[shawnomega]

I've been messing with the settings of my storm, as far as the section regarding " Network Technology. GSM/UMTS, 1XEV and Global. I find 1XEV saves me the most battery. But is there a difference in speed? The storm is my first BlackBerry, and my first smartphone I am trying to learn the ways of a CrackBerry master. Help me CrackBerry, your my only hope. ( Shameless star wars plug. )

[Rags1214]

1xev it what you should use unless you are traveling outside the US, then it would be global

there will be no difference in speed

[CharlesH]

If you are in the US/Canada and are using the SIM card that came with the Storm, there is no reason to set "Global" or "GSM/UMTS". This setting allows the phone to use GSM and their version of 3G, but the VZW SIM does not allow roaming on US/Canada GSM systems. So it is just a waste of the battery to let it try to connect to a GSM system in the US/Canada; it's never going to succeed.