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Yet another in a long line of UK BlackBerry Storm reviews has popped up, focusing namely on the 9500′s SurePress screen – easily the most characteristic feature of the upcoming smartphone. The reviewer liberally compares the Storm to the iPhone, primarily by highlighting cut and paste, camera flash and MMS functions on the BlackBerry. After having enjoyed the Cardo S-2 Bluetooth Stereo Headphones on my BlackBerry Bold, I would have thrown A2DP compatibility in there, but hey, why kick someone while they’re down? To be fair, the Storm’s OS 4.7 still doesn’t seem quite as smooth and polished as the iPhone’s experience. You’ll notice the browser takes awhile to boot up, and the orientation transitions lack any kind of spiffy animation. I guess that’s par for course; RIM is, after all, in the business mindset and one can hardly blame them for being spartan with extra bells and whistles.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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