Der Journalist Walt Mossberg, tätig für das Wall Street Journal, hat den Storm 2 getestet. Er bescheinigt dem “Sturm” einen verbesserten Touchscreen und eine wesentlich benutzerfreundliche virtuelle Tastatur. Die bekannten großen Mängel wurden ausgemerzt und machen den Storm 2 wesentlich angenehmer in seiner Funktion als “Schreibmaschine”.
Walt Mossberg:
The original Storm, RIM’s first phone without a physical keyboard, didn’t convert droves of traditional BlackBerry lovers. This was partly because it had an odd typing mechanism where the whole screen moved with each tap on the virtual keyboard. Also, the phone lacked Wi-Fi and, when held vertically, the device offered only a cramped on-screen keyboard with multiple letters on each key.
The Storm2 fixes all those flaws. The screen now stays still when tapped, providing tactile feedback electronically instead of mechanically. This allows for faster, smoother typing. The new model also has Wi-Fi. And you can now use a full, albeit squeezed, virtual keyboard in vertical mode.
In addition, while the dimensions haven’t changed, the Storm2 looks sleeker and has a few user interface refinements, like an on-screen Send button.
Overall, I found the Storm2 worked well in my tests. Battery life was decent, with 5.5 hours of claimed talk time, and typing was much improved, though I doubt it will satisfy lovers of physical keyboards.
The browser is still inferior to Apple’s, Google’s and Palm’s. And the traditional BlackBerry interface cries out for a major overhaul in a touch device like this, especially when you add a lot of apps. RIM’s menu and folder metaphor seems tired on this device.
Verizon hasn’t set a launch date or price for the Storm2, but it’s likely to appear in November at around $200.
The super-smart-phone war is still in its early stages. There are more and even better devices on the way, and Apple will have plenty of clever competition.
Sein Gesamturteil fällt sehr positiv aus, jedoch macht er auch deutlich das es Zeit wird die Oberfläche zu modernisieren und vor allem den Browser zu überarbeiten.
Hier sind iPhone, Palm und Googles Android doch einen weiten Schritt voraus.
Quelle: The Wall Street Journal
