Staff Techdrunk Here’s the new and exciting BlackBerry’s “Thunder” Storm – the 9500.
Now a glance at its alluring features:
- A 3.25-inch TFT touch screen display with a 320 x 480 pixel resolution
- An accelerometer for auto screen rotation.
- A 3.5-mm earphone socket , microSD slot for external memory (8GB cards are good to go) and 1GB of internal storage
- A 3.2 mega pixel auto-focus camera with an LED flash
- A media player that supports DivX and XviD formats
- Internal GPS (with A-GPS) using Blackberry Maps
- Support for Stereo Bluetooth and USB v2.0.
It’s a 3G-ready handset.
Now have a look at the video of this first!
“We are proud to introduce the first touch-screen based BlackBerry smartphone together with Verizon Wireless and Vodafone,” said Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer at RIM. “The BlackBerry Storm is a revolutionary touch-screen smartphone that meets both the communications and multimedia needs of customers and solves the longstanding problem associated with typing on traditional touch-screens. Consumers and business customers alike will appreciate this unique combination of a large and vibrant screen with a truly tactile touch interface.”
This ellphone is going to be launched (according to the RIM) quite soon right here in India via Vodafone.
The price range has not been disclosed yet! So stay tuned for further action!
