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Video Tour: BlackBerry Storm2

Oct 23, 2009, 3:30 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Phone Scoop unboxes the Storm2 and shows off its much-improved typing skills. This video also reveals just how fast the new Storm2 is.

Here is a look at the new BlackBerry Storm2. This video shows how much better it is to type on the Storm2, as well as how much better the device performs at everyday tasks. You can watch the video here:

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About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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ktrussell

Oct 26, 2009, 7:00 PM

Storm 2 versus Motorola Droid

I have been anxiously waiting for the Storm 2 to come out. My tired Palm Treo 700P is long overdue for an upgrade but nothing at Verizon excited me. The Storm 2, I knew, was going to be the one. Now the Droid is coming, so I'll have to wait another little bit to check it out before deciding. I am primarily a business user, needing good email, contacts, etc. but I want to have a good browser and multimedia experience too. Any comments on which one? I hope someone will do a side-by-side comparison of the two as soon as possible.

HawkeyeOC

Droids will have the physical keyboard like your Palm did. Storm2 is all screen and virtual keyboards.

To me, nothing beats Blackberrys for email and contacts. The standard Blackberry browser isn't really that great, but you can always download a b...
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STEELRIK

-Blackberry its more work enviroment

-Android its like Symbian, almost for everyone

So I dont see a real competition between a Work smartphone & Multimedia smartphone.

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DemBones79

Oct 26, 2009, 4:29 PM

Hmmm...

I got my Storm 1 recently. And apart from the animations and the slightly snappier response when rotating from portrait to landscape, I really don't notice much in the way of differences between the responsiveness of the two phones. I'll admit, the 4 actuators on the screen made me happy (until I realized there's no way in hell I can afford to upgrade my Storm).

But really, I don't get all the recent Storm bashing. Yeah it sucked when it came out. But the software updates have made a huge difference in terms of the device's speed and responsiveness. I really have no problems with it at all.

HawkeyeOC

DemBones79 said:
I got my Storm 1 recently. And apart from the animations and the slightly snappier response when rotating from portrait to landscape, I really don't notice much in the way of differences between the responsiveness

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NYCJess

I am currently on my 6th 9530 and 5 of the 6 phones we're not my fault. They were due to software or faulty screens etc.

I just ordered a storm 2 and it should arrive in the mail tomorrow. I played with one in store today and I dont notice much dif...
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Kendallish

Oct 27, 2009, 8:02 AM

When is this going to be on VZW.com?

I thought that this would be up on the vzw site today. Not there yet....sigh! ☹️

HawkeyeOC

Kendallish said:
I thought that this would be up on the vzw site today. Not there yet....sigh! ☹️

It finally got there at around 9am PST I think and ony for new lines or customers. Should be there now for upgrades...
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jtalker1965

Oct 24, 2009, 9:33 PM

WOW!?! He forgot the WIFI

Not one word mentioned about wifi and is it me but it keep showing 3g and Verizon doesn't show 3g it shows 1XEV on mine.

justmarried

It does have WIFI and all of the newly released pda's will show then 3G coverage indicator, not 1XEV. The new updated software for the storm that will be availiable 10/25/09 may change the indicator on the storm as well.

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andy2373

Oct 23, 2009, 7:24 PM

City ID App?

I saw during the walk through an icon for 'City ID' Is this the same City ID app that is offered on some other VZW phones?
I use it on my Env Touch and love it. Some time ago I e-mailed this company about a version for Blackberries and they said they were working on it.
If indeed it's the same I wonder if it's available for all Blackberries or just ones on the VZW network?

HawkeyeOC

Oct 23, 2009, 7:08 PM

Thanks for the walkthrough!

I suspect a big contributing factor in this devices increased speed is that memory was doubled across the board. There wasn't enough on the original Storm for a lot of people.

Looks like they paid attention to what was wrong and fixed many things

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