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The juicy, juicy innards of the recently-launched BlackBerry Storm have been pried open and scoped out by some tech-savvy reviewers. The one thing everyone wants to know is how the SurePress touchscreen works under the hood, but it’s nothing especially fancy – just a plate with a central pivot point. In terms of its execution, these guys remained hopeful yet unconvinced.
Unfortunately, typing, even on a gigantic landscape keyboard, just doesn’t feel right. It’s mucky, because once you gain speed, you instantly hit an error. This is due to the touchscreen not being able to recognize another finger while the button is being depressed. If it had multi-touch functionality, letting you place your finger while you’re pressing another finger, we bet that implementation would be glorious. For now, however, we got to stick with infuriating spelling mistakes from going too fast.
Throw one more unsatisfied review onto the pile, eh? PhoneWreck‘s a pretty new site on the mobile scene, but it’s a great idea – we look forward to seeing more gutted phones in the near future.
[phoneWreck via BlackBerry Sync]
About The Author
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.
