BlackBerry Storm vs. knife blade... Fight!
By Thomas Ricker 
posted December 4th 2008 3:56AM
posted December 4th 2008 3:56AM
Some things are best tested by others. Say, for example, the guy who first drank from a cow's mammary organ or the equally daring person who took the point from the knife above to the display of his new BlackBerry Storm. In either case, the results are tasty. See for yourself in the video after the break.
[Thanks, Mike]
[Thanks, Mike]
It didnt pass the "diamond ring test" I bet...
It barely scraped through the cubic zirconia test I reckon, never mind diamond.
Should have just dropped it in a puddle of water and watch those gaps around the screen allow the circuitry to get a wash...never mind the knife.
I was hoping for a deranged upset owner to do serious damage on it.
how does it hold up to the pregnancy test?
I'm definitely reinsured now.
You mean "reassured"?
Thanks for playing!
The guy in the video says 'reinsured'. Its called satire. You sir are the one who shall be thanked for playing.
"pushing as hard as i can.."
yeah right....
Ok, is it just me or did he not put any pressure on it? When he was scratching it with objects the screen did not turn on yet when he put his finger on it to swipe the phone magically turned on. I don't know if the screen is heat sensitive but if it's not then he was definitely not putting any pressure to scratch the screen at all.
You have heard of capacitive touch screens, right?
Welcome to the 21st Century!
I would have like to have seen the knife held vertical and tightly at the very tip by the thumb and index finger and then dragged across the screen. I bet it would scratch. My 1 week old BB Storm already has scratches on the screen but I assumed that was because a plastic screen protector was placed on it at the factory, which would have only made sense. The small bubbles in the screen would seem to indicate so. The edge of the protector is verrry close to the edge of the screen. Am I correct on that?
It's a glass screen, what a innovative idea! :-) I don't think he put much pressure on the knife. I mean, I have the iPhone, its very tough to scratch, but not impossible. Changing the screen to glass from plastic before launch was a very smart move. I can see most touch screen phones going to glass.
Funny.... its cold in NY though hehe
Good thing he didn't use a serrated Spyderco...it would have torn that screen up (nothing against Benchmade, they make fine knives too. I just don't know much about the steels they use). Untempered steel won't scratch glass, but some of the properly heat treated blades can. After doing a little research, I found that tempered glass usually runs anywhere from 5.5-7 Mohs (hardness scale), while hardened steels used in knife blades usually run from 5.5-8 Mohs. I'm guessing that the glass in this is higher quality, and therefore running closer to 7 Mohs. The Spyderco knives tend to run between 7.5 and 8 Mohs, so don't try this test with them unless you want to kill your screen.
Either way, I'm pretty impressed with how well the screen stood up. Certainly beats my 5 year old Motorola.
I believe those are Moes, d'oh!
Yes, but will it stand up to (drumroll, pleaseee.....) a Cutco knife! VBG!
Benchmades are nice! I also like cold Steel knives.
if he isn't careful he's going to scratch his phone!
That guy must really be attention-starved.
Hey, Mike!
Since you scratched one, I was wondering if you have a spare Storm because I want one and I can't afford it.
I really want to upgrade my sgh-e376.
The older Blackberries screens scratch very easy, but they usually go away with time. I have the 8830 and the boyfriend has the Storm. We were wondering after watching the video why the screen was not activated if he pushed "so hard". We tried a variety of objects to see what activated it. It only seemed to respond to our fingers. Coins and plastic items did not work. So that is pretty cool that if it is in your pocket or purse or whatever, it wouldn't activate touching anything but your fingers.
Touch screen technology is pretty cool, especially on a phone.
The funny image of someone drinking from a cow the first time is probably far less interesting when you think, long before the thought to do that occurred, people probably butchered a cow into tiny pieces and tried ALL of the parts. Drinking its milk just happened to be a lot better for you than drinking its blood and eating its bladder.
Now how's the imagery hey?
*ewww*