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Given the timing of
Storm 2's launch and the Motorola
DROID's unveiling, you'd think Verizon had all but abandoned its touchscreen BlackBerry. But lo and behold, we do have a new television spot. "Who says lightning never strikes twice" -- who said it
ever struck the first time? Video after the break.
[Via
Gear Diary]
Continue reading First Storm 2 ad huffs and puffs for attention (video)
First Storm 2 ad huffs and puffs for attention (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, well, looks like Unkie Walt accidentally programmed his calendar to publish a combined preview of the Motorola CLIQ and the BlackBerry Storm 2
a little earlier than everyone else. Nothing particularly insightful on the CLIQ, but Mossy says RIM's latest is a big improvement over the original Storm -- mostly because of the
revamped touchscreen, which provides "faster, smoother typing." Yep, that's pretty much what we were expecting. Walt's also high on the inclusion of WiFi and the portrait-mode keyboard, but ain't nothing gonna make that BlackBerry browser any good, and the big guy says the touch interface still feels tacked to the rapidly-aging BlackBerry OS. So Walt -- now that you've confirmed RIM and Verizon's
big holiday launch, what can you tell us about pricing and availability? "Likely to appear in November at around $200," you say? Thanks, buddy. You're always so dependable. Video that we took of a
broken Storm 2 prototype in May after the break, tons of pics in the gallery
Continue reading Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
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Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This is all still firmly in the realm of rumors and speculation for the time being, but some purportedly legit internal Verizon documents obtained by
BlackberryOS.com are offering a bit
more fodder suggesting that the
BlackBerry Storm 2 could be launching in October -- or October 14th, specifically. The same documents also point to an October launch for Motorola's Android-based
Sholes smartphone, as well as a "mid-October" launch for LG's vx8575 "Chocolate Touch" (which we assume is the same or a variant of the
BL40 Chocolate Touch). All in all a pretty big month for Verizon -- assuming everything actually pans out as rumored, of course.
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Leaked Verizon docs point to October launch for Storm 2, Motorola Sholes, LG VX8575 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The
leaked photo of the
Storm 2's internal board got our juices flowing -- and our curiosity piqued -- of course, but this latest set of photos really takes it up a notch. In addition to showing the rest of the device inside an out, there's a handful of new pictures showing off that piezoelectronic technology doing its thing. Basically, as we understand it, those four "buttons" which are pictured are more like sensors than buttons. When the device is on, they communicate with the screen and presses on the OS can simulate that familiar "click" that Storm users know all too well. However, when the device is powered off, the screen stays put, as there isn't an actual mechanism to move the screen like there was in the original Storm. Of course, we won't know how to judge it until we can actually play with a real live demo unit in the flesh, but you can definitely say that RIM has us interested. At least they weren't lying about that whole, '
SurePress is here to stay' thing.
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BlackBerry Storm 2 -- and its piezoelectric soul -- dissected at last originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The
last video we posted of the Storm 2 doing its
SurePress thing has been unceremoniously pulled from YouTube, but this new video really makes up for it. It turns out the screen uses
piezo electronics to detect pressure at any point on the screen, instead of the all-or-nothing click button on the Storm 1, and our video host was kind enough to explain this in painstaking detail in the video embedded after the break. The screen actually stiffens when it's off or locked, and has a sort of spongy give to it when alive. He also confirmed in no uncertain terms the GSM and CDMA versions of the device will be packing WiFi. According to his Twitter account, we should be expecting a video about the OS soon as well.
[Thanks, Kristjan]
Continue reading Video: Storm 2's new touchscreen tech explained with mindblowing clarity, WiFi confirmed
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Video: Storm 2's new touchscreen tech explained with mindblowing clarity, WiFi confirmed originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Either the gang at
Crackberry have a very good special effects department (which we doubt), or we're looking at the first footage of a working
BlackBerry 9550, a.k.a. Storm 2. As noted in the video, the hardware and software is "very early stage," but that said, there's something
mighty interesting going on here with the
SurePress click. Turned off, the screen has no give whatsoever, but when the phone's powered up, the mysterious click returns. We talked with
CB, who confirms that the whole display does in fact move in and out just a bit, although much less than its predecessor, and that sound you hear is a physical click -- guess SurePress really is
here to stay, after all. The takeaway here is that it's definitely a step in the right direction and perhaps what RIM should've released from the get-go. More impressions via the read link, and check out the video for yourself after the break.
Continue reading BlackBerry Storm 2 demoed on video, SurePress "click" and all
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BlackBerry Storm 2 demoed on video, SurePress "click" and all originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You haven't forgotten about that BlackBerry
Storm 2, have you?
The Boy Genius Report is claiming it's gotten device specs for RIM's touchscreen-centric maven, also reportedly called the 9550, and while not surprising (and not confirmed), according to his source the CDMA device will be sporting 802.11b/g (which we
already sort of knew), a 3.2 megapixel camera, 360 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, and
BlackBerry OS 5.0. If that's not enough, the site's also saying a GSM version of the original, with 3G in tow, does exist as the 9520 and is possibly on track for release soon on AT&T and Rogers. All nice fodder for dreams, but we're not getting our hopes up until something more official rears its
SurePress-laden head.
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BlackBerry Storm 2 spec'd, 3G-equipped original en route to AT&T? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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