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Vodafone brings BlackBerry Storm to India
Published on Jan 13, 2009
Vodafone Essar brings to India Research In Motion's much talked about smart phone BlackBerry Storm
Published on Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi, 12 January Mobile services provider Vodafone Essar and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the availability of BlackBerry Storm in the Indian market. Labeled as the world's first 'clickable' touch screen, this product responds a lot like a physical keyboard and also supports single- and multi-touch, including gestures for intuitive and efficient application navigation. This phone will be available exclusively for Vodafone customers in India from Jan. 15, the company said in a statement. Vodafone will create more than 150 'experience zones' across the country in Vodafone Stores and Modern Trade Outlets to encourage customers to gain a hands-on experience of this smartphone.The phone comes in a stainless steel back and chrome frame. The SurePress touch screen depresses slightly to aid in typing and navigation and to give users an experience they can actually feel. The Storm comes along with some custom-built applications like Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger and Flickr Photo Uploader.The BlackBerry Storm also supports multi-tasking so that users can switch to different applications without exiting them. Priced at Rs 27,990, the phone has a 3.25-inch resolution colour display (480x360-pixels at 184 ppi), 3.2 megapixel camera, with variable zoom, auto focus, and a flash. It also has 1 GB of onboard memory storage and a microSD/SDHC memory card slot, extendable up to 16 GB Its other features include a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, support for Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP) and dedicated volume controls. The phone has a light sensor which automatically adjusts the backlight for optimisation of power.
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