I just went back to my Storm after an...ahem...incident claimed my 50 dollar craigslist Bold 9650.
I decided I'd go clean slate on it--did a security wipe, then a BBSAK wipe, then installed this here .866 update. I know the Storm isn't on everyone's mind anymore, but I thought I would share some of my thoughts after running it for a week or so...
- The radio doesn't seem as good as what I had with the last OS (.419). There are areas where I got excellent signal with .419 but have trouble getting it with .866. Could just be another condition causing this...perhaps genuine network trouble...who knows.
- The battery life also seems somewhat diminished, and I have to think that's tied in with the radio performance. Still, I get through a whole day with juice to spare.
- Memory performance is excellent...little or no leakage. Granted, I have a pretty modest application selection: WeatherBug, Facebook, Opera Mini, Poynt, TuneIn Radio, Google Maps, ScoreMobile, Tether, Amazon, eBay, LogicMail and GT Blackjack Online. But that group required that I run MeterBerry as well due to memory leaks. With .866, I haven't downloaded MeterBerry and find a reboot isn't required daily as before...maybe every two or three days instead. That's pretty impressive in my book. Free memory is always in the 25-30 MB range.
- The homescreen banner's font is larger than what I saw in any earlier version--specifically the day/date line under the time, and the network identifier text (1XEV). Not sure why that had to be tweaked, but tired and older eyes are thankful for those changes.
- Boot up time is fast...for a BlackBerry Storm, anyway--about 2.5 minutes. Running other OS's in the past on this device, and with a similar app load, required four minutes or more before the device would be ready to use.
All in all, I'm happy with the performance of .866 on the ol' Storm. Should be good enough to hold me over for a few more months when...hopefully...the next-gen BlackBerry devices appear.
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