Comments on: Blackberry Storm Review: Quick Hands-On (83%)

By: Blackberry Bold (mini review - 75%) : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)

Blackberry Bold (mini review - 75%) : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:08:37 +0000

[...] while (having been released during summer last year) and it’s already been superseded by the Storm (which is probably in a tea-cup) though they are designed for different [...]

By: BlackBerry Storm Gets Off To A Wobbly Start : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)

BlackBerry Storm Gets Off To A Wobbly Start : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:05:25 +0000

[...] gave the Storm a fairly positive rating in our quick hands-on preview back in November, but we’ve had several plays with the phone since and become less impressed [...]

By: Manhattan Wired Store Gadget Feast Review : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)

Manhattan Wired Store Gadget Feast Review : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:33:06 +0000

[...] Storm There was a Blackberry Storm on demo, although most responses we heard were fairly negative, and the interface on the Samsung [...]

By: ed riseman

ed riseman — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:48:42 +0000

ed here, I decided to not be a wuss and keep trying to love this blackberry storm and afraid it’s not going to happen. Email is ok and better than previous blackberry but as a phone and using text is painful, slow and takes way longer than any normal phone. I have yet to be able to master entering a URL for the web and can find no instructions either on the phone or in the booklet. Have also noticed that the battery is not great and I feel I am constantly having to recharge, last issue is managing contacts – big problem here in that it does not appear to be possible to manage them and add a new number (eg: landline to an existing contact), so in my case I find myself with 3/4 different pages for one contact – a mess. I’m going to keep the unit for emails but get a seperate phone for calls and sms

By: Searching For The Supremo Smartphone (Part Two) : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:24:19 +0000

[...] Blackberry Storm Now, this one got us really excited with its big screen, innovative ’soft touch’ technology and huge pile of features. [...]

By: Simon Perry

Simon Perry — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:30:17 +0000

@Marcus & Ed – thanks very much for your impressions of the Storm. We’d love to hear from more people about it.

My first impressions
I tried it out one Saturday, separately from Mike, and did manage to get the typing sorted out pretty quickly – but was left uncertain that I’d ever be able to get to the kind of typing speeds that I get to on the real keyboard on my Curve.

We’re waiting for Vodafone to drop us one to review. Only when that happens will we have the whole picture.

@Ed – be really interested to hear if you change you mind over the week.

By: ed riseman

ed riseman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:10:21 +0000

Got my blackberry storm yesterday to replace my existing blackberry pearl and a motorola phone – thinking to myself – great I can combine the two. First impressions? I hate it – the whole concept of using this to make and receive calls seems to have taken 4th place to applications, web access and a load of junk that as a business user is irrelevant oh and emails. Seem to spend minutes on doing stuff that on a phone or regular blackberry take seconds. I did like the touchscreen and the “push” feel but does not always do what you have touched for and generally speaking it might be marvellous for some but mine is going back next week

By: marcus voloch

marcus voloch — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:42:51 +0000

i just came from the Vodafone store. Storm arrived on the German stores yesterday. Honestly, i didnt like it. the salesguy offered me a very good deal to change my previous package but im in doubts about storm or IPhone. the clickable screen is quite weird, maybe is just that i am not used to it. but it lacked accuracy. i misstyped a URL and to put the cursor on the wrong letter took very long. the qwerty keyboard is not so big (and i dont have fat fingers) so that many times i misstyped letters. one noticeable hickup is that the phone is slow. when you open an application, it takes time! looks like Vista on an old computer… i went there to buy the thing but left the store more inclined to end my contract with Vodafone and go for TMobile to get the IPhone.
anybody around that have bought the Storm and could provide some feedback??

By: Searching For The Supremo Smartphone (Part One) : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:29 +0000

[...] Blackberry Bold This deliciously shiny phone caught our eye when it was first announced, and we loved the look of its big, high-res, half-VGA display and generous QWERTY keyboard. When we got to have a play with the thing, we were bitterly disappointed: the thing felt huge in the hand and we couldn’t get on with the interface. Worst of all, there’s no touchscreen and only an average 2MP camera onboard, so despite the solid build, Wi-Fi and 3G, this wasn’t for us. Digi-Lifestyles score: 86% [...]

By: Blackberry Storm Review - Facts, Camera Profile & Owner Feedback

Blackberry Storm Review - Facts, Camera Profile & Owner Feedback — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:05:17 +0000

[...] Digital Lifestyles “The only downsides are visible fringing in the corners, slow continuous shooting and the lack of RAW recording and HD video – coincidentally the same downsides as its predecessor.” [...]

By: The Queen Visits Vodafone HQ (Videos) : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)

The Queen Visits Vodafone HQ (Videos) : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:46:55 +0000

[...] of Vodafone in Newbury last week on 14 November – perhaps to make sure that she got hold of her Blackberry Storm [...]