BlackBerry Storm now available from Verizon Wireless
0. phoneArena posted on 21 Nov 2008, 13:45
Verizon has unleashed a Storm onto the US and with the launch of the first ever touch screen BlackBerry device, they tend to get busy with the high numbers of anticipated sales....
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3. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 14:12 0 0
I'm returning mine, the phone is a pain for me to use. SurePress is annoying, and the software is slow. Not sure if I'm going to hold out for the Omnia or go get an iPhone.
35. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 15:56 0 0
why would you just be getting an iphone now, if you did go get one
55. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 17:03 0 0
Because I was waiting to see if I liked the Storm, and I don't. I've used an iPhone before and I like it.
130. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 23:22 0 0
if you liked it then you should have just got it
232. (unregistered) posted on 24 Nov 2008, 12:39 0 0
just remember, there will be a software upgrade within the next 2 weeks that will address most issues including any delays. It's amazing that people will defend the 18,000 upgrades for the I-phone, but don't want to wait for the first one from RIM
4. USER@VZW.BLACKBERRY.NET (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 14:15 0 0
I got four in the store and it took 5 minutes for it to start up, unlike my Curve that takes 2 1/2 minutes. But once it turned on, OH MY! The touchscreen actually reminds me of my trackball. You glide your figures across the screen to move and scroll and press down on the screen to select an object. Some may say this is not user friendly, but lets face it, ITS A BLACKBERRY, they DON"T lose customers because once you're a Blackberry user, you are a Blackberry customer for life. The Storm will have you name your phone. When you refer to it you will call it your Blackberry not your phone. The phone is sexy, sleek, and a touchscreen Blackberry. It works like my curve but its just prettier. If the Iphone was available for VZW, i would get it, but its not, so the Storm will do for me. Its a great start to, what i believe, RIM's new line of phones.
5. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 14:23 0 0
LLOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL fanboys i can't hear u..... not an iphon e killer i c....... look at u guys quiet as a church mouse.....fanboys mark this day....11 21...reality sets in that th eiphone rules....now go force urselfs to like it....
7. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 14:33 0 0
What are you typing on, something by fisherprice? Maybe you could settle down a little while typing. I am sure we will all still be irritated by your snappy comments when you hit "post reply". No need to rush it.
20. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 15:10 0 0
come on now. I have an iPhone 3g too but I don't find it necessary say stiff like that even though I know where you're coming from. You and I both probably told people to wait for the phone to come out first before comparing and calling it an iPhone killer. I still think the phone is pretty cool, but I just hope that next time people wait before bragging.
27. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 15:24 0 0
Ok first of all I agree with 20. Why don't you wait and see before saying anything? Second, the iPhone is an awesome phone, but it will never be as good as it could be without verizon. Verizon beats AT&T any day and you know it. The service is much better. That's why almost all of the people I know with an iPhone complain of dropped calls all the time. The only one that doesn't complain about dropped calls uses it for internet only, and that doesn't even work correctly for him all the time. What you ultimately pay for when you get a phone is the service, that's the most important thing. All the extra features are great, but the service can make or break a phone. And by the way, let's see the iPhone send a picture message, or let's see it even take video. Also, you're comparing a phone that has been out for a while, and has gotten upgrades and things since then, to a phone that is brand new today. Give it some time and get over yourself.
36. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 15:58 0 0
you spoke to soon buddy! here i am!
45. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 16:38 0 0
The iPhone can send MMS and record if you're smart enough to figure out how to make it happen, which clearly you are not.
47. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 16:41 0 0
Its not AT&T's network that sucks its a problem with the iphone. I use the 8310 and have never once dropped a call. My roommate has the 2g iphone and he never has reception, and always dropping calls.
52. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 16:55 0 0
apple should stick to ipods thats what they're good at! get an lg they make awsome phones
54. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 17:02 0 0
Alright fine, go ahead and talk about all the other problems with it. What's more important, taking pictures and video, or holding a call? It's a great phone, but it could be better, that's all. Every iPhone I've used drops calls consistently, which is really annoying. If it can't function well as a PHONE first, it still needs to be improved. Either way, Verizon is still better than AT&T. Call me a "fanboy" if you want, because honestly that's all you can really say.
61. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 17:48 0 0
so basically you have to jailbreak or hack the phone to make it do a pic/video which clearly consumer america is not trained on. You figure with the technology apple works with, a simple thing like pictures and videos would be included. Or is that another one of those apps you have to pay for? ;-)
77. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:03 0 0
lol, u vzw people can call att shitty all you want, fact is..att is still #1 provider.
79. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:09 0 0
ALRIGHT HERE IS THE TRUTH ON THIS DEVICE!!!!!! I am a verizon user. I also like the Iphone (gasp!!) The storm is awesome. What I like about it is that is different from any other touch screen. To let everyone know their is an update already made for the storm software it just hasnt been publically released. (it isnt the first) It is alittle slow between screens but it isnt terrible. I can honestly say its what i want over an Iphone but its also different so it isnt really apples to apples. It is good enough of a device to give Apple a run and has enough different features to pull some away. Its going to be an on going debate because its going appeal to different users. It doesnt blow the Iphone away but it isnt over shadowed by the Iphone either. In my opinion its the first phone that can go head to head with the Iphone. To each his own and enjoy.
80. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:22 0 0
Actually, after Verizon's aquisition of Alltel, ATT is not the #1 consumer provider. They haven't been the highest rated provider for call quality and coverage for quite awhile and with the merger, they just lost their spot of #1 for total customers.
82. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:27 0 0
no its not smart ass...Verizon has 80 milliion customers.
