Either the gang at Crackberry have a very good special effects department (which we doubt), or we're looking at the first footage of a working BlackBerry 9550, a.k.a. Storm 2. As noted in the video, the hardware and software is "very early stage," but that said, there's something mighty interesting going on here with the SurePress click. Turned off, the screen has no give whatsoever, but when the phone's powered up, the mysterious click returns. We talked with CB, who confirms that the whole display does in fact move in and out just a bit, although much less than its predecessor, and that sound you hear is a physical click -- guess SurePress really is here to stay, after all. The takeaway here is that it's definitely a step in the right direction and perhaps what RIM should've released from the get-go. More impressions via the read link, and check out the video for yourself after the break.
how is this different from the haptic feedback on the moto rokr e8, other than the modeshift keypad (which obviously isn't necessary because this is a touch screen)?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nthn @ Jul 21st 2009 6:44PM
If it's running on Rogers, why did it say CDMA at the 1:24 mark of the video?
SV @ Jul 21st 2009 7:07PM
It's probably a dual-mode CDMA/GSM/HSPDA device, just like the current 9530 storm.
Did you notice the verizon branding, but the Rogers alpha tag?
nthn @ Jul 21st 2009 7:12PM
haha, yeah. The whole thing made me say, "wtf?" lol
N.Rosario @ Jul 21st 2009 8:21PM
its unlocked and they have a rogers sim in it
cody @ Jul 21st 2009 6:39PM
man..i was getting excited about them getting rid of the sure-press...and now it still looks hard to use. Hopefully final release will be smooth
Steve.G @ Jul 22nd 2009 12:38PM
Well, if the surepress disappears when the phone is off.. maybe there's also a setting to turn it off.
Albert @ Jul 21st 2009 6:40PM
Nice, still a little iffy about surepress
Rey @ Jul 21st 2009 8:35PM
I was Super excited to see the 1st storm and then it had so many problems and then i switched my view to android and now im looking at this again !
Joseph @ Jul 21st 2009 11:30PM
the screen looks just as bad as the first. I'm disappointed.
$GoWireless$ @ Jul 22nd 2009 11:43AM
I was gonna wait for this to launch and test it out vs the Tour, but now I think the Tour is clearly the way to go.....
poltergyst @ Jul 22nd 2009 5:02PM
how is this different from the haptic feedback on the moto rokr e8, other than the modeshift keypad (which obviously isn't necessary because this is a touch screen)?