BlackBerry Storm Review

35. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 16:35 0 0

I think you chaps in the states yap on too much about the "next best thing" and then get your hopes dashed in an instant or stick to your "if" bad decision like its faith. Its a phone, its not Jesus. The purpose of all reviews is description and hopefully details on how it works. Not the good and the bad and the obvious ugly. Really are you'll all 20 somethings that live with mommy and spend days on forums flaming reviews? The review was detailed and I liked it. The detail I liked is that it hurts the thumbs since clicking a mouse button for me hurts with my hyper-sensitive skin. I'm not a fan of the other side either ( got an iPod Touch). By the way a I recommend the Oxford dictionary for you'll to learn what "bias" and "critical" really means.

44. Big Moe (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 18:24 0 0

It is official. I didn't mind the biased reviews and such provided by phonearena.com. But at the same time, I've never seen such a terribly presented review. For you to go as far as to quote the commercial with your own words is a slap in the face. Let's recall the iPhone's first review. Aboslutely nothing wrong with it. And if there was an issue, there was a fix coming. Phonearena.com should be ashamed of themselves for the incredibly distasteful review. The Blackberry Storm, just like MOST if not EVERY first generation phone will have issues. I am saddened to see that the front office has allowed a review like this to be posted as it shows no confidence in any services provided by either Blackberry or Verizon Wireless. I'm sure that a review like this will cause backlash from businesses and customers alike and I hope that it escalates through to the appropriate channels. Phonearena has officially lost all my respect for any and all of its personnel and opinions due to its biased and partial standings. My opinion may not mean anything and I can live with that. But, the most effective form of marketing is word-of-mouth. So I will not be the only person that at least hears about the horrible content of this website. Happy Holidays!

46. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 18:38 0 0

have any of you guys even had the phone? I got one the first day it came and yes it does have some issues but the majority of those issues will be sorted out with some firmware updates. let us not forget all the problems that the iphone 3g had when it first came out. i have had an iphone and now i have the storm and i would take the storm over an iphone any day! the iphones keyboard is total crap and if your fingers get tired using the storms key board your weak. My friends were amazed at how fast i could type on my storm. though the storm is not a perfect device i do have my complaints. One being the word selecting when your in your messages is a pain the should have put a cursor mode in those screens for selecting just like on the web browser. The second thing and with all do respect to phone arena but they missed the mark big time in the battery life rating the must not use there phone very much because my take is hugely different. i run my own business and i am on my phone all day doing stuff on the internet, making phone calls, and emailing and texting. none of this was a problem with my curve i would still have plenty of battery by the end of the day. its a completely different story with my storm the battery life is horrid i have to charge it after Im done at work or i wont have it for the rest of the day. keep in mind i work 6:00 am to 12:00pm and that is not very good at all. i was very disappointed in blackberry here because thats one of the things that they are known for is excellent battery life. i do agree it has some flaws but to go and say that it is garbage and a complete miss on rim's part is just ignorant.

47. Big Moe (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 18:43 0 0

Now, to all the people bagging the Storm and Verizon Wireless. This will be my last post. You all are terribly misinformed. Verizon Wireless is THE BEST and MOST RELIABLE SERVICE available. You people are stubborn and at the same time, very ignorant. Hopefully your parents didn't pass those traits on to you as then you would officially be SOL! Regardless of the reason, there is no proof that you could possibly provide that says anything other than Verizon Wireless is #1. On the other hand, coverage maps, surveys, awards, consistency all speak for a company that provide the service people pay for. The reason why other carriers are cheaper, is simple. You never get the WHOLE package. Unlimited calling plans come with more dropped calls. Simply Everything with no customer service. And you people complain about pricing? Verizon Wireless may not be for everyone but I can tell you who it is for. The person who wants to be taken care of the first time they call. The person that is willing to pay the extra dollar for Customer Service that is available 7 days a week! Are you serious? Some carriers don't even operate past six o'clock. But in your small world, you think there's no reason for higher prices. Fortunately, there are the brighter bunch of people who know they can reach someone until 11pm NATIONWIDE! Who are willing to pay extra because they understand the true meaning of INDUSTRY LEADER! So for you and anyone else who speaks before they think, don't! Keep your petty thoughts to yourselves because like many of the reviews on phonearena.com, they're just opinions and they stink. GO VZW

48. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 18:44 0 0

just one more reason that i would like to add for why the storm is better than the iphone. service plain and simple what is the point of having one of these high tech devices if you cant get coverage? att's service is just horrible those guys are crooks you pay verizon's price's for tmobile's coverage. at least tmobile is cheap. i have had all three carriers and verizon's coverage is better by leaps and bounds and with the take over of alltell taking place its just going to keep getting better. if you iphone users have a problem with that you can give me a call wait you probably dont have any coverage right now. too bad. =(

50. Jyakotu (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 19:12 0 0

I was surprised when I came on the site and saw the Storm's score of 5.5/10! I thought it would get higher.

51. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 19:19 0 0

A software update has been released for the device and some of these issues have been corrected. Now what some people may not know is that their phone may have had a software downgrade due to a security issue that was present in some of the devices. But if you go to the vzw website you can download the latest software. I think they should review the phone again with the new software on it (if this article was written prior to upgrading it) and see what they think of it then. On launch day and even now, some of the store devices have not been upgraded so if you go in to play with one, ask if it has had the software upgrade.

53. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 19:43 0 0

In my opinion the storm is great and for the person doing this review should seriously to be changed. you dont call potential users of this phone "posers" cause they want to use a blackberry anythingand are not with a business!!! I am getting this phone and are not with a business that uses the Enterprise system, and plan to use almost everything this phone has to offer! And dont critisize the phone because it does not do everything some of the other touch screens do, or cause it not an Iphone. People say go for the bold cause it has "free Wi-Fi", who needs wi-fi when you have a large 3G network and a constant internet connection. Its there first one (touchsreen) and so far it doing good, and whatever changes they need to make to it they will!!!

54. davidneary01 posted on 25 Nov 2008, 20:34 0 0

everybody who went out and bought the blackberry storm please read a quote that i found while searching reviews, the author of the quote was someone named Nelson from Springfiled... "HA HA!"

56. Louie (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 22:00 0 0

I am a Blackberry and VZW loyalist. I have owned them since they were bricks 5 years ago. I live by mine for my job and rushed to get this on Friday..... It is the most god aweful piece of crap I have ever purchased. I went back to my curve today. VZW and RIM should be embarrassed to put this phone to market. Its slow, battery is terrible, heavy, you cant type fast on it or while driving, changes orientation and wont go back, delayed response after pressing a key....I hate this phone RIM should stick to what they do best and make phones that are great for messaging.

57. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 22:06 0 0

i used one at the mall. it didn't respond that well and lagged a lot. i went to circuit city and played with that and that worked fined.

61. (unregistered) posted on 26 Nov 2008, 00:28 0 0

^^^ *The bold would get the exact same review if it were the iphone rival*