January 20th, 2009

Blackberry Storm features no WiFi, no multi touch like iPhone

Recently we mentioned about Blackberry unlocked handsets that are going to be launched soon in India. Blackberry Storm is the latest addition to their list which is currently partnered with Vodafone in India. As what everybody is saying these days, Blackberry Storm (aka 9500) is the real iPhone Killer. Lets see what makes it stand out when we compare iPhone and Blackberry Storm

Dimensions

Weight: 155 grams
Height: 112.5 mm
Width: 62.2 mm
Depth: 13.95 mm

Display

480 x 360 pixel color display (TFT)
65K+ colors
3.25 inches screen size (iPhone is 3.5 inches)
Light sensor inbuilt

Video and Camera

3.2 mega pixel camera
2x Digital Zoom with Auto Focus
Flash Enabled
Video Recording

Voice Input

Speakerphone, handsfree
3.5mm Audio Jack
Bluetooth 2.0, headset support

Multimedia

Supports MPEG H.263 and Hi Def H.264 and Windows WMV too
Support for MP3 , WMA and AAC (ringtones too)

Touch Enabled features

Supports Multi-tap but not multi-touch
On Screen QWERTY Keyboard
4 Keys on Hardware – Send, End , Menu and Return Keys

Memory

Supports expandable microSD card
1GB memory included
128MB Flash memory

Battery

15 days Standby time.
6 hours talk time
Rechargeable Lithium battery

More Features

Accelerometer
GPS with standard Blackberry maps
Supports IMs like GTalk, Yahoo Messenger.
Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint viewer and editors

Price

In India price of Blackberry Storm is around 28K Rs. (~550$) which is somewhat equivalent to iPhone and N97 price.

Who should buy it ?

Well, Blackberry is always associated with Corporate users. With Wifi, Multi-touch and great iTunes app support iPhone wins hands down and there’s no second thought about it. It’s really hard to believe for us that for this price it doesn’t offer Wi-Fi !

But yes, if you primarily use your phone to read all your mails and edit documents without needing to have Wi-Fi support, this could be a good device with a good camera. We’d recommend to wait for some time and see that Nokia N97 features has to offer and do compare iPhone features with it before buying.