I am perplexed that anybody can honestly say the Storm 2 performed as intended

[metalmancpa]

I love and have followed technology for most of my 50 years. I had the first bag phone issued for cell service.

I am no expert but I feel I am savvy enough to offer up my opinion on the Storm 2. I feel the Storm 2 was a failure for what it was intended to be, and the fact the it appears that nine months after it's release it's being left in the dust (no OS6?).

I understand that technology moves at the speed of light. I understand that obsolescence has changed over the years and technology has a much shorter shelf life. I understand that we all want to compare this to that (Storm to iPhone to Droid, etc).

For as much bashing as I have taken on one of my threads and seen others take the same (blah blah switch blah love my Storm blah blah whine blah blah how could you have gone through so many Storms wjen I've only had one blah blah), if anybody here has a shred of knowledge about technology than I see no way that anybody can say the Storm was built for the future. The Storm reminds me of Boston's infamous 15-year multi-billion dollar tunnel project: by the time it was finished and opened it was already obsolete as it couldn't handle the traffic 15 years after it was planned. I look at the hardware specs of the Storm 2 and see a lightweight by any comparison. I don't care if VZW and other carriers have limited its capabilities - in hindsight I felt I purchased a Windows 98 computer in a Windows 7 world.

Please, I won't accuse anybody of being a fanboy and holding on to RIM and BB so tight that you can't let go, but give me a compelling reason as to how the Storm 2 is such a wonderful piece of technology. It really isn't, and shame on me for not doing my homework before I got one on its release date.

[desk]

we need a answer for rim!!!!

[dave1812]

yes, shame on you. feel better, now that you've created yet ANOTHER thread complaining for complaining-sakes?? What value does this thread (and my post also has no value in the grand scheme of things) have? ANSWER: ZIP.

[fnord]

I have no issues with the way my S2 has performed!

Yes, I wish the browser was better, but as this wasn't my 1st BB I knew what I was getting into.

As for specs, at the time the S2 held (take a look at the iPhone 3GS by comparison). While I fully admit the S2 hardware become obsolete, HTC has been releasing new Android-based device about every 2 months that top their last.

I guess you should have done your homework, but I grantee you'll have issues in one for or another with whichever manufacturer you move to next, and the device will be just as obsolete 9 months later...

[pcgizmo]

Surely this topic has been covered before. But since I'm here, I agree S2 was a huge let down as the upgrade from Storm. Build quality took hit and the OS's offered post-.517 were terrible. For it to be EOL'd after just 9 months speaks volumes! It flopped faster than Tour.

[dave1812]

Originally Posted by plkcable

. For it to be EOL'd after just 9 months speaks volumes! It flopped faster than Tour.

I look at it this way. the pace of model replacements has picked up recently.

[metalmancpa]

Originally Posted by dave1812

yes, shame on you. feel better, now that you've created yet ANOTHER thread complaining for complaining-sakes?? What value does this thread (and my post also has no value in the grand scheme of things) have? ANSWER: ZIP.

Actually I just do this because you seem most effected by such posts and I wanted to sit back and see how YOU responded. Thank you - you came through!!!

[ReignStorm]

I think from RIM's point of view, the S2 did what they wanted it to do. It gave consumers a touchscreen Blackberry experience. From a consumer point of view, I think we were looking for more. At the end of the day, people vote with their wallet. I see RIM losing a lot of business in the future. They created a sub par 9800 to compete with the iphone and galaxy on the at&t network. That tells me a lot.

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[dave1812]

Originally Posted by metalmancpa

Actually I just do this because you seem most effected by such posts and I wanted to sit back and see how YOU responded. Thank you - you came through!!!

no problem. I'm retired. I can afford to "waste" my time with your little game.

[i7guy]

Originally Posted by fnord

I have no issues with the way my S2 has performed!

Yes, I wish the browser was better, but as this wasn't my 1st BB I knew what I was getting into.

As for specs, at the time the S2 held (take a look at the iPhone 3GS by comparison). While I fully admit the S2 hardware become obsolete, HTC has been releasing new Android-based device about every 2 months that top their last.

