一年前iPhone首次亮相时，RIM [TSE：RIM]高管可能在Apple [Nasdaq：AAPL]上拍摄了一些便宜的照片，但现在有更多细节出现有关RIM自己的触摸屏设备的信息。谣言最初是将全面触摸设备固定为代号为“ Thunder”的，但消息来源向Tech Blog揭示了Gizmodo今天，实际上将被称为“风暴”。Okay, so “Storm” is just as lame as “Thunder,” but some of the other corrections to the old rumors are more salient: contrary to widespread reports that RIM was having trouble developing a workable interface, Gizmodo’s sources are now saying that the device is not only on schedule, but that the interface “rocks.” Part of that interface, word has it, is a flexible screen that reacts haptically to touches, giving discernible feedback when an on-screen button is touched.
正如RIM与新的BlackBerry Bold一起展示的那样，他们的操作系统确实可以很好地处理多媒体 - 在看到该设备在纽约的Pepcom演示活动中精美地播放了几部电影预告片之后，这位博客完全相信RIM将具有其操作系统能力进入大屏幕触摸设备领域。也就是说，迄今为止，任何设备制造商尚未做到触觉反馈。这种效果通常充其量是俗气的，最坏的情况是懒惰或电池耗尽。如果买家想要每次触摸它时都会发抖的东西，那么他们就会得到一只宠物松鼠，里面有咖啡因成瘾。
而且，尽管RIM在建造风暴时可能有能力利用其多媒体操作系统，但如果他们打算与iPhone直接进行头目，他们不仅需要我的娱乐性。Apple’s new Mobile Me service steals what was once RIM’s crowning advantage: “push” email, or email that arrives on your phone the instant it’s sent (as opposed to current mobile email apps, which check in with their mail server every 15 minutes or so). If RIM fanboys are to have any hope of seeing a touch CrackBerry that can teach Apple a lesson, they’ll have to steal a page out of the iPhone maker’s playbook and do it better — or come up with some feature that is entirely new.