BlackBerry Storm in action, ad nauseam
By Paul Miller 
posted October 20th 2008 11:30AM
posted October 20th 2008 11:30AM
Surfing the internet
Back of the Storm
Dude with a Storm
VZ Navigator
Placing a call
posted October 20th 2008 11:30AM
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bah - HTC Diamond or Touch Pro better. first
...which run Windows Mobile. So, no, Storm > Diamond & Touch Pro...at least until they get Android installed! Then maybe I'll consider changing my vote.
The TRUE iPhone Killer*
*iPhone killer is not an actual device, rather the epic fail of apple to build a device with a decent signal
/fanboy discalimer/
It took me months to admit epic iPwnage. Still a fanboy, no longer a zombi...
Is it just me, or do they seem to be intentionally hiding the browser experience? Even when they show it, they pan around the webpage very slowly as if it wouldn't be able to render fast enough otherwise, and they don't even show how you zoom in and out. Secondly they used Google.com, which is the least processor and memory intensive webpage on the internet. I want to see them load up a robust page like Engadget.com or Nytimes.com and really show how it pans and zooms quickly around a webpage. If it had Iphone-like performance, wouldn't they be highlighting it all over the place??
A resistive touch-screen? C'mon guys. You really can do better than this. The resistive touch-screen completely disallows multi-touch like the other new touch-screen phones.
A Pearl-like keyboard? Doesn't that make this a non-professional device?
Well the 7100 series had that keyboard first, and that WAS a professional device (hate the double tap keyboard)
when you type in landscape mode, a full QWERTY keyboard will appear.
The f*cking article picture shows the damn QWERTY keyboard!
WAIT WAIT,
BUT CAN IT PLAY CRYSIS???
Can you?
I'm a Blackberry user and generally like the product, but this - especially in "Dude" clip - just looks like a clumsier, less intuitive version of the iPhone 3G:
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Gotta agree with you. If one was a blackberry user already, it looks to be a good option. Yet I don't think it looks as comfortable for the user as the iPhone is.
At least this has turn by turn navigation
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this thing drops on the 16th of november, correct?
Ok wait, a little confused....
VZW is a CDMA carrier. this has a SIMcard slot....
but not TWO SIMcard slots like i see in most world phones.
Doesn't that make this a GSM phone?
It's EV-DO for the States, Europe-friendly GSM for elsewhere, hence the single SIM.
The phone supports both CDMA and GSM bands, so the SIM card is for the GSM service, not CDMA. The GSM service will only work overseas and not in the US.
Nope it will also work in the US. The Verizon Storm is CDMA and quad band GSM plus 2100mhz 3g. So CDMA + 2G GSM in the states, 2G and 3G GSM for most of the other places in the world.
Do you have to pay that crappy Verizon Navigator fee. I sure hope not!
Ahahah, you're funny. "Not pay the VZ navigator fee." That's a good one.
if they're still doing it the way they did on my Voyager, then no, you don't.
don't mind the poster above me, he's letting hatred cloud simple facts.
the way that Navi worked on my voyager (and the other phones that support it *as far as I know*) is that you can download the app and either have it unlimited for a monthly fee, or you can use it for two days at a set price, something like 4.99 or in that general area. it was a very smart setup in my opinion.
I don't think that they would change this for the BB. they do usually force you to have a data plan with their smartphones though. just something to keep in mind. I may be wrong though, Verizon has been changing at a pretty steady pace over the last few years and I've been out of their loop for around 5 months now.
(and no, I'm not a VZW fanboy, I have t-mo at the moment.. and I've had AT&T [in the form of Suncom], T-mobile [two separate time frames], Sprint, Verizon, Helio, and PrimeCo [former name for Ntelos].)
Prokanda, I think the money you have to pay for 2 days or unlimited monthly constitutes a fee.
hrm.. maybe. the way I read his question was: "Will I be forced to pay for this service that I might not use?"
good point. he may have meant it the way that you're suggesting.
I personally thought that he was wondering if they'll make you pay for the feature if you're not going to use it at all. If that was the case, then: my mistake and disregard my post.
Did Pro really say that I'm wrong, and then mention the fee himself?
Sorry about the ambiguity, I am aware you don't have to pay the fee unless you want navigation. I was wondering if you have to pay to use the navigation. I am not a fan of subscribing to both a data plan and having to pay a navigation fee to use it.
Prokanda, I voted you up for civility, it's pretty rare that anyone admits they may have made a mistake and not go on the defensive at the same time. Sorry if I sounded like an ass, I hadn't considered it from your point of view.
There is an option to turn off VZNav cost, but there's a fee...
Simply don't download the Navigator in at the Tools to Go section of the phone adn you won't even have the program on your phone or worry about subscription service fees. Though so far it's my favorite GPS. Running on my Samsung right now, tossed that big GPS in the closet.
I don't beleive you are forced to use navigator, however the test unit likely has all options enabled for eval purposes.
Verizon is however in the process of "opening" their network. If a device or app is compatible with their network they can use it. The key is how they define compatible.
To me, this would seem to insinuate that if a device has GPS, and happens to use another app, that will be OK in the future. However for now, vz navigator is likely the only option on verizon's in-house marketed phones. After they open up however we should be able to use vanilla firmware, and service books (on bb's) and use gps with bb maps, after having vz re-enable your phone for a few bucks on your current plan.
hope that helps.
FAIL , 2 letters on each "key" for typing , what a way to slow things down, why cant it have a full keyboard
It can, if you rotate it sideways.
it does have a full keyboard, it just has to be horizontal.
Are you blind?
Did you not see all the videos?
Did anyone else think that there seemed to be a potentially annoying delay when flick from one screen to the other?
Not nearly as bad a delay as my iPhone switching from 3G to Edge to No Service to the dot...
Disturbing resemblance to... Err... Everything else on the market?
Innovation at its finest, folks!
Looks like a Blackberry to me...
It's pretty hard to continually make something that doesn't look like anything else just to be different.
how many ways are there to make a touch screen phone look COMPLETELY different than everything else ever invented in the history of our time?
....I HAD A HTC DIMOND, AND HTC TOUCH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AND HAVE A BLACKBERRY BOLD, .....AND ......HTC..........U R NO BLACKBERRY.....I WILL TAKE 2 BLACKBERRY STORMS PLEASE........
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there is dumb And then there is you
What was that about??
And why everything in CAPS? I don't see a point there.
I had HTC touch, hd, diamond, dual, tilt, BB bold, pearl, flip, curve, Moto Razr, Rokr, rizr, slvr, and crap..... So what??
I've owned every phone there is! I'm so c00L!1!!!!1!11!
CDMA/GSM dual band? gotta love that.
I suggest RIM and Verizon to refrain from showing anymore of these videos demonstrating actual use of the product. Not impressive at all. Usability looks clunky and clumsy.
you forget,
this is verizon.
This is currently the most innovative and advanced phone they have.
Way to be VZW! always at least 6 months behind everyone else!
They don't even have a launch date for the HTC Touch diamond, let alone the HTC touch pro.
Considering the touch pro could be a minimum 2 month wait at this point, i might just go for the storm.
Your e-peen usability is shrinking.
Lol @ HTC comment. Trust me, you don't want any HTC over any Blackberry.