It’s been less than five months since the initial release of the BlackBerry Storm 9530 on Verizon Wireless but the blogosphere is already hot with information about anticipated upgrades for a second generation Storm, generically referred to as the Storm 2. According to all the rumors, the new device is set for release in September.
The addition of Wi-Fi to the Storm 2 is the leading news, just as the omission of Wi-Fi from the original Storm was the leading complaint. The reason, or excuse, depending on your opinion, generally revolves around the contention that VZW’s EVDO Rev A network is fast enough and sufficiently ubiquitous that Wi-Fi isn’t necessary. Nobody really buys that argument if for no other reason than the Storm is to be BlackBerry’s and Verizon Wireless’ answer and show stopping competitor to the Apple iPhone 3G from AT&T. If you expect to prevail in the rarified air of the best of the smartphones, you don’t enter the competition by leaving off popular features. Beyond that, we all like the options that Wi-Fi affords like simultaneous voice and data transmission.
Though September is still a long way off in smartphone time, other rumored improvements for the Storm 2 directly address the other chief complaints about the device: general operating system sluggishness and the much maligned SurePress screen. The new screen, reputed to be renamed TruePress, is being touted as an “enormous” improvement, “really pleasurable,” and “near-HD quality.”
BlackBerry has addressed OS issues from the start with software patches that have helped considerably. To make operation even more fluid, the Storm 2 is said to be equipped with a RAM upgrade and, dare we hope, a quicker processor. If speculation is on target, a 5.0-megapixel, auto-focus camera is also slated to replace the 3.2-megapixel offering in the current device.
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