Working in the mobile phone industry is fantastic because you get to test so many different types of phones on a daily basis today I'm looking at the Blackberry Storm 9500 which is being around for a few months now but I'm really only starting to write a review.
This is the first touchscreen device from RIM it features a very simple to block form factor, and comes with an accelerometer for screen rotation. On the left-hand side of the phone you will find a micro USB port, which can be used to connect to a laptop or PC and also used as a charger. There is also something called a convenient key, which can be programmed with your favorite application, with the press of the button the application will open up on the phone. On the right-hand side of the phone there is another convenient key, which is set by default to the camera shutter button - this of course can be changed to any application of your choosing. There is also a volume rocker. On the back of the phone you'll find a 3.2 megapixel camera which comes with what is called an assist flash. On the top of the phone there are two more buttons, which to be honest enough to click buttons but these control the mute and to lock the phone when required.
In terms of build quality this storm feels quite nice it's solidly built maybe a little on the heavy side but overall it feels comfortable in the hand. As we have said already this is a touch screen phone but it's a little bit different to what you may have seen before. RIM has somehow managed to make the touchscreen deal as it has clickback. When you touch and application icon this will not open you need to press down until you feel a click disk will then open all your chosen application. This is a really nice feature and is a first in the touchscreen smartphone market.
Looking at the display there is a lot of information, which could overwhelm some people. You can check your connection type, signal strengths, location services, there's also a button for changing profiles, battery strength indicator, how many messages that are unread, time and date. All this information is at the top top of the screen reading it here may sound like a lot but it's the normal standard indicators and icons that you will see on most cell phones nowadays.
On the menu at the bottom of the screen you can quickly access your messages, contacts, calendar and browser. This of course can be customized and very easily in which your favorite applications, which is one of the great things about smartphones the fact that you can customize it for your personal needs.
On the main menu there are 16 icons for applications and programs, these of course can be customized for your personalized needs you can move everything around and you can also hide applications in other folders making it easier to access and change. It is very simple to move an icon and this can be achieved within seconds. We mentioned earlier that there is an accelerometer which rotates the menu when you switch to a landscape viewing. I found this to be sometimes a little slow and no lag between switching from vertical to the horizontal landscape mode could even take at times up to 10 seconds. Of course there may be a number of firmware updates that will change this in the near future.
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