BlackBerry Launches Storm 2: Next Generation SurePress SmartPhone in India

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced today the BlackBerry Storm2 SmartPhone for customers in India. The handset is known as the second generation of RIM's innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone. BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone, comes with its next generation SurePress technology and large, brilliant display, gives users an unrivalled touch-screen experience for advanced communications and multimedia applications. The new SurePress technology also allows the user to type a letter with one thumb even while their other thumb may still be touching or resting on another letter, enabling faster typing and multi-key actions such as Shift or Alt-key combinations.

BlackBerry Storm2 significantly improves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with new technology and new features to let customers stay easily connected to the people, places and things that matter most.

"Gregory Wade, Managing Director for Southeast Asia, Research In Motion told earlier that with the recent introduction of BlackBerry App World, users can get even more out of their smartphone with a broad range of free mobile applications that are easier than ever to discover and download."

The new system of handset responds equally to gentle pressure applied anywhere on the surface of the screen and makes clicking the display practically effortless. Typing on the smartphone's virtual keyboards is easier, more comfortable and more accurate.

BlackBerry Storm2 Features:

The BlackBerry Storm2 has Smooth design and premium finish with sloped edges, chrome accents, glass lens and stainless steel backplate. It has Large (3.25"), dazzling, high resolution 360 x 480 display at 184 ppi with Capacitive touch-screen with integrated functions (Send, End, Menu, Escape) and new SurePress technology that makes clicking the display practically effortless. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and removable, rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery that provides approximately 6 hours of talk time on 3G networks and 280 hours of standby time Global connectivity support with Wi-Fi,3.2 MP camera with variable zoom, autofocus, flash and video recording ,256 MB of Flash memory,2 GB of onboard memory storage and a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 16 GB cards today and is expected to support 32 GB cards when available Media player for videos, pictures and music and BlackBerry Media Sync for easily syncing photos as well as iTunes and Windows Media Player music with the smartphone.

BlackBerry Desktop Manager for both PCs and Macs to enable synching data such as Built-in GPS for maps and other location-based applications, as well as photo geotagging Access to BlackBerry App World, featuring a broad and growing catalog of mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones.

The BlackBerry Storm2 will be available in the Indian market for price tag of Rs. 31,990 /-

Courtsey: BlackBerry India