Comments on: Like Zune, BlackBerry Storm Suffers From iEnvy

By: BlackBerry Storm Arrives in China for Enterprises

BlackBerry Storm Arrives in China for Enterprises — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:00:20 +0000

[...] to dethrone Apple’s iPhone. But it was plagued by poor reviews and a buggy implementation. As Om noted in January 2009, with the Storm, RIM didn’t play to its strengths; instead, it attempted to create an [...]

By: cesar

cesar — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:33:02 +0000

The problem that I see with the Storm is that RIM was overly proud and arrogant and thought that the iPhone was selling so much just because of the novelty and the touch-screen, so they went on and placed a touch screen over their Bold (and even removing things the Bold has), added the clicky thing, and thought all the smartphone lovers would come back of their own.

Wrong.

The iPhone wins because of all the support and all the thinking and insight that was put in its making and continuation. The best browser, the Apps Store, the new versions, the iTunes support and how easy it is to use, just to name a few.

RIM never thought on what adding a touch screen meant, and that’s why this Storm sucks but maybe the next one will be a lot better.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:43:19 +0000

Feature the Storm has that are lacking in the Iphone
1. Removable battery w/longer battery life
2. Removable/Upgradeable memory
3. Multitasking
4. Tactile touch response
5. MMS
6. Cut/Copy & Paste
7. 3.2 MP Camera
8. Video recording
9. Stereo bluetooth
10. Verizon service and coverage

The Storm is as equivilent to an Iphone as BMW is equivlent to Kia because both happen to have 4 wheels and motor. Some will defend their KIA, but it will normally be out of envy, ignorance or both.

By: coffee

coffee — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:56:16 +0000

I know what Microsoft should do to improve their Zune sales: get someone besides the big, hairy guy with a Zune tattoo to be their marketing front man/woman

By: BlackBerry Storm More Expensive To Build Than iPhone 3G (AAPL, RIMM) « MacRevu

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:22:15 +0000

[...] falls flat – MacDailyNews Bumpy Start for BlackBerry Storm – Wall Street Journal BusinessWeek – GigaOm – MSN [...]

By: jkOnTheRun » Blog Archive BlackBerry Curve 8900 Reviewed; Has me Thinking «

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:10:08 +0000

[...] for me since it addresses the 3G concern and is already available on AT&T’s network. Om loves his Bold, although he’s already chomping at the bit to switch to the 8900. I’ll have to dig [...]

By: Storm lover

Storm lover — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:12:14 +0000

I love my storm you guys can have that kids toy from apple, I don’t like that company will not use their products. Keep bashing the storm it works great for me.

By: Blackberry Storm

Blackberry Storm — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:45:10 +0000

This phone will be a serious contender to the iPhone. I adore that how winning the Blackberry App Store will be since the Apple App Store is the standard. As well, can I sync my iTunes crap to the Storm because iTunes is hands-down the best multi-media application out there. I’m not so concerned about the size because it is smaller than the iPhone except for the thickness for which the iPhone. Regarding weight, the iPhone is smaller than Storm.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:09:57 +0000

Worst thing RIM, nokia er al ever done was come up with a iphone equivalent. They’ve allowed themselves to be dragged off course by Apple. Innovators should do just that, not attempt to jump on the bandwagon. Do i use an iPhone because its touch? NO. I use it because of its superior UI, OS, general usability and the fact that it feels like it was built to game. Palm get it…

By: SkateNY

SkateNY — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:40:49 +0000

@JeremyRoush: “Sports, filmmaking, and governments are additional examples of how a team’s overall talent depth impacts output quality.”

Nice, insightful post.

I’ll add this: Sports, filmmaking, and government” is predicesly three places where Apple is making serious inroads. The magical part? They didn’t even have to try.

By: abcyesn

abcyesn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:57:23 +0000

Another issue I encountered with my Storm after having it for only 2 days is last night the battery went completely dead so I plugged it in to charge. I plugged it out this morning, turned it on and it started going haywire doing all kind of weird stuff. I had to a hard reset to get it working again… Anyone else had this problem? I really love this phone but after reading alot of the posts, seems to me like this phone has the potential to have alot of issues.
share your stories at http://www.Storm-BlackBerry.com

By: Jeremy Roush

Jeremy Roush — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:52:33 +0000

Doug, as the owner of four different models of RIM devices over the years, I can’t agree with you that RIM makes “insanely great” products. While functional, Rim’s devices are not “polished” in a way I appreciate.

People often confuse polish used in this context with superficial, so will define polish here as successfully implemented functionality that looks and feels “good”. The gestalt experience.

Not important, or noticeable, to everyone.

In any case, Apple is not competing with RIM, but RIM is competing with Apple.

By: Doug Powers

Doug Powers — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:15:15 +0000

I’m pretty tired of hearing absurd claims about the iPhone being the revolutionary device, and the Blackberry as an also-ran. I distinctly seem to recall it being the other way around. The Blackberry was the revolutionary game changer, and the iPhone, the late coming feature dropper.

Keep in mind this is RIM we’re talking about. In the Mobile space, they’re the real Apple of the business – the ones coming out with the insanely great devices others are late to the party with.

By: Jeremy Roush

Jeremy Roush — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:12:27 +0000

Good post, but here’s an important point: in any given field there are a finite amount of highly talented people with the skills required to consistently produce a high-quality product; this is a common oversight in technology reporting.
I think it’s fair to say that Apple has the highest concentration of highly talented people creating, polishing, and producing hardware and software products (and everything it takes to market those products). Additionally, talent attracts talent, making it increasingly difficult for other tech companies to find the talent needed to compete at Apple’s level.
Certainly other companies have talented people on staff, but they simply don’t have the overall depth of talent that Apple obviously possesses.
Sports, filmmaking, and governments are additional examples of how a team’s overall talent depth impacts output quality. I’m not sure why so many people miss this point in tech reporting/commenting.

By: bhanu

bhanu — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:15:41 +0000

Om,
Well said. Another key stat missed by you and all the other media is how many of these were returned within 30 days ?

Storm concept is neither physical key board nor touch screen , its in between. This made the device harder to use on a day to day basis. Then there is the web browser , a nice web browser would have been a great addition to this device. But the current one cannot hold against the safari mobile , not even against Opera.

Horrible browser , lack of WiFi killed this device. This would have been a perfect one if they fixed the key board , added WiFi and improved the browser.

The only respectable spec is a TRUE GLOBAL ROAMING option . I love to have a phone that works on CDMA and GSM.

By: Parkite

Parkite — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:50:56 +0000

I love the Bold also. The reason I choose it over the Storm was the wifi and the keyboard. Too bad it is only available through ATT. Their 3G network pretty muchs sucks.