RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Storm2 Smartphone in Hong Kong

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry® Storm2™ smartphone for customers in Hong Kong.

 

The second generation of RIM's innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone, the 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.

 

“The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone offers advanced communications and multimedia applications together with a uniquely tactile touch-screen experience,” said Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific, Research In Motion. “In addition, the recent introduction of BlackBerry App World in Hong Kong makes it easier than ever to discover and download applications, allowing users to get even more out of their smartphone.”

 

Next-Gen SurePress Technology

 

The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone introduces a next generation SurePress™ technology based on an electronic system that provides the user with tactile feedback when the touch-screen is pressed. The new system 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. 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.

 

Hardware Features

 

Smooth design and premium finish with sloped edges, chrome accents, glass lens and stainless steel backplate

Large (3.25”), dazzling, high resolution 360 x 480 display at 184 ppi

Capacitive touch-screen with integrated functions (Send, End, Menu, Escape) and new SurePress technology that makes clicking the display practically effortless

Global connectivity support: UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz), quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM and Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g) networks

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

Premium and easy-to-access phone features, background noise suppression technology, loud distortion-free speakerphone and face detection (proximity sensor) that prevents accidental clicks and blanks the screen while the user is on the phone

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 contacts and calendar appointments between a computer and the smartphone

A 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and dedicated volume controls

Bluetooth® with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals

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. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more

Removable, rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery that provides approximately 6 hours of talk time on 3G networks and 280 hours of standby time

BlackBerry OS 5

 

More responsive experience and includes usability and visual enhancements such as inertial scrolling, spin boxes that make it easier to set dates and times, gradient shading on buttons and more use of animation

Typing accuracy and selection have been significantly refined

BlackBerry® Browser improved with faster JavaScript and CSS processing as well as support for Gears and BlackBerry Widgets

Customers running BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v5 and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express will gain the ability to:

Set follow-up Flags on the handset like they can in Microsoft® Office Outlook®

Manage Microsoft Exchange email folders (Add, Rename, Move, Delete) on the handset

Access remote files shares (Windows Shares); Save, View, Edit, and Email documents from remote file shares

Forward appointments and view calendar attachments on the handset

Benefit from wireless sync improvements for Contacts, including sync for multiple contact folders, personal Distribution Lists and contacts in Public/Shared folders

Pricing and Availability

 

The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone is now available from 1O1O, 3HK and one2free. Please check with each individual carrier for pricing and product availability. For more information about the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone, visit http://www.blackberry.com/storm.

 

* Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies. Photo syncing is currently only available for Windows-based PCs.