BlackBerry Storm 2 double feature: Vodafone display and Verizon training video sighted
By Ross Miller 
posted Oct 8th 2009 12:59AM
posted Oct 8th 2009 12:59AM
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maybe i'm the first comment? wish verizon didnt suck and this came to sprint. i'm pre bound
"i'm pre bound"
I am sorry.
no real other choice on sprint. hero? old processor. seems like in a few updates, pre will be up to par
No need to explain yourself, the pre will wipe the floor with even the new storm 2. Pre is a solid looking device.
I'm on Verizon and can't wait until the Pre hits our side. I left Sprint for AT&T (big mistake) and decided to try the other white meat of CDMA service: Verizon.
Except for one day where my Storm (soon to be replaced) went haywire and my wife and I got stuck on "extended network" due to Verizon being down in Florida for a bit...
But, other than that, I like my coverage and I like the Blackberry Curve I'll be getting soon.
And, from the time I spent with it on Sprint, I'm going to love the Palm Pre here.
In spite of the article title, that Blackberry firmly denies being on display.
Wow it uses BING. I am surprised. I guess you are getting more Bing for your Buck with the BB storm 2.
/unabashed pun-making
The video for Verizon shows it as an 8gb MicroSD card. Is that accurate? The article states 16gb or is that just for Vodafone?
Try watching it again. At 2:04 to be exact. It is not an 8 you see. It is a B, as in GB. You really think a training video would say 8 microSD card included?
That does make sense that it's a B. However, I still never saw proof of 16 vs 8 but either way, I'll find out when I get the phone myself in a few weeks =P When I originally watched the video, I was falling asleep at the chair already.
The Pre? Simply no comparison with a BB, any BB IMHO.
Storm 1: Fool me once, shame on you.
Storm 2: Fool me twice, shame on me.
exactly! I bought the first storm and oh my gosh was it sluggish, VZW took forever to release OS upgrades. I had to resort to crackberry and hybrid OS's for it to work decently. I would stay far far away from this.
Been using a Storm a friend lent me with the new BBOS 5.0 for a couple weeks now and I have to say I love it. I really wasn't sold on a touchscreen phone since I like physical keyboards. However, the screen is so beautiful that I can deal with it. I haven't noticed any of the sluggishness that you're talking about, but I know he's had problems with it up until this latest fw update. I think I'll hold onto this until the Storm 2 drops a little in price, but I'm very excited for the new Storm now.
as an owner of a blackberry storm, it makes a great paper weight.
A coworker has the Storm and I'm really surprised at how "wiggly" the screen is: put your finger on it and wiggle it around.
All these price tiles have been removed from Carphone Warehouse shop floors - it seems someone made a blunder in sending them out so soon.
The link in the video (http://www.blackberry.com/vzwwifisetup) forwards to this:
http://www.blackberry.com/select/vzw_training/OZ11615_9550_WiFi_Setup
But the page gives the message:
The page you have requested has been moved or no longer exists.
Please use the site map below to find the page for which you are looking.
Actually the second link,
http://www.blackberry.com/vzwserver50 sends you to:
http://www.blackberry.com/select/vzw_training/1282_VZW_BES_Sheet4.pdf
and the pdf is up.
"Combined with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0,
your BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9550 smartphone
delivers powerful new features."