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Thanks!]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
some (probably stupid and obvious) questions:
1. what kind of calendar syncing does it support?
2. what email protocols (i assume the basic imap and pop3?) does it support push?
3. how does it group sms messages? (iphone-style conversation, or straight up inbox list?

thanks!]]>Oct 8th 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
if it's like a normal blackberry (which it probably will be since it's pretty much the same software)

1. exchange if you're on a bes or gmail sync if you're not (you've got to install the gmail app though)
2. pop3/imap4/owa/exchange (exchange only if you cough up for a bes)
3. both - it lists them all as an individual message, and then if you go into it, it then lists the history iphone style
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3. how does it group sms messages? (iphone-style conversation, or straight up inbox list?

You mean Palm Treo style conversation ;)]]>Oct 9th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Such a perfect phone and you had to skip out on one small thing....!! Why why why?!?!]]>Oct 14th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/"and enough radios to give your grandkids cancer"
they prolly couldnt fit any mor ein it]]>Oct 18th 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
WiFi is near, just nearly, worthless when you have "unlimited" (to 5GB) of data. Seriously. I keep wifi turned off all the time.]]>Oct 8th 2008 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
Im sorry, but many many people love wifi as an option - its almost a standard in high end phones now and for this highly anticipated phone to lack it is a big let down.

Personally i use wifi all the time, my phone automatically connects to my home and uni networks when i walk near them - so i get a seamless, fast and free internet connection. Can't live without it :) ]]>Oct 8th 2008 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
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You seem to be misinformed about wifi on verizon phones. I am a verizon customer and my last phone (as of last month) most definitely had wifi. and you can't use VoIP types of clients or servers on smartphone's meager browsers. so thats a mute point]]>Oct 12th 2008 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 23rd 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 24th 2008 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
Just another iPhone clone w/out WiFi... move along folks...]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
The iPhone sets the industry standard for touchscreen phones, and that's a fact.]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
Did. Past tense.]]>Oct 8th 2008 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
maybe he is french and therefore douche is shower.
do u shower? no? maybe should "open your mind" and move away from your computer for 5 minutes everyday

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you're totally right. the iPhone is *this close* to being a just another phone in an already cluttered market. Its missing integral parts of what we consider a smart phone to be. How is it that i can not take a photo and send it to friends, family or co-workers. Hell, ive used copy and paste three times in writing this reply. What Apple has down is integration, and its executed quite nicely. integration between apps and the iphone, integration between the i phone and other Mac systems (hardware and software). I have spent quite a bit of time exploring a friends first-gen iphone and am now considering a 3G iphone for myself. I currently have a RIM ( BlackBerry Pearl) and im wondering how the 3G would fair against it, but now the Storm and the upcoming HTC Touch HD in the mix, it changes things.

People (almost always Mac fanboys) think that the iPhone was completely ground breaking, which it was certainly not. It essentially just took what was already out there and brought it together with the Apple design standard and ease of use. so people, stop acting like the world revolves around a piece of fruit.]]>Oct 27th 2008 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/enough radios to give you kids cancer.]]>Oct 8th 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
But that Verizon software has gotta go]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
Pros:
G1: Google integration, cheap, cheap network, app potential, physical keyboard.
iPhone: iTunes integration, browser, apps, size.
Storm: BlackBerry OS, Verizon coverage, awesome typing.

Cons:
G1: Very beta-ey, T-Mobile, rather fat.
iPhone: App store lockdown, typing, AT&T 3G coverage
Storm: Probably more expensive, Verizon data charges, BlackBerry OS, no app store (yet).

Tough choice!]]>Oct 8th 2008 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/In november I'll be deciding if I want to stay on Verizon with this or move to Tmo for the G1...

oh the choices.]]>Oct 8th 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
An Engadget user who is open-minded and wants to choose the right device for his/her personal needs? What the hell is going on around here? You either love or hate Apple, Google, RIM, Nokia or Sony. Don't break the rules.

It's like an American who went into this Presidential election with an open mind. They don't exist.]]>Oct 8th 2008 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Maybe it senses other idiot verizon users around, like myself, to laugh at 'em.]]>Oct 9th 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/
Anyway...

It's time to knock it off with the "beta-ey" comments on Android, come on guys, don't call something "beta-ey" if you haven't used it. I wouldn't call the Storm "beta-ey," cause I haven't used it. To do that is just ignorant and uninformed.]]>Oct 26th 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/blackberry-storm-9500-hands-on/Oct 8th 2008 12:18AM