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.