. You can assign one of the convenience keys to launch the application. When you press the assigned convenience key, a menu will pop up showing all the shortcuts you have created. You will never need to navigate through the folders and menus anymore to lunch a specific application or function; every single application will be available in one scrollable screen. You can create shortcuts for Favorite websites, frequently used Email addresses, music files, various applications and device information. I changed my camera convenience key to activate QuickLaunch, and let me tell you it enhanced the user interface 10 fold. It supercharged my device. In my opinion this should have been part of the BlackBerry’s OS, but I cannot complain because it is only $4.99, and now it is in position number 2 of the must have blackberry storm paid applications list.

More BlackBerry Storm Free Applications

2009-01-16T00:13:00.001-08:00

As I mentioned in my previous post, Must Have Free BlackBerry Storm Applications, I wanted to experiment with new paid commercial applications. Since then, I have discovered new free applications that are worth mentioning here. I will leave the Paid applications for a future posts.

When I had My Palm Treo, one of the most annoying things I had to endure is the touch screen remaining active during a call. I hoped I won’t have this problem with my new storm. As you all (current storm users) know by now, we are plagued by the same annoyance. During a call, we accidentally mute or activate the speakerphone with our cheeks. I spent too much time trying to find a setting that will lock the screen, There was no such setting. It was really frustrating until I found Talk Lock, a little free application developed by Cellavant who is a custom mobile software publisher. Talk lock will basically lock your phone about 2 seconds after you receive or make a call. The screen will look like the image to the left, a background picture with the call info and a slider to unlock the screen just in case you need to activate the speakerphone or the mute button. If you want to lock the screen again, just hit Menu > lock screen during a call and you are locked. it is still in BETA development, but I have not had any problems with it. I am very pleased with this one, it should be on my other post Must Have Free BlackBerry Storm Applications.

Some of my readers recommended Viigo, another free RSS reader. It delivers to your phone wide range of customizable contents and services form around the world. it is not your simple RSS Feed, it delivers news, sports, live scores, weather, stocks, finance, podcasts and blogs in one application. One of the cool features is that you can scroll through stories in the feed just by swiping your finger across the BlackBerry Storm screen. Taking advantage of the accelerometer, you can read the news both in landscape or portrait modes. This application is also in BETA Stages for the BlackBerry Storm, I experienced an intermittent freezes when going back to previous screens, but it is worth that little annoyance for an application so rich in contents and services. just point your Storm browser to GetViigo for your free download.

My last gem is YouTube. Although the blackberry storm is capable of playing YouTube clips through the web browser, the experience with a dedicated application is much better. With this application you can upload videos directly from your blackberry storm, share and rate and access your recommended and favorite videos. you can get the current client from Google. And yes Google is the parent company of YouTube.

If you come across other free applications for the blackberry storm, or you would like to share your opinion with us regarding the above applications, please post your suggestions in the comments area of this post.

The BlackBerry Storm App Store

2009-01-04T23:32:00.000-08:00

On my previous blog Must Have Free BlackBerry Storm Applications I listed few applications that are available from 3rd party developers. As of this writing, applications for the BlackBerry Storm compared to the iphone are scarce. However, RIM (research in motion) announced in October 2008, the upcoming launch of BlackBerry Application Storefront and BlackBerry Application Center. The launch is scheduled for March 2009; the move is yet another step in competing with iPhone and its popular Apps Store.

The BlackBerry Storm Application StoreFront will include free applications as well as paid applications. Developers will share the revenue with the store on 80-20 percent plan. Comparing this to the iPhone, ITunes Apps Store keeps 30 percent and pays the developers 70 percent of the revenue. I think the higher cut that the developers will get from Blackberry will encourage them to lower their prices to the buyers; also it will be an incentive to attract more developers.

Some applications will be carrier customized that will offer a convenient catalog right on the BlackBerry device, where customers can browse and download the applications. They will also be able to pay for these applications conveniently with PayPal from their Blackberry Smartphone.

To keep up with the latest news regarding the launch of the BlackBerry Storm Application StoreFront, please visit this blog back or sign up at the Blackberry’s web Site.

I have seen and used some applications for the iPhone, my favorite so far is the Google voice search, where you speak your search words or phrase. What BlackBerry Storm Applications would you like to have available for your phone?. Please share your wish list in the comment section below.

PDF Reader For The Blackberry Storm

2008-12-26T00:10:00.001-08:00

There are so many questions about a PDF reader for the BlackBerry Storm. Let me try to explain what I have discovered so far. By default, the storm does not have a PDF reader installed; however you can still view PDF files when they are attached to an E-Mail. This is not the case when the PDF file is on the web or stored on the SD card. In order to open these files, you will need a 3rd party PDF reader.

