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BlackBerry Storm 9500

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Product name

BlackBerry Storm 9500

HTC Hero

Sony Ericsson Satio

Nokia N900

Editors' ratings

(How we rate) 		75 out of 10 7.5
Excellent 		80 out of 10 8
Excellent 		80 out of 10 8
Excellent 		67 out of 10 6.7
Very good

Review Summary

We commend RIM for entering the highly competitive touchscreen market with an innovative product, but there's still lots of room for improvement. Our experience with the Storm has driven us to the conclusion that it's not RIM's best device and while it has some redeeming features we think RIM can do much better in the future.

A combination of good design and a fully customizable user interface make the Hero a great smartphone. A boon for the Android platform still in its infancy.

The Satio delivers great pictures and comes with many high-end features, but the inconsistent user interface of the platform mars the overall experience of the device.

There are a lot of things we like about the N900, but just as many which annoy us. That said, it's still a very capable smartphone (if you call it that), but just not ready for primetime, yet.

User ratings

  7.4
Very good
(from 9 users) 		 8.1
Excellent
(from 18 users) 		 8
Excellent
(from 21 users) 		 8.8
Spectacular
(from 4 users)

List price
N/A
List price as of Sep 14, 2009:
S$898
List price as of Oct 13, 2009:
S$1098
N/A

  Basic product specifications


 

Operating system

 Blackberry Android Symbian OS Maemo 5

Dimensions (H x W x D)

 112.5 x 62.2 x 14 mm 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm 112 x 55 x 13.3 mm 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm

Weight

 155g 135g 126g 181g

Connectivity options

 3G, A-GPS, EDGE, GPRS, GPS, HSDPA, Bluetooth, USB 3G, A-GPS, GPS, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA, HSUPA, miniUSB, USB, WAP, Bluetooth, A2DP, WLAN 3G, A-GPS, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA, Bluetooth, A2DP, WLAN, TV-out 3G, A-GPS, GPS, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA, HSUPA, microUSB, WAP, Java, Bluetooth, A2DP, WLAN, TV-out

Display size

 3.25-inch screen 3.2-inch screen 3.5-inch screen 3.5-inch screen

Display resolution

 360 x 480 pixels 320 x 480 pixels 640 x 360 pixels WVGA

Color LCD?

 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Touchscreen

 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Max. standby time (in hours)

 356 hours 750 hours Info unavailable Info unavailable

Max. talktime (in hours)

 6 hours talktime Info unavailable Info unavailable 9 hours talktime

Main processor speed

 Info unavailable 528 MHz Info unavailable 600 MHz

RAM

 Info unavailable 288 MB Info unavailable 1000 MB

Maximum camera resolution

 3.2 megapixels 5 megapixels 12.1 megapixels 5 megapixels

Imaging features

 Onboard flash, Autofocus, LED Autofocus Onboard flash, Autofocus, Xenon, LED Onboard flash, Autofocus, LED

Audio jack type

 3.5mm 3.5mm Others 3.5mm

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BlackBerry Storm 9500

HTC Hero

Sony Ericsson Satio

Nokia N900

 

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