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LOL...Honestly, the only thing keeping me with the Storm is VZW. This network is amazing (5 years no dropped calls that I can remember, I don't wanna know any other network). However, as far as leaks are concerned I'm actually running .141. I know you can downgrade back to .75 and they might not be the wiser but you're missing my point.
Why should I have to resort to a leaked OS in order to have my BB functioning properly (BTW It's still slow, my memory is constantly going down to the teens and all I have is IheartRadio)? Furthermore, why are Storm owners constantly telling themselves "it'll be worth it soon" or "I heard it's gonna be great, just wait!!"?
I was guilty of this blind Storm-owner optimism too, but I got tired of it after I saw they are planning on releasing another one just 6 months after the first. This tells me that the first gen Storm is a giant FAIL in the eyes of RIM and VZW (and yeah it's going to release on VZW, just wait). And no, I'm not upset that it's a revision and I'm an early adopter. I'm upset that my goddam phone doesn't work correctly and is kind of a hassle sometimes and no one seems to want to fix it. I'm also tired of defending my phone whenever someone asks me "How's that phone treating you?" I dread that question, lol. So I started asking myself a few others...
Why is it that BB's require battery pulls?
-I went through 2 motorolas and 1 Samsung before the Storm and I honestly can't remember ever having to pull the battery on either phone. How many people do you know without BlackBerries that have to constantly pull the battery on their phones? Exactly.
Why am I defending this phone all the time?
-Because I visit this site and I drank the same Kool-Aid most of you did. (I love this site though, I'm not knocking the site, just our blind-optimism)
Why doesn't VZW release an official update?
-Because they're trying to "perfect" the next release...
, please.
Simply put, I think they're admitting they released a crap Blackberry with the Storm. And yeah I would give them credit for trying a new market and such, but since when do we give credit for trying? What is this the special olympics? I didn't pay for my phone with browning points, I paid for it with cash. Fix the damn phone before circulating rumors of its successor 6 months after it's released!!! We have this all powerful phone that "hasn't reached it's potential," really? The Blackberry Storm is the Ryan Leaf of phones, looked so good initially before it reached prime time, but once it did, it flopped.
"Hey McDonalds guy, I know you undercooked my burger and I have a stomach ache as a result, but good TRY, maybe next time you'll cook it right! I'm definitely coming back to get my next burger from YOU because I want to see how much YOU'VE improved."
Oh and just to quickly address those people who are so adamant about technology being obsolete once it comes out and such, just stop. Name me one phone that has had a successor released 6-8 months (as is rumored with the Storm 2) after it. Just one. Tell me, if this phone is such a success, why does it have a replacement out so soon? No it's not technology, it's FAILURE. The only rumored spec bump that the Storm 2 has over the Storm 1 is wifi.
That being said, times are rough and I can't replace my Storm with another phone so there's another rant.
05-20-09 12:27 AM - They are rushing "odin" as well!
Some speculate a release could come as early as June.
I'm sticking with the storm because RIM IS NOT making a large leap with odin.
The issues with the storm are software related for the most part. Odin will be using the same OS as the storm.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-20-09 08:07 AM - Jesus. The point really never sunk in. Furthermore, you prove my point with this comment, thank you. It's all good my man, enjoy the leaks.Please understand something: Your rant has less validity because you haven't moved beyond this point. I've been running BBCrackman's V5 and haven't had to do a batt pull since I installed it.
I just installed .148 and from the looks of it you're getting ready to get your official update. I think this is the one.05-21-09 02:05 PM - Grammar, you're right dude the storm definitely has issues! RIM and VZW (and any other carrier involved) didnt do things as well as they could have.
.75, for me, wasn't good. I wasn't happy with teh phone. I do, however know people who ARE perfectly happy with the storm running .75
There are software issues and hardware issues. Might always be. Even by storm3 4 or 5
I haven't encountered many hardware issues personally. And the software issues are pretty much completely solved on MY end (as of .109 i started realizing this phone was for me, as of .113 i was happy, beyond that i have been thrilled. Lovin this phone experience)
I know results may not be typical. But MANY MANY of the reported problems are not typical either, when you think of the global storm userbase (just going by sales, nothing really concrete obv.)
My main beef (not with you) is with the users who bork up their phone software and really just get in over their heads.
Like the people back in the day who would fry their mobos after thinking overclocking sounded like a great idea without researching. (thankfully the failsafes in place now make it pretty foolproof)
Or the people who "always" seem to have viruses on their PC and don't even know how to format and/or reinstall an os on their computer.
The kind of people who download any and every third party app thinking this phone is foolproof when it is built on JAVA (which itself behaves like a bipolar girlfriend on the rag)
05-21-09 02:51 PM