There are several PDF readers for the Blackberry Storm, some are free and some are paid. BeamReader is the free reader I found from BeamBerry, it is still in Beta stage and it might have some bugs and glitches, but it is worth a try. Also in Beta, is the iSilo 5.05. iSilo is a highly versatile document reader that supports various file types and formats.

The most reliable pdf reader for the blackberry storm is from DataViz, they are the maker of Documents ToGgo. Word ToGo, SheetTo Go and Slideshow ToGo are included in the phone, however to get the PDF reader, you need to upgrade to the Premium Edition. Just open any Doc To Go Application inside the applications folder (Word To Go, Sheet To Go or Slideshow To Go) and choose Upgrade from the Menu.
RepliGo is another commercial Reader that supports multiple file formats, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF, CSV and zip archive. You can download a Trial Version from their site.

If you find any other PDF reader/viewer for the BlackBerry Storm, Please share in the comments section below.

Must Have Free BlackBerry Storm Applications

2008-12-19T16:10:00.000-08:00

So what kind of applications is available for the BlackBerry Storm?
For the last 2 weeks, I have been testing some new applications on my new phone. Surprisingly, there is a good amount of free applications available to download, and I think every Blackberry Storm user should have these free applications installed on their phone.

My favorite is the WSJ Mobile Reader (Wall Street Journal). This application allows you to view headlines, full articles and summaries on your phone, You will also be able to customize the content based on keywords, category lists and other criteria, and you can track stock quotes, specific companies, and headlines, the quotes are usually delayed up to 30 minutes. Content will be delivered from The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, WJS.com. the newspapers, MarketWatch.com, AllThingsD.com, and Barrons.com.

Also in the news category I found Associated Press Mobile or AP Mobile, This application also gives you access to all the latest in Local, National, International, Entertainment, Sports, Business, Elections, Wacky, Technology and Government news. This is a great application that is fast and gives you news from a reputable sources. Again you can customize it to receive the local news of your city and area.

In the productivity department, my top pick is a PDF Reader from BeamBerry; BeamReader is the first full fidelity native PDF reader for the BlackBerry Storm. Now you can view your PDF e-mail attachments or PDF documents without any loss of quality. All of the original fonts, images and formatting is completely preserved. The BeamReader is currently in Beta, so you may experience problems when viewing certain documents. But so far I did not have any problems yet.

For the frequent traveler, you might download WorldMate Live for the Blackberry Storm. WorldMate helps you cope with the hassles of today’s business travel. Just forward your travel confirmation e-mail to the system and worldMate Live automatically assembles your Itinerary. It can notify you about changes in your flight in real time. (Delays or cancel flights). You also have access to travel information, such as maps and directions at your fingertips.

Did you know that your phone has a built in GPS receiver? And no, you are not locked to use the included VZ navigator($9.95/month for Verizon Customers) Nav4all is a free Application which lets you navigate worldwide on your own BlackBerry Storm Phone in North America, Brazil, Mexico, Europe, South Africa, Australia and soon in China as well. It is available for free until 01-01-2010. But to be fair, the VZnavigator performed much better in my geographical area (California).

How about streaming music? The FlyCast is a portable music and talk radio which works on your BlackBerry Storm. It has over 1000 unique channels that you can listen and watch, their channels lineup includes: sports, music, talk, news, spirituality, local station and weather information. Now you can hear your radio anywhere you have a signal.

Some of the applications that I have not tried yet are YouTube,TinyTwitter, MySpace, Google Maps, and Gmail. Let me know in the comments section of this blog if you had used any of these applications and please share you experience with us.

Please stay tuned as I test paid applications in the following days.

Your Blackberry Storm ID’s

2008-12-15T23:22:00.001-08:00

Here is a quick tip of the day.

In addition of the regular SMS, and instant messaging that are included with your Blackberry Storm, you have a special instant messaging application that is exclusive to Blackberry users, it is called the BlackBerry Messenger it is inside the Instant Messaging folder on the Home Screen. To add a contact you just need either an email address or the number of the Storm.

To find the pin number, From the Home screen select
Menu>options>status.

In the status screen you will also find the ESN and IMEI for your Blackberry Storm.

I hope you are enjoying your new BlackBerry Storm Messaging Features.

Top 5 BlackBerry Storm Phone Tips

2008-12-13T17:21:00.000-08:00

Here is another 5 quick tips on using some of the phone features on your BlackBerry Storm smartphone.

1) You can block your phone number from being displayed on other people phone without using the *67.

Phone>Menu>Options>General Options>
Change Restrict My Identity to “Always”
Menu>Save

From now on, your calls will show as “Private”.

2) Are you annoyed of all the missed calls showing up in your Massage Folder? Then Lets get rid of them once and for all.

Phone>Menu>Options>Call Logging
Select None
Menu>Save

3) How about a conference call with your new BlackBerry Storm. To add more people to your call in progress, do the following:

Menu>Add Participant>
You can either enter a phone number or choose a contact from your list
Send.

