Vodafone to Offer BlackBerry Storm2 Handset

­Vodafone and Research In Motion have introduced the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone for customers in seven European countries as well as South Africa.

Customers in the UK and Ireland will be able to get the new smartphone first through Vodafone, and it will be offered exclusively by Vodafone in Germany, Netherlands and Spain. It will also be made available in France, Italy and South Africa in time for Christmas.

The BlackBerry Storm2 with BlackBerry OS 5 evolves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with hundreds of hardware and software enhancements.

The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone introduces a new SurePress technology based on an electronic suspension system that provides the user with tactile feedback when the touch-screen is pressed.  The new SurePress technology also allows the user to type a letter with one thumb even while their other thumb may still be touching or resting on another letter, enabling faster typing and multi-key actions such as Shift or Alt -key combinations.

Pricing still to be announced.

Posted to the site on 15th October 2009