I guess you should have done your homework, but I grantee you'll have issues in one for or another with whichever manufacturer you move to next, and the device will be just as obsolete 9 months later...

The S2 performs just fine. While it's about time iphone caught up to RIM with some basic missing functionality, the issue is all current hardware is now obsolete http://forums.crackberry.com/f145/ne...8/#post5418949.

Droid/iphone are has beens. Better dump your stock.

[howarmat]

it all depends on what you expected out of the device. i think some people expected to much out of it therefore got burned. I would say its was a good step up from storm 1, and mine worked very well too. But the added memory and great typing made the storm 2 shine. I still can type tons faster on it that the Incredible.

There is not 1 thing the I can think of that RIM or VZW said the storm 2 can do that it doesnt. It performs as I expect it too. now 9 months later yeah it doesnt stand up in the speed category compared to the newer device but i dont expect it too either.

Its a good phone when it came out and still is. It can be better yes but that is another debate.

[metalmancpa]

Originally Posted by dave1812

no problem. I'm retired. I can afford to "waste" my time with your little game.

In all seriousness, I think my threads have been straight forward and honest. I haven't been whining. My comparison thread was just that - I'm a Storm 2 owner about to venture into the unknown Android world. So that thread includes Storm 2 info, I am a Storm 2 owner, so I think my thread is in the right place.

This thread is a question to Storm 2 owners, like myself. I didn't whine - I gave my interpretatyion of what I thought the Storm 2 was supposed to be when I bought it and how it fell short to me.

If you are retired, then I am assuming you are an adult. You sound like a lot of the trollish kid stuff I see posted on forums. That doens't mean my posts are literary genius, but I do try real hard to be up front and straight forward with out throwing out gauntlets. Some threads deserve some back bite, but you seem to attack a lot. Sorry - just my observation.

[WhoolioPreludee]

I'm glad others had better luck with the s2 as for me every time I type the keyboard just lags behind. Especially in txt mssgs or bbm. I would had stuck the s2 out if at least the webkit. Browser was implemented but only since Feb and no support from Os 6 was the dealbreaker. Rim is acting like the big (dumb) 3. "we got it right now" wrong! Oh this time we did a good job. Wrong! I was a diehard BB fan but this latest move is a finger to all of us who bought the 9530 (first touchscreen BB) as revolutionary and best.... Only to be told a year later. Oh this one is good now.... Big (dumb) three indeed....

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[Sanch0]

Technology is never intended for the future. You're not going to use it in the future, you're going to use it now. Technology is intended for the now.

Technology moves at the speed of light and that shouldn't surprise anyone. I think the Storm 2 did what it was supposed to do. I'm not saying if it was or wasn't a worthy followup to the Storm 1, that's not the point. What i'm saying is its doing a good job until the next new technology comes out. New cell phones will always be placeholders until the next big placeholder comes out. Thats what keeps everyone buying new phones every two years and thats what keeps a majority of people locked into contract.

So the Storm2 may not have been the perfect phone, but it may have been the perfect phone for you at the time.

[pcgizmo]

Originally Posted by metalmancpa

In all seriousness, I think my threads have been straight forward and honest. I haven't been whining. My comparison thread was just that - I'm a Storm 2 owner about to venture into the unknown Android world. So that thread includes Storm 2 info, I am a Storm 2 owner, so I think my thread is in the right place.

This thread is a question to Storm 2 owners, like myself. I didn't whine - I gave my interpretatyion of what I thought the Storm 2 was supposed to be when I bought it and how it fell short to me.

If you are retired, then I am assuming you are an adult. You sound like a lot of the trollish kid stuff I see posted on forums. That doens't mean my posts are literary genius, but I do try real hard to be up front and straight forward with out throwing out gauntlets. Some threads deserve some back bite, but you seem to attack a lot. Sorry - just my observation.

Metalman, if you read my signature you'll know how to deal with that troll.

Your impression of S2 isn't unreasonable. Those who defend Storm/Storm2 to the extent he does, makes me believe they're still trying to convince themselves it's a great device. Good? Yes. Great? Not even close. They can't even get a decent OS for S2, the last one that was worth installing was released in March.