To add more people just repeat the above steps.

4) What is the Airplane Mode? If you are on a plane, you can turn off anything that transmits a signal. And still be able to use other functions of the phone such as games or music.

From the home screen, choose “Manage Connections”
Then choose “Turn All Connections Off”.
To turn it back on choose “Restore Connections”.

5) The small flashing green LED light on the front BlacBerry Storm, indicates that your are connected to the cellular network. I was getting annoyed with this light, especially at night. Here is how you can turn it off or on.

From your home screen choose “Options”
Then Screen/Keyboard
And choose your desired mode in the “LED Coverage indicator”

Stay tuned for more tips and tricks for the BlackBerry Storm Phone.

Get Your Music into the Storm.

2008-12-08T22:51:00.001-08:00

Now that you got your Blackberry Storm, wouldn’t you like to transfer your music collection to your phone?

The new BlackBerry Storm comes with 8 Gig of Micro SD memory cards, which can hold a whopping 1500 songs. You can easily transfer your mp3, windows media player, and iTunes song to your device using one of the following steps.

The BlackBerry Storm can connect to your computer in If your collection is mostly mp3 files , you can either take your SD card and insert it in your PC card reader slot using the microSD to SD adapter . Then drag and drop your files to the SD card. If Removing the Micro SD card from the phone sounds like a hassle, you could also connect your Blackberry storm directly to your computer with the USB cable, the computer will automatically recognize it as a storage device and assign a drive letter to your, now again just drag and drop your files to the new folder.
On the other hand, you can use Windows Media Player 11 to Sync your files with the Blackberry Storm, Just plug the phone with the USB cable and WMP 11 should recognize it as a new sync device.

ITunes Lovers can also transfer their music to the Blackberry Storm using BlackBerry Media Sync software. BlackBerry Media Sync is compatible with 32-bit editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 which requires iTunes version 7.0 or higher; AND 64 and 32-bit editions of Windows Vista which requires iTunes version 7.2 or higher BlackBerry Media Sync is a synchronization tool that is used for transferring media files from a BlackBerry Smartphone user's iTunes® music collection to the BlackBerry Smartphone.

To download BlackBerry® Media Sync 1.0.1 visit
http://www.blackberry.com/mediasync

Some of the Features of Media Sync are:

Gigabyte conversion

• The Home screen of BlackBerry Media Sync specifies the media card values in both MB and GB, depending on the size of the media card
Filter out categories or playlists containing 100% video content
• Playlists containing music can be selected in BlackBerry Media Sync
• Lists containing only video content will not be displayed (for example, playlists
consisting of only music videos)

Unsupported format or protected indicators when viewing playlists

• When clicking a playlist, the BlackBerry Smartphone user can view the number of tracks that are supported and the reasons why a specific track might not be transferred

No wonder the BlackBerry Storm is called the iphone Killer!!!.

Top 5 BlackBerry Storm Browser Tips

2008-12-04T23:35:00.000-08:00

The BlackBerry Storm browser is designed to deliver on-the-go Internet service that can keep up with your busy life. A larger display that's also a touchscreen leads to a better web browsing experience.

The browser displays pages in an easy-to-read pane from which you can zoom in or out. You can use your fingers to navigate to areas off the screen that can't be seen at first, and links can be clicked by depressing the screen.
Holding the screen down reveals a toolbar that offers the choice of "Go To," Column View," "Cursor Mode," and zoom in or out.

Since the Blackberry Storm lacks Wi-Fi, you're limited to the speeds of Verizon's EV-DO network, which is fast enough for most purposes. Another browser discredit is the lack of support for sites like Pandora.com. YouTube.com is supported, though.

Here are 5 quick browser tips I found to be useful:

1) Set your browser configuration to open the web pages in full mode instead of the Mobile Version. An example is, yahoo has both Mobile Version for smartphones and full version for Pc’s if you go to Browser>Menu Key>Options>Browser Configuration>Browser Identification> set it to Internet Explorer or FireFox. You will never see the Mobile version of a website anymore.

2) In the browser window, if you just tap the screen without pressing or clicking, it will hide or show the (Zoom - Column View – Pointer) buttons at bottom of the screen.

3) You can copy and paste by placing one finger at the beginning of the text you want to copy, and another finger at the end, and then copy the text to the clipboard.

4) To zoom in, double tap on the screen and you are in column mode. To zoom back out, simply hit the Back hardware button.

