Designed to satisfy the needs of both consumers and business
customers, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone offers a revolutionary
touchscreen that dramatically enhances the touch interface and enables
easy and precise typing. The world's first "clickable" touchscreen
responds much like a physical keyboard and also supports single-touch,
multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient application
navigation. Whether traveling to Europe or Asia, the Storm provides
globetrotters the freedom of reliable global connectivity with Verizon
Wireless's reliable, high-speed 3G CDMA network here in the United
States and compatibility with GSM networks abroad. It's compatible with the V Cast Music and V CAST Music with Rhapsody
services, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and
download them via Verizon Wireless's fast EV-DO data network. You'll
also benefit from the phone's A-GPS receiver, which enables you to
access Verizon Wireless's VZ Navigator service for turn-by-turn
directions. Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder,
Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming,
1 GB internal memory, MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB, support for up
to 10 personal and corporate email accounts, access to popular instant
messaging services, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast
access to the Internet and Verizon Wireless's multimedia services
(additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging
from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to
your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to
your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of
the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent
to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is
sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to
your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being
added all the time.
In addition to the V Cast Music service,
this phone is also compatible with Verizon Wireless's V CAST Music with
Rhapsody, which enables you to access this exclusive digital music
service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks. V CAST Music with
Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three
Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs
and Web browsers. In addition, customers who purchase music
over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums
to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software that
restricts how and where music can be played.
The V Cast Video
service enables you to stream or download video clips to your phone from
a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels,
including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1.
With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon
Wireless's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for
voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of
nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks,
restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. And Verizon Wireless's
Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your cell
phone phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area
designating a school or summer camp, you'll be sent an alert via text
message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone.
With BroadbandAccess Connect (subscription required), you can use your
smartphone as a modem for your notebook when you connect the two using a
USB cable--or open a Bluetooth connection--enabling you to access the
Internet or your company intranet. The tethered modem capability is
ideal when you're traveling and need to use your notebook to check
email, access corporate networks, or download large files like
presentations and reports. And with BroadbandAccess Connect, you won't
have to buy an extra PC Card or other devices.
With Visual Voice
Mail, you can delete, reply and forward voice mail messages without
having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions. Visual Voice
Mail is the ideal tool for the busy mobile professional who may need to
prioritize which messages he or she listens to first.
Global Connectivity
The BlackBerry Storm allows for global roaming--from Europe to South
America to Asia--and also provides 3G data speeds on select
international networks, giving you high-speed connectivity when you're
abroad. The Storm offers Verizon Wireless's fast 3G EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA
connectivity in the United States, and UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz) and
quad-band GSM/EDGE/GPRS connectivity for use outside the U.S. The Storm
comes pre-installed with a SIM card, so customers who plan to travel
abroad can activate global service at the time of purchase or by calling
Verizon Wireless prior to leaving the U.S. For those who travel abroad
frequently, the company's Global Value Plan offers discounted roaming
charges on calls made to and from 130 countries.
Phone Features
The first BlackBerry to feature a touchscreen interface, the Storm's
large 3.25-inch LCD (360 x 480-pixel resolution) actually depresses ever
so slightly when the screen is pressed, giving you the distinct feeling
that the screen is being pressed and released with a gentle
"click"--similar to the feeling of a key on a physical keyboard or a
button on a mouse. The "clickable" touchscreen gives you positive
confirmation that you've made a selection, resulting in a
highly-intuitive typing experience. In addition to the familiar
navigation keys (phone, menu and escape) that are common to other
BlackBerry smartphones, the Storm adds support for multi-touches, taps,
slides and other touch-screen gestures, so you can easily highlight,
scroll, pan and zoom for smooth navigation.
The BlackBerry Storm
smartphone also features a built-in accelerometer, allowing its
touchscreen to automatically switch between landscape mode and portrait
mode as the you rotate the handset--RIM's SureType keyboard layout is
available in portrait mode and a full QWERTY keyboard layout is
available in landscape mode. Other relevant features, such as cut and
paste, are only a touch away for the ultimate smartphone experience.
The on-screen SureType hybrid alpha-numeric/QWERTY keyboard, first
introduced with BlackBerry Pearl phones, places two letters on each
button of the keyboard layout and the Storm automatically determines
which letter is the intended one based on what it predicts you are
trying to spell. SureType also learns the words you use most often,
further enhancing your typing speed.
View your favorite web
sites the way they were meant to be seen with the high-performance web
browser that works in either portrait or landscape orientation.
Navigating Web sites is fast and easy with the touch-screen interface
that lets users double tap to zoom in and slide their fingers to scroll
and pan. Icons along the bottom of the display allow for quickly
accessing Web sites, switching between Page View and Column View as well
as the ability to toggle between Pan mode and Cursor mode. The
enhanced browser supports file downloading, streaming audio and video
(RTSP), and built-in RSS support--enabling content from supported Web
sites to be automatically pushed to directly to you.
Whether you're on the clock or out-and-about, the Storm has the tools
to keep you productive. Access up to ten supported personal and
corporate email accounts, including the most popular ISP email servers,
using BlackBerry Internet Service. View and revise Microsoft Word, Excel
and Powerpoint files using Word To-Go or Slideshow To-Go. And keep your
schedule on track with the advance calendar function, which allows you
to check appointments or make new ones in just a few clicks.
In
addition to the industry's leading mobile email and messaging solution,
the Storm supports text (SMS), picture (MMS) and instant messaging (IM)
on today's most popular platforms as well as social networking sites.
Take your social life on-the-go with Facebook for BlackBerry and Flickr
Photo Uploader for BlackBerry applications (pre-installed on the Storm).
A Mobile IM feature provides access to Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo!,
Windows Live, and AIM instant messaging services.
Handsfree
communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone
also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and
includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and
file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your
music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can
connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy
dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from
a server.
The media player can play movies smoothly in
full-screen mode, display pictures and slideshows quickly and manage an
entire music collection (compatible with MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
formats). Playlists can be created directly on the handset and there's
an equalizer with 11 preset filters--including Lounge, Jazz and Hip
Hop--for customized audio ranges when using wired headphones or external
speakers. The Storm has 1 GB of internal memory--enough to store 250
tunes--which can be expanded via optional MicroSD/SDHD memory cards (up
to 16 GB in size).
Other features include:
- 3.2
megapixel camera with variable zoom, auto focus and a powerful flash
that also provides continuous lighting when recording video
- Built-in GPS supports location-based applications and services, as well as geotagging of photos
- An
ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts backlighting for ideal
screen viewing and an accelerometer that allows customers to view
applications in either portrait or landscape mode by simply rotating the
handset
- Visual voicemail allows you to browse your in-box and choose the messages to listen to with just a few clicks.
- Record
and send verbal reminders to yourself and others with the easy-to-use
Voice Notes feature, which allows you to recored, pause, and resume your
voice notes in the push of a button.
- Enhanced noise cancellation to offset background noise
- Low-distortion speakerphone
- 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
- Polyphonic and MP3 real-music ringtones
- MicroUSB connector for charging and data transfer
- Removable battery
- Bluetooth
version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming),
AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication
headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), PBA (transfer
contacts)
The BlackBerry
Storm weighs 5.5 ounces and measures 4.43 x 2.45 x 0.55 inches. Its 1400
mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up
to 15 days of standby time. It runs on Verizon Wireless's 800/1900
CDMA/EV-DO frequencies while in the United States, and it can connect to
850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks as well as 2100 MHz
UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 3G frequencies when outside the U.S.
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