The Blackberry Storm 3 – Information & Advice

Blackberry’s Storm was released as a follow up to the Torch 9800, which had a slide out keyboard and touch-screen capabilities. The Storm brought Blackberry fully into the touch-screen market. After the Storm came the Storm 2, with fuller features and more memory and the Storm 3 is said to have even more memory, as well as an upgraded camera. All indications are that the size and weight will be about the same as the Storm 2 with its 3.25” touch-screen, but there are rumors (and images on the web) suggesting that the new Storm 3 will utilize a larger 3.7” screen.

At time of this writing the Storm 3 has not yet been released so it is difficult to make a detailed comparison, but initial reports indicate that the storm may be smaller and lighter than previous Torch models, and will likely be on par with the current Storm 2 model. As with the Storm 2, the Storm 3 will undoubtedly have a virtual keyboard. The Torch 9800 utilizes a slide out QWERTY keypad as well as a virtual keypad.

Some of the mobile connectivity options associated with the Storm 3 will make it more functional than the Torch 9800. The Storm 3 will likely be a world edition smartphone that will make it more useful across a range of networks. There is also talk that the Storm 3 will function as a mobile hotspot allowing other devices to connect to the Internet through the phone. If this is the case, 4G functionality will be an important feature for the Storm 3. The Storm 3 will have 802.11n Wi-Fi functionality.

The Storm 3 may use the Blackberry OS 6.0 just as its Storm brethren and the Torch 9800 do, or as rumors suggest there may be an upgrade to Blackberry OS 7.0. There will be some specific customization in place for the Storms capabilities however. There will not be any other operating system available for the Storm 3. The Storm units and the Torch 9800 will take advantage of a native Webkit from Research in Motion, and this is considered the best web enabling software for these units. There is talk of a 5 mega-pixel camera to be offered with the Storm 3, and there are also rumblings of an 8 mega-pixel camera.

The Storm and Storm 2 already have plenty of features to convince a Torch user that an upgrade is necessary, and with the features touted by the Storm 3, there is a good chance that Torch users may hold out until its release.

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