http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/ Engadget Comments for BlackBerry Storm buyer's remorse? You're not alone! 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/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/46% return rate = end of RIM.
Do you have any idea how much it costs to have just 10% return rate ?
Just basic economy 46% return rate => RIM is over. (financially)
Or if hey are not over it's because they did make more than 100,000 Storm but as it was supposed to be their Kick-ass Christmas phone I suppose they got a few million out of the factory already.
46% is NON-SENSE !
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While I like the Storm's ability to be a cellular modem through tethering, the clicking screen, the battery life, the great cellular reception and the removable memory cards...

this phone was obviously rushed to the market unfinished and the patch didn't help very much. It competes directly with the iPhone, G1 and numerous other phones, but frankly, I like the G1 and the iPhone considerably more.

The Storm just doesn't cut it.]]>Dec 18th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
You like the clicking screen based on the commercials or actual use? Nearly everyone I've spoken to who has actually played with the thing has said the clicking screen fast becomes a hindrance rather than a selling feature.

+1 the rest though. Removable memory, what a concept! (coming from an iPhone owner).]]>Dec 18th 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
RIM missed out on a huge chance to make the storm a cultural icon. Even without the pop culture, they also didn't spend enough time Beta testing it to work out bugs. Frankly, I was ten times more impressed with the G1. ]]>Dec 18th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
Anyway, the real reason I like it is because it adds another very useful layer of flexibility to the input mechanisms. It differentiates a click from a selection. For example, on a crowded web page, a touch highlights a link, a click follows it, so you don't click the wrong one. Also, when entering text, holding a touch will allow you to drag the cursor location back and forth, rather then having to click the exact spot you mean to place the cursor. You can open and navigate menus, even lifting your finger and putting it back down, and it won't select an item until you actually click the screen. I think they could do a lot more with it too. I hope the stick with it for future Storm iterations if they keep making them.

It's certainly not a perfect phone, but I think it's the best Verizon offers, especially if you don't want Windows Mobile, or the Touch Pro takes a long time to get to Verizon. I'm actually pretty happy with it.]]>Dec 18th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
i was locked into att cuz i get discounts, and i hated the idea of me buying an apple product, but i can honestly say that it IS what all other phones/pmps/mids ASPIRE to be. it is really that great.]]>Dec 18th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/You are actually making complete and total sense this time. I'm ashamed to admit that I agree with you. I've hope I don't make a habit of this!]]>Dec 18th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
Getting to my point, the Blackberry Storm improves on some of the drawbacks of the iPhone and adds some unique features. I've tried it out, and I'm not a fan of the clickscreen, but it isn't too bad. The screen is beautiful, with decent resolution, and the interface is pretty good for a Blackberry. However, the major problem is that the device just isn't finished! It's buggy, and slow, the interface is nowhere near as responsive as an iPhone, it doesn't have hardware graphics acceleration (WTF!!), and the browser while functional is nowhere near as fast and fluid as Safari on the iPhone.

final words: RIM, you are going in the right direction, but you need to learn just as much as the other manufacturers that phones with first class hardware but second class software are NOT going to cut it when you are competing with the iPhone. The iPhone is incredibly popular not just because it is thin and flashy, or has the Apple cult. The phone truly provides an excellent user experience (for the features it has). The interface is fast, smooth, and intuitive. The apps are kept simple and clean. Everything works together well. in other words, FOCUS ON THE SOFTWARE and you'll have a winner!


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All these people, Rim, Microsoft, etc, etc, were basically laughing at Apple and saying (quite publicly) that Apple would never pull it off, and Apple bitch-slapped them all with the iPhone. You can love or hate the iPhone, but it you think for one minute that it has not been a success, and that the Storm was not a direct response them you are an idiot. Regardless of the public response of these companies to the iPhone, you know that product managers were getting pounded on for a response.

Apple forced Rim into building a touch screen device, something I seem to remember that Rim indicated back in early 2007 that they wouldn't do because it wouldn't be usable. Rim rushed it to market, and didn't do as good a job with the software as they should have, and to top it off, they launched it in the worst economic climate in the last 20 years.

We'll see if they can get the software right. Maybe they can.


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its dumb to have 99% dont own one.
.5% like it
.3% returned it
.1% havent decided (or whatever the categories are)

not add up to 100% rounding error.
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And got ranked up in the process.

Life's a bitch.]]>Dec 18th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
1. Use correct grammar and spelling so that people can understand your posts.
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4. Call out any and all overtly Apple favoritism engaged in by Engadget.
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6. If you know that you are going to get ranked low because what you are saying is contrary to popular opinion, state something like "I feel a low rank coming on" or something of that nature. Not sure why, but it works...or at least, it used to...sorry.
7. No Spamming!!!
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@Gaucho: You are in violation of rule #5. Just walk away man.
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The Official Guide to Avoiding Low Rankings on Engadget

1) Don't talk about Apple in any way positive, even if the praise is warranted and based on statistics, popular opinion, and actual sales.

2) Don't mention the iPhone in any Engadget post about a touchscreen phone, because as everyone knows, it is absolutely positively impossible that another company could be making a touchscreen phone because of Apple.

3) Don't suggest that Apple has innovated anything, because someone can always find an obscure company in Romania that did it first.

4) Don't suggest that a person might be a Microsoft Fanboy, because this is impossible, even if the aforementioned person has an Xbox, Zune, PC with Vista and every version of Windows minted in gold and platinum and a Bill Gates poster above the bed.

5) Don't say "First" under any circumstances.]]>Dec 18th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
You forgot #9. Don't have iEye or clak as user name.]]>Dec 18th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
I don't know why they went forward launching the phone with the .65 OS. It amazes me how many people still have not updated their phones to the latest OS and are extremely disapointed.

Even with the .75 OS there are a number of bugs that still need to be addressed and I am happy that I have until January 25th to exchange mine for something different if it doesn't get any better (Christmas Best Buy return policy).

I think there should be a 6th option for those of us that are still hanging on by a thread waiting for the next update, but still considering returning the phones.]]>Dec 25th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
I just voted for the last option (didn't buy one)

the results was (1:1:1:1:1) 20% each,,,

2 minutes later and the results were (1:1:1:2:46)

1 minute later and the results were (28:10:9:34:367)

this post is 10 minutes old!!!!]]>Dec 18th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/shouldn't there be atleast one positive vote to be had on the poll?]]>Dec 18th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
Wow, stay classy Engadget. Don't knock yourself out trying to get "facts" instead. LOL

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Biased much Engadget!? :)]]>Dec 18th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/]]>Dec 18th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
so they use what they can. and at least they are honest that it's not hard numbers. ]]>Dec 18th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
So why are you running the story then? Either you guys are pushing an agenda or you've just admitted you could be misleading readers on purpose.]]>Dec 18th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/Dec 18th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/blackberry-storm-buyers-remorse-youre-not-alone/
"a pile of anecdotal evidence and hearsay" That is what you run this on?

I have a pile of "a pile of anecdotal evidence and hearsay" that the iPhone is loosing users left and right. Are you going to run a story on that, or are you going to work like a bastard to make sure THAT anecdotal evidence and hearsay has some merit before pushing the Post button?

Somehow I think it would be choice #2

The poll is just a CYA.]]>Dec 18th 2008 12:35PM