Just announced BlackBerry Storm has been spotted and Rich Brome from Phone Scoop has spent a time with this new handset. According to Rich’s words the new BlackBerry is not large, thick, or heavy but pocket-friendly. It’s build quality is excellent, in comparing with an iPhone it is shorter but larger than the Curve.

The display has 12% more pixels than the iPhone which are also able to make more details and bring clear and crisp experience. Touchscreen technology also works very well on the whole display which is one huge a physical button.

On the front are also 4 buttons: menu, back, send and end which are easy-to-use as well as easy-to-find. There are mute and lock buttons on the top. For storage, this handset offers microSD card slot for up to 16GB as well as 1 GB of phone memory.

Unfortunately, this phone is missing the Wi-Fi which is last times very wanted, but company argues with the 3G support. Our Japanese and Korean friends will also enjoy the new Storm thanks to its GSM/EDGE and HSDPA 2100 data support.

BlackBerry Storm 9530

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After LG, RIM also announced its new developer tools especially for new BlackBerry Storm 9500, popular BlackBerry Bold 9000 and first flip handset, the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip. The developer tools features BlackBerry Java Development Environment which allows users to develop software of handsets as well as desktop applications to enable simulation of the handsets.

Available versions for download are BlackBerry JDE v4.7 and BlackBerry JDE v4.6. The BlackBerry JDE v4.7 is development application for the new Storm while the BlackBerry JDE v4.6 is for the Bold and Pearl Flip.

The BlackBerry JDE v4.7 includes: Touch-Screen Support, Orientation and Rotation Support, Accelerometer Support, Virtual Keyboard Control, Camera and Media Integration and Set Homescreen Background Image.

BlackBerry JDE v4.6 together with BlackBerry JDE v4.7 include following APIs: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Location-Based Services (LBS), Multimedia Integration, Customized Messages and Alerts, Multiple Calendar and Contact List Support, Time Zone Enhancements, Décor Enhancements and SMS & MMS Listener.

The new APIs have been improved and now provide better web page rendering with AJAX, JavaScript 1.5, CSS 2.1, DOM L2 (including Core, HTML, Style, Events) and HTML 4.01 (including Forms, Maps, Tables, Frames, Objects), as well as support for downloading files via the browser.

For more informations please visit: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/.

RIM to bring its developer tools too

LG just opened its new Mobile Developer Network, an online service allowing users to develop software in Java and Flash Lite platform. The LG’s SDK (Software Development Kit) helps users design, build, and debug mobile applications on a host system. In the tools you may also find a Skin packages which contain skins and accompanying containers for new phone models.

In addition, LG also provides specifications and main features of its mobile phones through the website. All developers can get those tools with docs on http://developer.lgmobile.com as well as share their experience with others on that site.

LG to open Mobile Developer Network service

BlackBerry Pearl 8220 is the first RIM’s flip smartphone with a chrome-finished design. The handset has 2 LCD displays, full QWERTY keyboard, and a media player.

sources Cellulare Magazine , MobileBurn , Phone Scoop