The device will become available in Q2 2009

Apr 3, 2009 09:29 GMT  ·  By

According to the latest news on the Web, mobile phone users in Hong Kong will soon be able to enjoy yet another nice-looking, capable mobile phone, the BlackBerry Storm. The handset should go to the area on the airwaves of 1O1O, 3 Hong Kong, China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited, one2free and SmarTone-Vodafone, in the second quarter of the ongoing year, yet no price tags have been unveiled so far.

As many of you might already know, the RIM smartphone is able to offer users a large 3.25-inch SurePress touch-screen display that can deliver a 480 x 360 pixel resolution at 184 ppi. The device also comes with a multimedia player that can support a wide range of video and music file types, while also providing support for video streaming and synchronization with iTunes for music content.

The specification list of the BlackBerry Storm also shows that the device includes Bluetooth connectivity (the handset can be connected to a home stereo through the BlackBerry Music Gateway), HSPA connectivity, a high-performance HTML browser that can be used both in portrait and landscape mode due to the included accelerometer.

The handset will come to users in Hong Kong in a sleek, stylish design, offering them easy access to Instant Messaging and social networking services, as it features applications for Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, and Flickr. At the same time, its multitasking capabilities will eliminate the need of closing and opening applications at all times.

Among the other capabilities of the BlackBerry Storm we can also count ambient light sensor, a 3.2-megapixel camera that comes with auto focus and LED flash, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, GPS capabilities, 1 GB of on-board memory coupled with a microSD/SDHC memory card slot for additional storage space, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint file editing capabilities, as well as a 1400 mAhr battery that can offer up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 15 days of standby time.