5) To pan the zoomed area of the screen simply touch the screen and slide your finger in any direction to pan around the page

Top 5 BlackBerry Storm Touch Screen Tips

2008-12-03T23:45:00.000-08:00

The lack of the physical keyboard on the blackberry storm From Verizon was intimidating at first. Since my previous phone was a palm treo, I was used to the QWERTY Keyboard to navigate my device. However upon using the The BlackBerry Storm I found out that it has three types of on-screen, virtual keyboards:

1) RIM's SureType keyboard, which is a QWERTY keyboard with more than one letter/number on each key (available only in portrait mode).
2) Multitap keyboard that resembles the keys on a traditional cell phone (portrait mode).
3) QWERTY like the one found on your computer keyboard (landscape mode only).

To switch back and forth between keyboards in portrait mode, simply click the BlackBerry Menu key whenever a keyboard is displayed, and click "Enable Multitap" or "Enable SureType."

The followings are 5 handy tips for using the touch screen on the blackberry storm smartphone from Verizon. It takes a while to get used to these features, especially if you are a previous QWERTY Keyboard user.

1) To quickly bring up the Storm's onscreen keyboard, swipe your finger upward from the very bottom of the screen to the middle.
2) To quickly hide the Storm's keyboard, swipe your finger downward from the top of the keyboard to the very bottom of the device's screen.
3) Special characters can be typed via Storm in both portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal) views. To enter in a special character while in portrait or landscape mode, bring up the on-screen keyboard, touch "any character " key, but don't click it, a number of options appear on screen. To choose that character, simply click it on screen.
4) To activate number lock, bring up the onscreen keyboard and then hold down the "123" key for about two seconds until a lock appears on that button. The number pad will then stay on screen until you either hide it or tap the "123" key again to return to the normal keyboard layout.
5) To activate capital lock, bring up the onscreen keyboard and then hold down the "Shift/Arrow Up" key for about two seconds until a lock appears on that button. The number pad will then stay on screen until you either hide it or tap the "Shift/Arrow Up" key again to return to the normal keyboard layout.
Stay tuned for more tips and tricks on using your Blackberry storm. In my next blogs I will explore the Web browser and give you my top 5 Tips & Tricks.

The Storm Has Arrived.

2008-12-03T00:28:00.000-08:00

It’s finally here. The much anticipated world’s first touch screen BlackBerry Storm is now available through Vodafone in the UK, Ireland and Australia, Verizon Wireless in the United States, Telus and Bell in Canada..

The BlackBerry Storm, or BlackBerry Thunder, is a smartphone developed by Research In Motion (RIM). It is part of the 9500 series of phones. It is RIM's first touchscreen device and first device without a physical keyboard and will feature a touchscreen which reacts physically like a button via SurePress, a Research In Motion patented technology of providing haptic feedback. That is when you strike a key or icon on the Storm's screen, you feel a physical sensation, as if you were pressing a real key or button. That's because you are pressing a real button. The entire glass display is one large button, mounted on a mechanical substructure that allows it to move upon pressure. The idea behind this feature is to make typing on glass feel much more like typing on a real keyboard, and thus to make the virtual keyboard, and the touch interface, more acceptable to people used to physical keyboards and buttons. This push-down screen also replaces the side-mounted scroll wheel or track ball on other BlackBerrys for activating menu choices and icons.

It is intended to be a direct competitor to Apple iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 by HTC, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch HD. The shape and dimensions are very close to that of the iPhone, but thicker by 7 millimeters and heavier, weighing 20 grams (0.71 oz) more.
The Blackberry Storm is a world-phone, featuring CDMA with EV-DO Rev. A data, UMTS with HSDPA, and quad-band GSM with EDGE data access speed.

The BlackBerry Storm offers a surprising amount of innovation and usability for a touchscreen business phone. The clickscreen navigation setup works very well, and deftly solves the problem of dealing with RIM's long menus on a touchscreen phone. Typing on the BlackBerry Storm's keyboard is better than typing on any other touchscreen. Productivity apps are also top-notch, especially thanks to the included DataViz Documents To Go suite—good for opening and editing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. And of course, hundreds of third-party BlackBerry—ranging from games and RSS readers to Facebook and MySpace apps—are available online.
Multimedia options are plentiful, including easy-to-use music and video players. You can listen to your tunes over stereo Bluetooth headsets or using the 3.5mm earphone jack, and the phones comes with 1GB of internal storage and an 8GB microSD card.

Also making an appearance is a very capable 3.2-MP camera. While it lacks the fancypants lenses found in better camera phones, it does have a flash and snaps off some pretty decent, noiseless pics. Also included is a video recorder.

Web surfing on the device is good, not great. The fully realized browser pulls up pages quickly but also suffers from a lack of flash support. Cut-and-paste functionality works almost perfectly, as does text editing. All of RIM’s e-mail goodness and top-shelf messaging are also effortlessly integrated into the device. For better or for worse, you never forget that you are using a BlackBerry.

As I use the phone I will add more reviews and tips to this blog.

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2008-01-01T20:56:00.000-08:00

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