BlackBerry Storm 2 uses piezo-electric SurePress display
By Will Park on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 PM PST In BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Hottest Hardware, RIM (Research in Motion), Verizon, Videos
Just the other day we saw the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm 2 video showing off the upcoming Storm 2’s more user-friendly SurePress touchscreen display. That video is no more, but we’ve got a new video that goes into some seriously geeky detail about the peizo-electric technology behind the revamped SurePress screen. The piezo-electric displays are apparently capable of detecting different levels of pressure, rather than a simple “click.”
The new SurePress screen should finally put an end to the SurePress ridicule coming from the iPhone camp. In fact, the video harps on the iPhone’s all-glass capacitance touchscreen as being limited to tap-typing. The Storm 2’s new peizo-powered touchscreen combines the benefits of multi-touch with a good bit of feedback, which might be the next big thing in touchscreens.
The video below goes into more detail about just how the piezo tech allows the display to become more rigid when powered off and more “squishy” when powered on. And, the video includes visual aids to help explain how the new SurePress display works – with a run-of-the-mill sponge, nonetheless.
We can’t wait to put our hands on the BlackBerry Storm 2 on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) in October!
[Via: EngadgetMobile]
piszoelectric tech is still in labs being tested at collages let alone being used in a phone. i doubt rim is using it
the moto rokr e8 is better and was the first phone to have bottons on the screen go ahead and check it out, it was way better blackberry is so wanna be
But DANNY, Moto is a dying cell phone manufacturer, they have been trying to sell the phone end of Motorola for years and nobody wants it, theres a message there Danny and you dont have to be too smart to see what it is, Moto is a nice phone but it aint no BlackBerry and never will be.
Im confused, how is that any different to a resistive screen? (Resistive can do multitouch too).