Comments on: Impressions of the BlackBerry Storm so far http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Scotty http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413292 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:47:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413292 James, so I bit the bullet and jumped into the Storm but still no eReader. A few days seems to have drug on a bit??? Any updates on the beta release? Yes, I have eReader titles trapped by the DRM and can’t read them on my Kindle 2 so looking to see how that gorgeous screen on the Storm does for reading them.

]]> By: ido http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413291 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:41:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413291 The typing is what stops me from getting this phone…

Have you noticed the lag in the typing of an email improve as well?

Is the fact that you have to depress the touch screen fully before pressing another key annoying? has it improved at all?

]]> By: Greg http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413290 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:31:14 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413290 Thanks for the update. Have you used the camera or MP3 player yet?

]]> By: Sachin http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413289 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:57:47 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413289 Nice to hear so many good things after a long time about Storm….otherwise everybody from new york times to any local hoi poloi was just telling me about its drawbacks.

]]> By: dadavildy http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413288 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:15:10 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413288 Thank you for doing this review. My buddy has one and I was disappointed with the OS’s lag.

I will have to tell him about the new update.

]]> By: Patrick Moorhead http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413287 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:21:30 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413287 Nice writeup.

I think I need to download the new firmware. So many small things I hope it improves. Even Twitterberry won’t go landscape for me.

I have been using the Storm since inception and here are my thoughts in a blog: http://budurl.com/storm

And the Bold: http://budurl.com/BoldCloud

]]> By: Marin http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413286 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:39:26 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413286 James, nice write-up. I’ve had the Storm for a few months now and really like it. It definitely sh*t the bed with the debut software, but since then it’s been a reliable and entertaining smartphone. I’d still put the iPhone, Bold, E71, and TouchPro ahead of it though.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413285 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:24:36 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413285 Tax Man, the Blackberry GMail app has a setting that tells the program to notify you when you have new mail. It works just like the BB mail app in this regard.

]]> By: Tax Man http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413284 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:09:35 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413284 James,
Please clarify about your email on the storm. When you talked about the email notification, I figure you meant the built-in BB mail app. But then you talked about using the Gmail app. Does the Gmail app do something special on a Blackberry? Just curious.

Tax Man

]]> By: HSK http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413283 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:34:57 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413283 I had one for a few weeks. As a Sprint customer, I wanted to test it out before porting my number. I really liked the phone also – the display blows the iPhone away, IMO and I also liked the click feature due to the reason JK mentioned about accidentally hitting the iPhone’s screen. Typing was pretty easy to pick up and I also liked the SureType kb – got pretty fast on it. However, my problem was call quality. People said I sounded “muffled” and the ear piece was crappy/crackly. BT worked fine, but I don’t use BT all the time. I decided to take it back and wait a bit for improvements. One thing I also want to see is how the screen/clicking holds up after at least 6 months. The screen “floats” and there are already people complaining about dust under the screen. Also – VZW would cost me about $50/mo more than my plan on Sprint, so I am waiting on the Pre, the RIM “Niagara” (the “Bold” for CDMA) and then the new HTC WM devices before I consider the Storm again.

JK – Please keep us udated and try Opera Mini too. Still has the hyperlink-launch-without-clicking problem, but I really liked it.

]]> By: Curtis http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413282 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:34:53 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413282 Thanks for the interesting read – looking forward to future updates. My company is getting me a new Verizon phone soon, and the Storm is an option. Everyone at my company uses a Curve or 8830, but I like new technology. Does anybody know if the Bold will be coming to Verizon this year?

]]> By: Nate http://gigaom.com/mobile/impressions-of-the-blackberry-storm-so-far/#comment-413281 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:13:07 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=29939#comment-413281 Interesting.

I’m a Verizon user, still stuck on my Pearl. It’s hard not to have the Storm on my short list of possible next phone, because the options for Verizon users are so few. I have a pretty big aversion to touch screened phones, though.

I’ll be interested to here your thoughts on the phone after long term use. From what I’ve heard, people seem to hit a wall with this device, once the newness has worn off.

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