The Blackberry Storm is being released in the US tomorrow by Verizon. The reviewshave been favorable but far from glowing. Regardless, I’m due for a new phone and this one is reportedly good for traveling abroad which I’m going to be doing very shortly. Just curious if anyone else plans on picking one up?
My wife will have one next week. She won it.
She’s pretty jazzed.
Yep, I’m picking one up tomorrow morning. The Verizon store says they believe they’re getting 50 in, but they’ve also received hundreds of calls about it and expect their inventory to be gone by lunch. My company has a corporate account, so I’m getting the phone for free.
I’ve read the reviews also, and it’s true they’re not all that great, but for what this phone does and has, it’s a million times better than my current 4 year-old 7250. I can’t wait!
New Blackberry, Maybe. Tomorrow, no way. I can wait a few days or weeks.
I really, really wanted to like this phone, since I would love to get something iPhone-ish on the Verizon network.
But the main deal breaker for me was that it seemed clumsy overall. The hardware / software was not quick enough to be truly responsive. Often times I would be clicking or typing away and a huge lag would accumulate. Also, in the short time I used it I noticed many screen rendering bugs. It seemed very unstable.
If they fixed these issues I would be much more interested. I also don’t think the browser was a fluid and usable as the iPhone, in terms of scrolling and zooming around.