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BlackBerry Storm2 Smartphone with BlackBerry OS 5 – what developers need to know!

Administrator on 10-19-2009 06:59 PM

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With the recent announcement of the BlackBerry® Storm2™ smartphone, I wanted to provide you with an overview of the device from the perspective of the developer to help you understand what opportunities this new smartphone opens up for you.

 

The BlackBerry Storm2 is the first BlackBerry® smartphone to ship with the new BlackBerry® Device Software v 5.0, which includes a variety of new enhancements for end users.  For developers, there are substantial improvements across the board which we have been covering on the blog for some time now.

 

For Java, you can find a great post outlining all of the new APIs and features in BlackBerry Device Software v5.0.

 

For Widgets, check out this great post introducing this new technology and stay tuned for additional posts that will dive deeper on the power of widgets on the BlackBerry platform.

 

Like the original BlackBerry® Storm™, there are two models of the Storm2 – one designed for North American CDMA networks and one for the rest of the world.  Both products support GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA with the CDMA product also supporting CDMA/EVDO.  This means the product supports 3G networks worldwide. From a developer’s perspective, here is what you need to know about the new BlackBerry Storm2.

 

• Navigation with SurePress™ touch screen

• 480 x 360 screen resolution

• 3.2 MP Camera with Auto Focus

• Location Support with Assisted and Autonomous GPS

• Wi-Fi® Support – 802.11b/g

• 256MB Flash Memory (Application Space), 2GB embedded MMC, and microSD™ Support (up to 16GB today and supporting the specification for 32GB cards when they become available)

 

We are really excited about the launch of the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone and the new applications that are possible on the platform.  Get started now by checking out the developer tools on our beta website!


 

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by on 10-20-2009 06:50 AM
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Yay, the questions I have are what CPU does it have, how much RAM does it have, and is a 3D API finally avalible for it? Otherwise I'm excited about the new touchscreen and WiFi.

by Administrator on 10-21-2009 05:13 PM
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RIM does not typically publish the actual CPU specifications other than clock speed.  It is 528MHz and the device has 288MB of RAM.

 

Mike

by on 10-24-2009 12:12 AM
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Thanks Mike, I ment CPU speed so thats good, I just wanted to know.

by Dianzambi on 01-22-2010 04:26 AM
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Hi Mike, I just bought a bberry storm 2 not even 3 weeks ago. It has started switching from 3G to EDGE to GSM. Every time it happens my calls drop. I spoke to the cellphone provider (MTN in South Africa), they seem not to understand the problem because my offices and domicile areas have both full 3G network coverage. In fact my appartment is few blocks from one of their 3G tower. After doing some researches on Internet, I found out that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. Can you please tell me the cause of this problem and how to solve it. Kind regards,

by JCZelaya(anon) on 01-28-2010 03:35 PM
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I have the exact same problem with 3 different units of 9550. Calls drop off at 20 seconds exactly, different coverage areas with full signal, in fact on the 3 devices there is a temp fix by pulling out the battery but the users are not satisfied by this solution so I would like to know a more permanent solution. All of them are using the latest Verizon firmware available. Please let me know what I can do.

BR.

JCZ

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