With the introduction of the BlackBerry® Device Software 5.0, the following improvements have been introduced to the BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 Series smartphones:

New Power / Lock button usage

Using the Power or Lock button on the top of the BlackBerry smartphone, you can perform the following tasks depending on the state of the BlackBerry smartphone:

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Unlocked and the back light is turned on

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Locks the BlackBerry smartphone and turns off the back light.

Action: Press and hold button.
Result: Turns off the BlackBerry smartphone.

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Unlocked and the back light is turned off

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Turns on the back light.

Action: Press and hold button.
Result: Turns on the back light and displays the power off prompt.

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Locked and the back light is turned off

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Turns on the back light and displays the unlock prompt.

Action: Press and hold button.
Result: Turns on the back light and presents the power off prompt.

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Locked and back light is turned on

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Presents the unlock prompt.

Action: Press and hold.
Result: Presents the power off prompt.

Improved SurePress™ technology (Only available on the BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9520 and 9550 smartphone models)

Improved SurePress™ technology is available on the BlackBerry Storm 2 9520 and 9550 smartphone models. This technology makes use of a powered response to a click action. When the battery is not present in the BlackBerry Storm2 9520 and 9550 smartphone or the power is turned off, the screen does not click when pressed.

Interactive Home Screen

There are two areas on the Home screen of BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphones running BlackBerry Device Software version 5.0 that are now interactive. First, when you click the date and time on the Home screen, the Clock application appears. Second, when you click the network status indicator, the Manage Connections application appears. 

Face Detection

With the BlackBerry Storm2 9520 and 9550 smartphones, an improved hardware based proximity detector determines when the BlackBerry smartphone is placed near your face. This feature is designed to make the screen controls inaccessible until the BlackBerry smartphone is moved away from your face. The BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 and 9530 smartphones have a similar software based implementation of this feature which relies on face presence not proximity.

Popup Keys

With the introduction of BlackBerry Device Software version 5.0, the SurePress keyboard displays an indicator of the key that is pressed as you type on the keyboard of the BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphone. You can control this feature by going to Options > Screen/Keyboard. 

Improved User Interface Components

The following user interface items have been implemented in BlackBerry Device Software version 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphones:

• Improved cursor control for text selection
• Dedicated button for the Save, Send, and Search options
• Momentum and Snap back

Improved cursor control for text selection improves the ability to select and modify the start and end points of text selection.

A dedicated button for the Save, Send, or Search option depending on the active application.

Momentum and Snap back have been implemented within menus and other key parts of the BlackBerry Device Software to improve navigation.

• BlackBerry® Device Software version 5.0
• BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 Series smartphones