Sep 25 2008
BlackBerry Storm virtual keyboard and screen shots revealed; still no firm release date set; sales geeks squirm with frustration
The niche blog Storm Reviews published clear pictures of the interface for the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry Storm, RIM’s first device with no physical keyboard. In general, the interface looks very clean, crisp, and easy to decipher. The virtual keyboard, which reportedly uses haptic feedback to provide a discernable click when pressing an on-screen key, simulating a physical keyboard user experience, is very clearly laid out in both portrait and landscape formats. The interface also includes a number of interesting design elements, such as a virtual clock in several formats, and which take advantage of the screen’s high resolution.
Still no word from RIM, Verizon or Vodafone about when the device will be officially released, although many tech blogs continue to speculate that the official availability date is expected to be in mid-November, pending the end of final testing.
