The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is the world's first touch screen BlackBerry. This innovative smartphone features a SurePress touch screen with a tactile click response that allows for fast-navigating and accurate typing. With a SurePress touch screen, typing is easy: you simply touch the screen to highlight a letter and then press down…
to make that letter appear in your message or document. A subtle click lets you know the letter has been entered. The SurePress touch screen also makes navigation a breeze letting you use fingertip like a mouse as you navigate from application to application.
The BlackBerry Storm features an integrated music player, 3.2 megapixel camera, full HTML browser, plus the ability to view/revise Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. The BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone is designed to roam globally on UMTS/HSPA and quad band EDGE/GSM/GPRS networks. So you can travel around the world with mobile voice and data coverage, without having to change smartphones, phone numbers or email addresses. The BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone has the power and performance to drive your desires. Find out how you can connect to your world.
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| Pros | |
|---|---|
| Camera resolution (megapixels) | 3.2 |
| Primary display resolution | 360 * 480 |
| Installed memory (KB) | 1,048,576 |
| 3G | Yes |
| GPS | Yes |
| Primary display touchscreen | Yes |
| Video capture | Yes |
| Cons | |
| Weight (oz) | 5.47 |
| Pros | |
|---|---|
| Primary display resolution | 320 * 480 |
| Primary display color support | 16,777,216 |
| Installed memory (KB) | 8,388,608 |
| 3G | Yes |
| GPS | Yes |
| Primary display touchscreen | Yes |
| Cons | |
| Weight (oz) | 4.69 |
| Appearance | |
|---|---|
| Phone style | Bar |
| Antenna style | Internal |
| Color(s) | Black |
| Height (inches) | 4.43 |
| Width (inches) | 2.45 |
| Depth (inches) | 0.55 |
| Weight (oz) | 5.47 |
| Display | |
| Primary display color support | 65,536 |
| Primary display resolution | 360 * 480 |
| Primary display diagonal size (inches) | 3.25 |
| Primary display touchscreen | Yes |
| Primary display type | LCD TFT |
| Camera | |
| Integrated camera | Yes |
| Camera resolution (megapixels) | 3.2 |
| Digital zoom | 2 |
| Optical zoom | 0 |
| Auto-focus | Yes |
| Number of lenses | 1 |
| Camera flash | Yes |
| Camera features | Flash, Video |
| Video capture | Yes |
| Power | |
| Battery type | Li-ion |
| Power device | Battery Charger |
| Standby time (hours) | 356 |
| Talk time (minutes) | 360 |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth support | Yes (v2.0) |
| Infrared | No |
| PC cable connectivity | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | N/A |
| Cellular band/frequency | UMTS, EVDO, CDMA 1900, HSDPA 2100, GSM 900, GSM 1900, HSPA 2100, CDMA 800, GSM 1800, GSM 850, GPRS, EDGE |
| Memory | |
| Installed memory (KB) | 1,048,576 |
| Maximum memory supported (MB) | 8,192 |
| Expansion memory type | micro-SD |
| Audio/Video | |
| Integrated audio player | Yes |
| Supported audio formats | WMA, AAC Plus, AAC, MP3, WMA_PROPLUS, EAAC+ |
| Integrated video player | Yes |
| Supported video formats | H.264, MPEG4_SP, H.263, WMV, MPEG4 |
| Supported ringtones | Polyphonic, MP3 |
| Features | |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Audible battery alert | Yes |
| Auto-redial | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Calling features | Call barring, Call divert, Call hold, Call timer, Call waiting, Caller ID |
| GPS | Yes |
| Input type | TOUCHSCREEN, VIRTUAL_QWERTY |
| Internet Browser | Yes |
| Java | Yes |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, IM |
| Mobile E-mail | Yes |
| Push-to-Talk support | No |
| Ringer control | Yes |
| Speakerphone | Yes |
| Vibrating alert | Yes |
| Voice dialing | Yes |
| Reference Links | |
| Link to official product page | BlackBerry Storm 9530 page |
| Link to phone manual | N/A |
| Link to phone downloads/drivers | N/A |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Operating system | Blackberry |
| WAP version | wap |
| Languages supported by device | English |
| Language supported by manual | English |
| Appearance | |
|---|---|
| Phone style | Bar |
| Antenna style | Internal |
| Color(s) | Black |
| Height (inches) | 4.55 |
| Width (inches) | 2.44 |
| Depth (inches) | 0.48 |
| Weight (oz) | 4.69 |
| Display | |
| Primary display color support | 16,777,216 |
| Primary display resolution | 320 * 480 |
| Primary display diagonal size (inches) | 3.5 |
| Primary display touchscreen | Yes |
| Primary display type | LCD TFT |
| Camera | |
| Integrated camera | Yes |
| Camera resolution (megapixels) | 2 |
| Digital zoom | 0 |
| Optical zoom | 0 |
| Auto-focus | No |
| Number of lenses | 1 |
| Camera flash | No |
| Camera features | Photo geotagging, iPhone and third-party application integration |
| Video capture | No |
| Power | |
| Battery type | Li-ion |
| Power device | Battery Charger |
| Standby time (hours) | 300 |
| Talk time (minutes) | 300 |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth support | Yes (v2.0) |
