this was before .151-how the public REALLY feels about your storm.

[Card Storm]

This is to give some people some insight of where the storm really stands in the publics eye, not just crackberry. This was pre .151. Reviled by Reviewers, BlackBerry’s Storm Rages On | Gadget Lab | Wired.com 49 reasons why the BlackBerry Storm smartphone is the ideal gadget for international travelers

[R69L]

According to Jon Rettinger with Techno Buffalo, the Blackberry Storm was quicker than the iPhone when loading Internet pages. (See the video below)

Unlike the iPhone, the Blackberry Storm has two types of keyboards. It has a regular keyboard when in portrait mode, but converts to a full function keyboard in landscape. When you place your finger over keys they glows blue, allowing for more accurate typing.

Link

[yogi]

Thanks for the links.

[Card Storm]

No problem...sometimes its better to have a viewpoint that isn't just derived from opinions on crackberry.

[R69L]

Originally Posted by Card Storm

No problem...sometimes its better to have a viewpoint that isn't just derived from opinions on crackberry.

Did you get my pin.

[scorpiodsu]

Originally Posted by R69L

According to Jon Rettinger with Techno Buffalo, the Blackberry Storm was quicker than the iPhone when loading Internet pages. (See the video below)

Unlike the iPhone, the Blackberry Storm has two types of keyboards. It has a regular keyboard when in portrait mode, but converts to a full function keyboard in landscape. When you place your finger over keys they glows blue, allowing for more accurate typing.

Link

Of course it would load SOME pages quicker since the crappy browser can barely load real webpages and has to go to the mobile version.

[kinggeoff]

storm is a great phone. only getting better with time

strikes fear in the hearts of trolls everywhere. watch as they flee to their ibattle stations

[Card Storm]

Originally Posted by kinggeoff

storm is a great phone. only getting better with time

strikes fear in the hearts of trolls everywhere. watch as they flee to their ibattle stations

i agree with you once again.

[fecurtis]

Originally Posted by R69L

Unlike the iPhone, the Blackberry Storm has two types of keyboards. It has a regular keyboard when in portrait mode, but converts to a full function keyboard in landscape. When you place your finger over keys they glows blue, allowing for more accurate typing.

Link

While true, the blue glow isn't really helpful, your finger covers it most of the time.

Alas, RIM has fixed the issue as 5.0 has ghost lettering (meaning that when you're typing, the key glows its usual blue, BUT on the cursor, it'll show you which letter your currently highlighting for increased accuracy).

[Card Storm]

Originally Posted by fecurtis

While true, the blue glow isn't really helpful, your finger covers it most of the time.

Alas, RIM has fixed the issue as 5.0 has ghost lettering (meaning that when you're typing, the key glows its usual blue, BUT on the cursor, it'll show you which letter your currently highlighting for increased accuracy).

I have big fingers and it works great for me. I use the tip of my finger like most people do to type and blue glow is still apparent. Not many people type with their fingers flat on glass. There is a learning curve and after a while you don't even need blue glow.

[fecurtis]

Originally Posted by Card Storm

I have big fingers and it works great for me. I use the tip of my finger like most people do to type and blue glow is still apparent. Not many people type with their fingers flat on glass. There is a learning curve and after a while you don't even need blue glow.

Thats true too. It took me about a week and I can type just as fast as on any other physical QWERTY keyboard, just aim for the bottom of the keys and you'll hit them with really good accuracy.

In fact, a friend of mine is considering a Storm and he said he didn't think the clicking screen was a good idea because it'd slow down your typing. So he asked me to type a sentence, which was "I am currently watching Entourage". After I typed it, he retracted his statement about a clicking screen being prohibitive in typing speed.

[Sirhil]

The storm is a good phone and with the improvements it has only gotten better. I only hope that once the storm 2 hit the street that it continues to get support.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[Ronindan]

Originally Posted by Sirhil

The storm is a good phone and with the improvements it has only gotten better. I only hope that once the storm 2 hit the street that it continues to get support.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

Most likely it will, slower support yes; but RIM will support it. Just look at some the older bb models.

[Zipster]

Originally Posted by Ronindan

Most likely it will, slower support yes; but RIM will support it. Just look at some the older bb models.

If RIM is unifying the OS across all their more current devices from 5.0 onwards, then legacy support shouldn't be hard to do at all.

[ScandaLeX]

Originally Posted by Card Storm

No problem...sometimes its better to have a viewpoint that isn't just derived from opinions on crackberry.

Thank you for saying that. I couldn't agree with you more but the link you posted is based on what a carrier has to say. Thats no different than the postings on CB.