BlackBerry Storm's clickable screen (and the rest of it) dissected, exposed

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BlackBerry Storm's clickable screen (and the rest of it) dissected, exposed

by Tim Stevens, posted Nov 22nd 2008 at 4:30PM

BlackBerry Storm's clickable screen (and the rest of it) dissected, exposed

So you've read our extensive BlackBerry Storm review and, despite feeling disappointment about it not living up to the hype, can't help but wonder just what makes the thing ~~tick~~ click. While we were a bit too squeamish to rip one of ours apart and find out, phoneWreck felt no qualms about turning this week's hottest handset into a pile of bits, exposing (among numerous other things) the Qualcomm MSM7600 processor that's blamed for the phone's sluggish performance. As to how the clicky screen works, it's rather simple: just a plate behind the display (pictured above) with a dimple to push a button on a circuit board. Never dissect your heroes, kids; it just takes the mystery out of life.

Filed under: Handsets, RIM

Tags: blackberry, blackberry storm, BlackberryStorm, dissected, dissection, rim, rim blackberry storm, RimBlackberryStorm

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carcomptoy @ Nov 22nd 2008 4:39PM

Well no wonder it's harder to click towards the edges. That's a pretty dumb and careless move, RIM. It's Physics 101 that it's gonna be harder to click a surface when the surface area for the clicking is only at the center of the screen.

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efekt @ Nov 22nd 2008 5:55PM

Duhhhh... me stupid - I push only middle... [read in a dumb voice]

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PEZ @ Nov 23rd 2008 8:22AM

What would have been nice (and a sweet pre-up-grade) would have been to make each corner a different button. (Plus the center, of course).

But nooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

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NuShrike @ Dec 4th 2008 1:42PM

Well, certainly can't blame Windows Mobile this time for the inferior quality of this Qualcomm cpu series.

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