| Infrared | No |
| PC cable connectivity | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11g, 802.11b |
| Cellular band/frequency | GSM 900, UMTS 1900, HSDPA 2100, UMTS 850, HSDPA 1900, GSM 1900, GSM 1800, HSDPA 850, UMTS 2100, GSM 850, EDGE |
| Memory | |
| Installed memory (KB) | 8,388,608 |
| Maximum memory supported (MB) | N/A |
| Expansion memory type | N/A |
| Audio/Video | |
| Integrated audio player | Yes |
| Supported audio formats | VBR, AAC, WAV, AUDIBLE2, MP3, Apple Lossless, AUDIBLE1, AUDIBLE3, AIFF, Protected AAC |
| Integrated video player | Yes |
| Supported video formats | H.264, M4V, MOV, MPEG4, MP4 |
| Supported ringtones | AAC, Polyphonic, MP3, ITUNES |
| Features | |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Audible battery alert | Yes |
| Auto-redial | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Calling features | Call barring, Call divert, Call hold, Call timer, Call waiting, Caller ID |
| GPS | Yes |
| Input type | TOUCHSCREEN, VIRTUAL_QWERTY |
| Internet Browser | Yes |
| Java | No |
| Messaging | SMS, EMS, IM |
| Mobile E-mail | Yes |
| Push-to-Talk support | No |
| Ringer control | Yes |
| Speakerphone | Yes |
| Vibrating alert | Yes |
| Voice dialing | No |
| Reference Links | |
| Link to official product page | iPhone 3G 8GB page |
| Link to phone manual | N/A |
| Link to phone downloads/drivers | N/A |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Operating system | Mac |
| WAP version | 2.0 |
| Languages supported by device | French, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Finnish, Spanish, English, Russian, Dutch, German, Danish, Portuguese, Korean, Norwegian, Japanese, Polish, Italian |
| Language supported by manual | English |
On the move for work, stay connected, and the Blackberry Storm are; a perfect combination. The Storm supports my hectic work life and I am glad I have it. It tends to slow down sometimes and the battery life is not great either but I am ok with that as it gives me access to my emails and has, a great display.
I bought this phone last week and should say it's damn slow, even scrolling across menus took some time. I had to reboot the phone after sometime to access the applications normally. It even comes without Wi-Fi, which did make me sad. Overall, I think they should still work on this one to brand it as an iPhone killer.
My Blackberry 9530 is great to have, works on CDMA and GSM networks. The internet and email are really fast. The software is a bit of a problem and tends to freeze but I am told this issue will get resolved with the new software so I am ok with that.
Nice phone to get your hands on. It's gotta great screen with crisp clear display and even the clicktouch feature works good. I really enjoyed using the available QWERTY keyboard and even accessing web is very easy. It makes for a good business companion even while you're traveling.
The Blackberry Storm came into my life and really stormed it. I had never used a Blackberry before, but mind you I love it now. Though it takes time to get used to so many icons and understand all its functionalities, once you master them it’s just absolutely wonderful. Though the SurePress is a great idea but it tends to slow down the typing intensive activities like emails and texting because it requires you to select each letter by touch and then click. Sometime you feel a keyboard would be so nice, however if one can ride this drawback, the Storm is great phone to have. Even the lack of WI-FI is not such a big problem.
Storm has got great looks with a full html browser and I really liked its clicktouch technology. Most people compare it with iPhone, but I say this is better than iPhone with its MMS capability whereas there's no MMS in iPhone. It comes bundled with a 1GB onboard memory where I can store all my important docs and much more.
The greatest phone ever made (at the time)... the only thing better is a 3Gs! To the reviewer that wanted video, just get the 3Gs.
My husband gave me the iPhone as a present. The iPhone is cool. I love it. A keyboard on this phone would have been exceptional but well one can't always have everything. The large display is awesome. Sound quality is very good. The 2 Megapixel camera and a video recorder really make an almost complete package. Besides, it has all the goodies Apple can provide... great browsing experience. The design is fantastic and it feels good to be seen with the iPhone!!!
I'm not totally satisfied with my iPhone 3G. There's no doubt that it's an excellent design with some great features like good 3rd party applications, amazing apple store support and superb user interface. But, it even has some flaws in its armor, there's flash with the 2MP camera and the virtual keyboard provided is a bit difficult to use. And above all there isn't video recording!
People, what can I say about my new substitute to the Sony Ericsson I replaced recently, it's just amazing. I've used it for everything; say taking pictures, playing games, listening to music, browsing and what not! The more you use the more you get addicted to it. Even though it has some drawbacks, I'm definitely very happy with my new iPhone 3G...