The BlackBerry Storm smartphone is the world’s first “clickable” touch-screen smartphone

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – APRIL 17TH, 2009: Digicel and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone for Digicel customers in all of its 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America. The BlackBerry Storm delivers the renowned functionality and usability of the BlackBerry® solution and incorporates the world's first ‘clickable’ touch-screen with advanced multimedia capabilities to deliver entertainment, information and communications at your fingertips. 

The BlackBerry Storm is a perfect choice for customers looking for a state-of-the-art touch-screen smartphone. The stylish smartphone boasts exceptional performance, a stunning display and rich features including global connectivity support, GPS, web browser, media player, camera and the industry's leading email and messaging capabilities – all designed to give users an exceptional mobile experience.

The BlackBerry Storm smartphone features the revolutionary SurePress™ touch-screen, which depresses ever so slightly when the screen is pressed to enhance the touch interface for both typing and navigation. Virtual keyboards on the BlackBerry Storm respond like a physical keyboard to allow easy and precise typing - and the interface supports single-touch and multi-touch for efficient navigation. Both consumers and business customers will appreciate this unique combination of a large and vibrant screen with a truly tactile touch interface. The BlackBerry Storm can also be used in portrait or landscape mode thanks to its built-in orientation sensor (accelerometer).

Digicel Group Marketing Director, Kieran Foley, said at the launch of the BlackBerry Storm: “Our customers want to be ahead of the game when it comes to their mobile communications needs, and with the addition of the BlackBerry Storm to our wide range of BlackBerry smartphones, they are benefiting from the latest in technology and innovation from Digicel over the Bigger, Better Network.

“Business customers and consumers have come to rely on their BlackBerry smartphones and we’re delighted to be adding the latest and greatest BlackBerry smartphone to our handset range.”

Whether shopping for a gift online, editing office documents or reading a map, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone brings images to life with stunning clarity through its 3.25-inch, high resolution (480x360 at 184ppi), color display.  A multimedia powerhouse, the BlackBerry Storm has a built-in media player that handles a variety of music formats, and it can be synchronized with Windows Media Player or iTunes®*. It can also be connected via Bluetooth® using the BlackBerry® Music Gateway to enjoy songs through a home stereo or in the car. It features a 3.2 megapixel camera with variable zoom, auto focus and a powerful flash that also provides continuous lighting when recording video. Through its integrated GPS, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone can pinpoint its exact location, supporting the geotagging of pictures and other location-based applications and services. Digicel customers can also access a wide variety of interactive services on Digicel Live through their BlackBerry Storm.

BlackBerry Storm users can also enjoy the broad selection of applications that were custom-built for use on BlackBerry® smartphones, including applications that enable users to easily connect to Facebook® or instant message with friends.

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