Storm over: Verizon to stop selling BlackBerry's touchscreen handset?
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RIM BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Specifications | Review
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11. Steven58 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:57 0 0
couldn 't have said it better myself.. kudos to you! ;)
2. numberonenygfan posted on 23 Feb 2010, 11:38 0 0
haha ... at this point with all my droid issues im having i wouldnt mind having a storm 2 but.. i gotta say.. i am interested in seeing what rim can muster up to compete with the current android handsets out there.. seems to me though they are going to keep things blackberry, why stray away from what works.. (other then the storm 1 bb has been a great mobile solution over the years for business professionals and is a great smartphone for people who are starting as a first smartphone, great ease of use factor) but this industry is app hungry so well see what they can do!
3. Kappy posted on 23 Feb 2010, 11:52 0 0
What droid issues are you encountering? That sucks. I'm sorry to see that!
22. jherz6 posted on 25 Feb 2010, 18:15 0 0
Yes what droid issues, I have the moto droid and have no problems what so ever.
4. ILOVEtechnology (unregistered) posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:07 0 0
Blackberry sucks! I rather stay with my iphone or go for a Google phone!
6. JackFace posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:29 0 0
Had it not been for RIM/Blackberry, you probably wouldn't be enjoying your iPhone or Google Phone... What an ignorant statement to say that Blackberry sucks... their email technology is absolutely amazing, along with a plethora of other technologies they carry. Get a life. Blackberry has been an innovative smartphone leader for years.
7. artz1986 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:33 0 0
RIM makes some of the most solid phones period. They might not be all flash and glam, bt at least BBerry users don't have to worry about their phone blowing up in their pockets, or the phone itself losing a connection. Serious question: if the iPhone didn't have Safari, what would be so great about it?
10. Legacystar posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:53 0 0
where would any successful smartphone be without a good browser. if my droid's browser sucked i wouldn't have bought it period. i won't dispute RIM success cause there phones (aside from the storm 1 with launch software) are very fast, they just don't have cappable browsers and thats really whats killing there success with the storm.
23. jherz6 posted on 25 Feb 2010, 18:19 0 0
I completely agree, The problem with the iphone losing its connection is the network its on. AT&T {Cingular} has always had terrible reception. AT&T has the highest dropped calls in the industry. True that it can access the web while making a call but what good is that if the call your on drops.
5. hmcougar09 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:27 0 0
iPhone sucks. Are you kidding me? It's so OVERRATED Anyhow, if this does happen, then I don't know what phone I'm going to get next. I just got my Storm2 not too long ago too! :[
8. rwolf1984 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:43 0 0
It is a tough life for iPhone killers. The first round of iPhone killers launched by Verizon did not last long Voyager, Dare, and the Storm. The Storm was the best for business users, but the device was disappointing as it wasnt as capable as the iPhone. The Storm II was a huge improvement and I was very surprised by how much better it was. As the article stated the device was launched just before the Droid, which probably had some effect. Blackberry has been very successful crossing over from Business Professionals to everyday ordinary users. However, Blackberry is somewhere in the middle between Android, the iPhone and Windows Mobile. numberonenygfan is right Industry is all about Apps. Sprint is going out of its way to secure 60,000 free apps for its users. Ability to download apps as an add-on is huge money for carriers and developers and huge in creating a great experience for the customer. Blackberry is going to have to make improvements to its app store. Blackberry has the most expensive App store. Android's App Store is 57% free. I believe alll of the android phones support Microsoft Exchange for corporate e-mail (for businesses going through MS exchange is much easier to support and is more cost effective, no need for an additional BB server). Plus MS Office Mobile apps are available through DataViz, Androffice, and Thinkfree. This year I think we are going to see a lot of business users and consumers seek out the consultation of Dr. Drew for their crackberry addiction and make the switch to Android. Who knows how many users are considering a Windows 7 solution. . .
9. Mateo8326 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 12:50 0 0
Storm was never a touchscreen it was push screen lol, you had to push in alot of stuff to do some of the main applications
13. BlackberryUser posted on 23 Feb 2010, 14:16 0 0
I think this was one of the major design flaws.
12. rockstar323 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 13:48 0 0
They could always be talking about just the 9530(Storm) and not the 9550(Storm2). Which would make sense, it's a year and a half old.
14. BlackberryUser posted on 23 Feb 2010, 14:16 0 0
I didn't think they sold the old storm anymore anyway.
20. ggp (unregistered) posted on 24 Feb 2010, 00:31 0 0
exactly what I was thinking... no need for storm 1 when storm 2 is around, and lots of people love that phone, it's not going anywhere for a while!
15. DOGIEFRESH posted on 23 Feb 2010, 14:21 0 0
The whole concept of a blackberry with a touch screen was destiny to a failure, Blackberrys got to have a physical keyboard otherwise is something else...!!!!
16. SellPhones82 posted on 23 Feb 2010, 14:39 0 0
I wondered why we no longer saw "Storm FTW" from all the VZW fanboys anymore. I wonder if now they will now admit it was NEVER a good phone. I thought the Storm 2 had a chance since they got rid of the stupid "click the screen" thing. Some phones should just always have a real keyboards and BBs are one of them.
21. The Spartan posted on 24 Feb 2010, 01:52 0 0
Well, it's because we've moved on to Droids and other devices. But I carried a storm for a good 12 months, and it was a great device. Sure it had issues, but what device doesn't? Storm FTW asshole. Eat shit.
