Say you're North America's largest wireless carrier -- how do you go about burying a product you're about to carry that you secretly wish didn't exist? One creative option would be to opt out of announcing it
when its manufacturer does, then quietly launch it on the same day that you're announcing the phone
you're calling the "must-have device of the year." Tricky, eh? Yeah, sure enough, by all appearances it seems that Verizon doesn't plan on celebrating the arrival of the Storm2 with the same fanfare it gave the Storm, despite the fact that the new device directly addresses the biggest complaints dogging the original model. It's a "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" sort of situation, we suppose. Anyhow, it looks like pricing should come in at $179.99 on contract, though $100 of that comes in the form of a mail-in rebate that you'll get on a prepaid debit card, so you'll actually be laying out close to $300 before taxes when you march into the store on October 28. Hey, look at it this way: at least you can keep refreshing Engadget on your old Storm to learn about the Droid while you're waiting in line for the Storm2, right?
[Thanks, anonymous tipster]
posted October 23rd 2009 2:41PM
The droid looks much more impressive and capable. I expect it will way overshadow this Storm and the Pre. Too little too late for Storm 2 and it's mostly archaic OS. 256 MB of ram for apps? Crap browser? Terrible UI with menus and configs all over the place?Nope.
Rumour has it that Verizon pressured RIM to get the original Storm out as soon as possible, in time for Christmas sales: Storm development staff were not pleased to have to ship it early... and now Verizon isn't going to support the launch of the Storm 2? Sounds like Verizon dicked RIM around but good... so here's hoping that RIM finds greener pastures with other networks.
I love my Storm and absolutely love the Storm2 from the 10 minutes I got to play with one. WiFi, MiFi and the touchscreen is ridiculously awesome.
Name me another phone that is as great as either of these and and works in Dubai, Australia, London and the US. You can't. And that's what I neeeeed. =)
iPhone.
Easy.
There are others as well. Google is your friend.
MiFi? Is that confirmed?
Sorry, the iPhone just doesn't cut it. AT&T doesn't have 3G coverage where I live in SoCal, or at my work, or at my friends houses....and so on.
DROID....
I just want to know, is this ever going to be released on AT&T? I know there were rumors, but I haven't really followed outside of that.
I would be more likely to pick this or the Droid up if it wasn't for Verizon's ridiculous plan prices. Even with my employer discount the cost is prohibitive. In two months I can switch and Sprint will have my business unless VZ steps up.
Up to a few days ago i had made up my mind about buying a storm 2 now i'm uncertain. I will probably hold out for an android phone running 2.0 that doesn't come with a keyboard.
I'm really not sure why I couldn't care less about Android... maybe it's for the same reason I don't care about iPhone OS.... I don't need fancy graphics on a phone or a superfast processor, just give me a phone that works fast and it's reliable with basic mobile apps... google maps, facebook, navigation, banking, pandora, evernote, office support, push email/calendar, simple browsing, and visual voicemail.
those basic apps seem to do it for me... I don't know, maybe I'm just too ordinary.
I have had the Storm since launch and hate it more and more every day. I was touting it when I first got it, but over time I have come to be so frustrated with the pretty much daily need to do a battery pull because of a freeze; the slow response; the slow accelerometer which drives me nuts; the dictionary that is so stupid; the lack of multi-touch typing; and really not having a keyboard is a killer when you are using a blackberry for work. I am at the point now that I honestly have to keep myself from wanting to snap the thing in half. Part of me has been waiting to see what offer Verizon will make to Storm 1 users, and the other half knows I wouldn't take a Storm 2 if it was free. I just have to wait for my new every two in February (good god, four more months...)
the only storm involved with blackberry's are the falling sales. you get decimated when you aren't innovative, and rim has been stagnant for years.
while the imagio and Droid should make this product seem inconsequential, consumers are dumb. the [undeserved]cachet of the blackberry name vs the relative lack of presence of WM and Android phones will allow the shitstorm 2 to win
Why yes the Storm was slow as hell, yet with the new 5.0 OS, the Storm (w/update of couse) and Storm 2 are both faster then the Android. I have the ease of multitasking while running several apps. I have indeed tested both OS @Rbnx