Simply judging by their looks there seem to be only litlle differences between the two Research in Motion (RIM) smartphones Blackberry Storm 9500 and Blackberry Storm2 9520. And it is true: The new Blackberry smartphone Storm2 displays only few new features, but these are important improvements to handling the handset. Key features of the Blackberry Storm2 are the new touchscreen technology, WiFi support, more memory and the new version 5.0 of the Blackberry OS. The bottom line of this review of the Blackberry Storm2 smartphone is: The new features provide for a better user experience, but the Blackberry web browser is still slow and photo quality of the 3.2-megapixel camera bad.

The new RIM smartphone Blackberry Storm2 9520 is now available in Germany at T-Mobile and Vodafone stores. The Blackberry Storm2 sports a 3.25-inch touch screen display with a resolution of 480 x 360 pixels, EDGE and UMTS support, WiFi, integrated GPS and several multi media features such as a music player, a video player and 3.2-megapixel camera. The camera comes with autofocus, flash, image stabilizer and a digital zoom. Videos can be shot with a resolution of 480 x 352 pixels. At the moment, I am testing the Storm2 and this weekend I compared the video capture of the Blackberry smartphone and the Apple iPhone 3G S. The following two videos were shot at Berlin Cathedral and at the river Spree around 4 p.m.