The Future Of Our Storm (must Read)
- I'm a first time BB user, have been loyal to WINMO until now. My uncle, a engineer for RIM, who I never really called or spoke to since I never was a BB owner, just told me so very cool and interesting things coming out for the STORM.
1 feature he mentioned that caught my attention is an option to disable the "click screen" and just allow basic "touch screen". He admitted during Beta testing of the storm nobody was certain on how long the screen will last on heavy BB users.
and regarding the updates, we should see 1 once every 45 days or so until most of the common bugs are addressed.... then within the next 4 months or so, we should see a major OS upgrade.
The conversation was short as I was on my way in to work but ill discuss more with him tonight.12-01-08 01:10 PMLike 0 -
- cool sounds good. i would assume no one knows how long it will last as this is the first device of its kind. while its not a positive note i wouldnt necessarily say its a bad thing / there is some fatal flaw. only time will tell. if it does crap out, a lot of people will experience the crap out and im sure something will be done. not too worried cant wait to hear more12-01-08 01:41 PMLike 0
- Very interesting perspective, and it sounds entirely credible. It should certainly be an option to disable the "click" aspect of the touchscreen and utilize touch-to-click. The update schedule also seems reasonable - although a "major OS upgrade" is truly what this phone needed prior to release.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com12-01-08 01:48 PMLike 0 - Hi all, just a newbie here....but I think the way some people use their BB's, they we will start to hear about it long before it may happen to most of us12-01-08 01:48 PMLike 0
- I'm a first time BB user, have been loyal to WINMO until now. My uncle, a engineer for RIM, who I never really called or spoke to since I never was a BB owner, just told me so very cool and interesting things coming out for the STORM.
1 feature he mentioned that caught my attention is an option to disable the "click screen" and just allow basic "touch screen". He admitted during Beta testing of the storm nobody was certain on how long the screen will last on heavy BB users.
and regarding the updates, we should see 1 once every 45 days or so until most of the common bugs are addressed.... then within the next 4 months or so, we should see a major OS upgrade.
The conversation was short as I was on my way in to work but ill discuss more with him tonight.12-01-08 02:07 PMLike 0 - pushing down on the screen technicaly would be a hardware feature... but as you notice before you click on letters and such, it highlights it right before you do it, so im sure some software would just select what ever you touch before you have to actualy press down on it.12-01-08 02:14 PMLike 0
- pushing down on the screen technicaly would be a hardware feature... but as you notice before you click on letters and such, it highlights it right before you do it, so im sure some software would just select what ever you touch before you have to actualy press down on it.12-01-08 02:26 PMLike 0
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While I think it would be a good idea to let users choose between the click screen and traditional touch screen operation, it would probably require a good amount of work on RIM's part to make it happen. So, if and when there's an OS 4.8 maybe then, but I doubt we'd see anything like it before then.12-01-08 02:40 PMLike 0 - you know I was talking with a friend and he brought up the point that after a while would the suspension the screen is on snap?
and you know defending my purchase I said nah how could it they test these things and probaly pound the $hIt out of the test storms.
but that would worry me that after my warrenty and such is up that the screen suddenly doesnt work.
but disabling the click defeats the purpose of their entire angle of buying the storm over an iphone..
it sounds like they'll make better suspensions secretly in later models and release them as if they were the same as previous storms
than if your screen does break and your mad enough over it you'll call RIM and they will have you ship it to them and they'll either fix it or send you a new unit secretly, sounds like they're won't be a public recall
any thoughts? this is mere speculation12-01-08 03:09 PMLike 0 - Thats what I was thinking! Just don't mention any type of forums or website... he might become a little less informative when he realizes you're relaying all of this info to thousands of people. Also, one specific question: Ask him if the versions that they are currently working with are much higher and faster than the current leaked 0.75.12-01-08 03:09 PMLike 0
- I am a fan of the click,
but it would need to be disabled for games (thinking of how games work on the iphone)
honestly if they make the clicking a toggle (on/off capible) than a blackberry storm would be able to offer you the best of both worlds.
a storm and an iphone in one!12-01-08 03:12 PMLike 0 - I have already planned to go get my Storm warranty replaced for "spiratic problems" about 362 days from now. That way I will have a brand new one a couple of days before the warranty is up.
I type a lot, and frankly it is just matter of time before the screen suspension quits working. I realized that going in. The good news is that my average time owning a phone is about 10 months.12-01-08 03:14 PMLike 0 - Well I hope RIM used quality parts in regards to this device. I mean I never had an issue with a blackberry before specially since I typed a lot and the keys never wore out. But the screen uses one button to do all the clicking. I just hope it is some great quality part(s) they used in that area and they did not get all cheap a$$ on us.12-01-08 04:02 PMLike 0
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- I really don't see this happening. On the surface this seems like it would be simple to implement, but it's really not... They have designed the whole user interface around the click... not to mention that app developers would have to design their programs to work both ways (not possible for some apps)... they would be better off making 2 different devices... or just scrap the click alltogether on the next gen device.12-01-08 04:07 PMLike 0
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