http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/ Engadget Comments for RIM's BlackBerry Storm 9500 / 9530: details galore http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/If websites used by a large group of people (Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc) can be made easier to use, then why not include the functionality?

And if other competitors are including said functionality, it becomes an even bigger issue of not offering it.
]]>Oct 5th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
Acting mature by not accepting new stuff because you can't understand it, is not cool anymore.]]>Oct 5th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/sorry dude but neither online reality tv nor masturbating in front 1080p LCD does not constitute any advancement in technology. It is just different delivery channel of old ideas, lame and signals upcoming decadence
]]>Oct 6th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Nice to see Blackberry's trying to be "different".]]>Oct 5th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
All these features the iPhone has had for longer!]]>Oct 5th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
"HEY! That spatula is thinner than the iPhone! BUT I BET IT WON'T PLAY YOUTUBE LIKE THE iPHONE CAN"

Get a life.]]>Oct 5th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/unless the changed the OS for more than just the touchscreen stuff, im assuming not]]>Oct 5th 2008 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
In order for me to switch from my iPhone to the Blackberry Storm, all I'd demand is that it has a Youtube Client, the ability to sync Contacts with YAHOO address book, Aol Instant Messenger, and a web browser at least as good as Safari on the iPhone.

Otherwise, its a no sell for me. Alot of corporate people will want it though.]]>Oct 5th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
Get Opera. It's overkill when compared to Safari.]]>Oct 5th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/My N95 8 Gb ,( even if I start to be a bit bored of it), can eat your "photo package" for breakfast every morning; on it you can download and instll any app you can think of: Youtube,MSN messenger, my face, yourface, anything; it plays music much better than iPhones because of the best stereo speakers/ampli on any phone, it has copy&paste, you can use ANY browser you like, WIFI , BT, IR, barcode rader, and... I'm just bored to tell you more.
Now after trying (mind you:TRYING) and being disappointed by htc diamond, I'm impatiently waiting for one of the new wonder touch phones that we have been promised before Xmas, such as SE Experia , HTC HD, or something from LG or Samsung.
Maybe in the beginning I will miss the may , easily accessible fature of the 95, but nevr the awful pics and videos made by the iPhone, that did'nt even let me make video calls, or sed links by e mail.

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2) Blackberry OS 4.6+ all have WebKit based browsers, the same rendering engine as iPhone. So its pretty much the same browser as the iPhone.

3) There are messaging clients available for just about anything, MSN, AOL, Google, etc.. thats pretty true for all the mobile platforms actually. And the BB has push messaging, not pull like the iPhone I belive.

4) BB software can sync contacts just fine with Yahoo, its already in the menu of choices.
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2) Blackberry OS 4.6+ all have WebKit based browsers, the same rendering engine as iPhone. So its pretty much the same browser as the iPhone.

3) There are messaging clients available for just about anything, MSN, AOL, Google, etc.. thats pretty true for all the mobile platforms actually. And the BB has push messaging, not pull like the iPhone I belive.

4) BB software can sync contacts just fine with Yahoo, its already in the menu of choices.


/just saying... I like the iPhone quite a bit, but its $300 and I get BB's for free with work discount.

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REALLY???

do you think anyone who is going to buy a blackberry gives a cr@p about a youtube client?

yahoo mail? AIM???

why are you even here?

you should REALLY try to understand what makes blackberry different.]]>Oct 6th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 7th 2008 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
]]>Oct 5th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/ "Everything on that list, many other smartphones have, including many BlackBerries."

Then consider it just another model of Blackberry then. Companies make lots of different models. Blackberry came out with a clamshell phone... but wait... other companies make clamshell phones too!

Blackberry's strength is that it has many different models for everyone... from businessmen to teens. And they work on many carriers. ]]>Oct 5th 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/stormcopypaste.jpg]]>Oct 5th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
Very nice though. I don't use Verizon though :(]]>Oct 5th 2008 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
But not buying it till I see a plethora of 3rd part apps... and a better browser.]]>Oct 5th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
There were docs released a month ago that show RIM has released info for developers to build 3rd party storm apps. They plan on having their own App Store running soon after launch. Even without a BB app store you can find apps for all BBs on numerous websites. Start with Crackberry.com and you will see lots of 3rd party apps. The only differences between that and the apple app store are the BB current apps can't be found on one website (until the release of the BB app store) and they arent locked down (like Apple apps).]]>Oct 5th 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Nokia's broswer, for instance, is unsuable. Even though it has flash support. But it's TERRIBLE. Still Webkit.

See what I mean? Regardless, I'd settle for a non-webkit browser like Skyfire anyday.

As for 3rd party apps, BB has always suffered on that side, when compared to S60 apps, and now, iPhone apps. I check Crackberry each day too. Less than impressive apps.]]>Oct 5th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Oct 5th 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/- Innovative Click Through display
• Tactile response – offering the best of touch screen & keyboard
-3.2 MP camera with auto focus, zoom, video capture and image stabilization – integrated into your applications for one click posting to Internet
-Expandable MicroSD Slot with SDHC support (4GB, 8GB, 16GB)
-Removable Battery
• Operates on HSPA and EVDO Rev A
• Don’t have to rely on open Wi-Fi networks – broadband anywhere
• 3G Tethered modem
Designed with one handed use in mind...

I'm sorry I'm seeing a lot more things than what the IPhone can do...But you keep telling yourself that.

Maybe you should read the big file... http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/04/blackberry-storm-internal-product-positioning-marketing-points-blackberry-apex/#more-5964

It's pretty interesting stuff...like....

• Keyboard Study (based on internal RIM study with external participants)
• In an internal keyboard test, customer satisfaction was highest with the LG Viewty compared with Touch and iPhone
• The LG Viewty performed best compared with the Touch and iPhone on a variety of typing tests

]]>Oct 6th 2008 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
For just this once- take a lesson from Sprint (aka everything plan)]]>Oct 5th 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/Lets go to Sprint with their EVERYTHING PLAN.
And have the towers that we need for our phone to function be sold off because Sprint is on the verge of failing off.

They're losing a lot of customers and their plans are too cheap to make any money.
I give them an overestimated life-span of 5 more years.

Hands down.
Verizon has the best coverage and service of any carrier out there.
It sucks that the Data plan is required for the BB on the Verizon Network.
But after having my pearl for the last 3 months.
I see it justified in my mind.
And I shall obtain the Storm for my pleasure one day soon to come ]]>Oct 5th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
I love it, it's useful. It does things that I haven't seen in other phones. That's the fact. It's elegant, and it works properly. Another fact of the matter is that not everyone is completely tech savy. Sure you can install all those apps on a N95, but can the average joe do it? The reason why the iPhone is so popular and successful is because its intuitive.We shouldn't bark down on it's success, but be surprised on how well apple does. It produces an excellent looking product, that has more useful features combined into one thing out of everything I own. So what if I can't send e-mails all that great when I'm on the move, that's what my laptop is for. ]]>Oct 6th 2008 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
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http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/04/blackberry-storm-internal-product-positioning-marketing-points-blackberry-apex/#more-5964]]>Oct 6th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/
Please RIM don't fk this one up, I really don't want to get a contract from O2. Vodafone's customer service is waaay better. ]]>Oct 5th 2008 8:08PM