Blackberry Storm 2 9520 touchscreen smartphone
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Nevertheless, it still has that weird pressing action, where you need to depress the screen until it clicks to register a press, which avoids any danger of accidental presses, but takes a bit of getting used to if you're more accustomed to normal touchscreens.
Alas, browsing doesn't take full advantage of touchscreen gestures
The new system is certainly more sensitive and less off-putting than the original's fairly lengthy travel between press and connection and it has limited multi-touch capabilities too. So you can access multi-press shortcuts on the keyboard, helping you to build up your typing speed, but it doesn't stretch to pinch-to-zoom on the browser.
Still, the best element of the original SurePress has been retained, in that you can't really activate any buttons by accident, as you often can with standard touch screens, but now, it's more accurate. Sounds like a win/win, but that clicking element still feels a little weird, and we know there are some who just won't take to it.
It's quick to get around the menus and apps, and the nippy 528MHz Qualcomm processor is backed by 256MB of Flash memory, twice as much as the original Storm. The large speaker offers decent call quality with a full-bodied tone, and there are options to boost the bass or the treble too.
Messaging is what the BlackBerry is all about and the Storm2 doesn't disappoint, with up to ten push email accounts easily set up with just address and password, plus support for BlackBerry's Enterprise Server for corporate accounts. Emails are pushed to you, of course, and you can also keep an eye on your contacts' Facebook updates.
Social networking is a high score on the App World site
That's good as far as it goes but this is the only social networking app that's integrated into the Storm2 – for Twitter updates you'll need to open one of the Twitter apps available from BlackBerry's App World (UberTwitter is already on board) rather than catch up through your contacts or the home screen, as you can with Motorola’s Dext, for example.
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