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You can't be serious. :) Storm is the shittiest touch phone on
the market right now, especially for the price.



]]>Oct 26th 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 25th 2009 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/..No. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
Don't get me wrong, the storm is great in many ways. It just freezes up constantly, forgets to rotate, and won't unlock after I get any sort of notif.]]>Oct 24th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
Lemme tell you that now that OS 5 makes the Storm so much more usable. Reverting back was a very painful experience. This is excellent news for me, since I actually have to use my Storm for work, so I'm extremely excited.]]>Oct 24th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
can't wait for storm2.!!! ]]>Oct 24th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
I'm kind of surprised they even kept the name, I hope they can turn it into a reliable device this time around. I'm always looking for a good alternative to my iphone.]]>Oct 24th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
.191 on the Storm i went an entire week without having to pull the battery. Memory management on the new OS is much better and not leaking memory all over the place unless you think you have an iphone and try to download every app in the App World.

Numerous people on the latest .323 will call you out on this one as well. ]]>Oct 24th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
Regardless, I'm looking forward to ditching my Storm for the Droid/HD/Dragon/....]]>Oct 24th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
While i left my Storm behind for the Bold back in Sept, the 5.0 builds pull the Storm very very close to the Storm 2, and id say easily within 5% of the new Storm 2.

If you have a perfectly functioning Storm right now, i wouldnt be jumping up and down to buy the Storm 2 to be honest, a new screen click (that is based off the software btw) an extra 128 RAM and wifi isnt enough to make one dump their phone and shell out 300+ dollars (assuming you bought it one year ago and go for a one year upgrade).

If anything people will be jumping to the Droid. Its a shame but this is a lesson RIM needs to learn the hard way, they were the only game in town last year with a decent touchscreen phone on the carrier, but this year their phone seems like a mere afterthought (VZW definitely thinks so, look at the hype then and now) and only the BB faithful are really excited about this phone...]]>Oct 24th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
I've been drooling over the Droid since I first caught word of it. I'll definitely be checking it out and it will probably be my next purchase. I just need to figure out the cheapest way to keep my phone number and acquire the phone.]]>Oct 24th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/although this is nice from a customer service standpoint. although the only true fix for SurePress is a new phone]]>Oct 24th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
The Android is on the Horizon - Sprint/Clearwire/Intel/Google - Wide Area WiFi network is pounding the pavement - quickly and broadly 4G
The speed of its availability - is incredible. I certainly will wait for making the change and I will not sign a new contract for 2 years under any circumstances. Verizon doesn't giveashit about its customers - They and RIMM were so scared of APPLE they rushed the storm to the market - onebigpieceofshit!]]>Oct 24th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
So you bought a dodgy phone, that's your fault. 7 months is pretty good - iPhone users got an average of 6 - 12 months til their next version came out.

If you don't like being on a contract, then just buy your phones outright - oh, but wait, then you'll probably ring up RIM or Apple or whatever DEMANDING that you get it for the same price as on-contract, or else "ohmahgawd, I'm liek, totally not gunna buy your phone EVAR AGAIN!!!!1"]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 25th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
We dont take opinions from iphone users.

SP]]>Oct 24th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
I loaded 5.0.0.323 on a friend's Storm last week and it was like a brand new phone. He's absolutely thrilled with it, so this will definitely be a welcome upgrade to Storm owners. Hopefully .328 (the rumored release version) is even better and faster than .323!]]>Oct 24th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/_>
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I've been running .230 on my Tour for a couple weeks now and it runs faster and stabler than 4.7 ever did. Maybe they're just making a bigger deal out of it for the storm so they can apease the userbase that might feel betrayed by the launch of the S2.]]>Oct 24th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
Cheers.]]>Oct 24th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Outside of the small space bar, nothing about this phone drives me as nuts as the idiotic autocorrect. If I type "cakk" it should realize that, the k being next to the l, I probably meant "call." Nope, instead, as soon as I hit the small spacebar, it makes it "cake." Dammit, the e is nowhere near the k. The odds of that error are much, much less than simply having my thumb slightly to the side.]]>Oct 24th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/When will you let us change the color of the LED? Red for BBM, blue for email, green for missed call, etc? Maybe even allow us to do it for specific people.
Yes, 3rd party apps do this, but since they don't get integrated into the OS they just end up sitting on top of everything and doing it poorly.]]>Oct 24th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/Oct 24th 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/24/blackberry-storm-update-landing-tomorrow-bringing-lots-of-good/
I could live happily with the S1 using .323. It may not hold up against the Droid and followups, but S1 with 5.0 builds is a good phone.

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