Wednesday, October 21, 2009

To BlackBerry Storm 2 or not to Storm 2

There are too many to's (2's) in the title, right?
"To BlackBerry Storm 2 or not to Storm 2." That's the question.

I've been following the Storm 2 for several months and I'm quite excited about this device, but I'm also cautiously optimistic.
  • Will the Storm 2 have enough internal RAM for medical apps? (2 GB of storage, but how much RAM for apps?) The original Storm only had 128 MB of RAM, even though it had 1 GB of storage.
  • Will it be capable of MiFi (Wi-Fi router) capabilities?
  • How will the new SurePress touch screen compare to the original SurePress?
In my mind, the original BlackBerry Storm is an excellent smartphone, but it's not very suitable for health care professionals who wish to run many medical apps because of its limited internal RAM. Will the Storm 2 be a great medical smartphone? Many physicians already use a BlackBerry. Will they switch to a touch-screen device and abandon the hardware QWERTY keyboard?

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous8:10 AM

    Do you know how much RAM memory the Iphone has for apps? Is the same as the blackberrys has?

    Thanks

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