Pleasantries with a cop...searching me
- So I work in Manhattan every day and I take the subway from Times Square. I was walking down the steps to the subway when I see three of New Yorks finest (not sarcasm) standing at a table. I make eye contact and DOH! One of them asks me to put my bag on the table to get searched. I put my Storm down on the table next to the bag and do nothing. The officer who searches the bag asked me to open it for him. I did and right before he looked inside he goes, "Is that the Storm?" I said yup. He goes on, "Do you like it? I have been thinking of getting one." I look at him and say, "No. There is a new one coming out next month along with a 'Bold-type' device. Just wait a month or two, trust me." He laughed and so did the other two officers. "Yeah, I heard they have been having problems." "Yup, but I'm running a leaked OS so it works OK. But still, wait, you'll be glad you did." He agreed and said, "Oh yeah, you can take your bag. Have a nice day." "Thanks, officer, you, too."
Yet again, ANOTHER time the Storm has embarrassed me. I cannot wait for the Tour. Thank God he didn't search the Storm...there are some pics of the girlfriend that aren't too kosher05-28-09 09:47 AMLike 0 - Good thing you didn't have the drug scale app ( http://forums.crackberry.com/f134/tu...-scale-235428/ ) running on the storm05-28-09 09:56 AMLike 0
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Good thing you didn't have the drug scale app ( http://forums.crackberry.com/f134/tu...-scale-235428/ ) running on the storm05-28-09 09:58 AMLike 0 -
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The bold seemed dry as bones to me (just playing around in a store)
It was quick sure, if that's all you want in a phone, awesome. I like a little flash. I like my phone to look good and to be fun to use. I didn't go for the iphone because it's got the flash, but lacks a lot of the substance that makes blackberries what they are.
The storm is a different kind of blackberry. They're FINALLY trying to beef up the GUI into something more pleasant.
Everyone speaks about speed when comparing the storm to other phones, but you know, i bet if you put that tired old interface onto the storm, it would run a lot like the bold. Those fades and wipes and transitions take time and the BB OS wasnt built for it. That is slooowwwlly changing.
If you like the bold, that's great. For me it's very clunky and robotic where the storm is a "bit" more fluid and organic. (though the storm is clunky and robotic next to the iphone)
So it's REALLY REALLY REALLY a preference thing. No need for embarrassment. If you dont dig it, you dont dig it. Not everyone likes blackberries, not everyone likes traditional blackberries, not everyone likes the storm, not everyone likes the iphone. Are their opinions, then, invalid?
jus sayinnnLast edited by kinggeoff; 05-28-09 at 10:23 AM.
05-28-09 10:17 AMLike 0 - patches152Bannedi feel bad too....the storm doesn't suck, if the storm came out with .148 we'd all be singing a different tune right now. but then again, none of us would have the storm yet, and we'd all be complaining that they took too long to release it! lol
good story though.05-28-09 10:22 AMLike 0 - It's a matter of preference. I enjoy the screen transitions and fades. I enjoy swipes and animations. And I enjoy the blackberry interface as well.
The bold seemed dry as bones to me (just playing around in a store)
It was quick sure, if that's all you want in a phone, awesome. I like a little flash. I like my phone to look good and to be fun to use. I didn't go for the iphone because it's got the flash, but lacks a lot of the substance that makes blackberries what they are.
The storm is a different kind of blackberry. They're FINALLY trying to beef up the GUI into something more pleasant.
Everyone speaks about speed when comparing the storm to other phones, but you know, i bet if you put that tired old interface onto the storm, it would run a lot like the bold. Those fades and wipes and transitions take time and the BB OS wasnt built for it. That is slooowwwlly changing.
If you like the bold, that's great. For me it's very clunky and robotic where the storm is a "bit" more fluid and organic. (though the storm is clunky and robotic next to the iphone)
So it's REALLY REALLY REALLY a preference thing. No need for embarrassment. If you dont dig it, you dont dig it. Not everyone likes blackberries, not everyone likes traditional blackberries, not everyone likes the storm, not everyone likes the iphone. Are their opinions, then, invalid?
If the Storm was as fast as the Bold but kept it's UI flow, then cool. Oh yeah, and if typing was a leeeetle bit better.05-28-09 10:24 AMLike 0 -
- I totally agree with you about the fades, etc, its just that RIM has to learn to make is faster while KEEPING that pizzaz, if you will. The embarrassment part is the restarting, the lack of quick rotation while showing a pic, etc. You know?
If the Storm was as fast as the Bold but kept it's UI flow, then cool. Oh yeah, and if typing was a leeeetle bit better.
I picked the storm because the bold and curve sacrifice that little bit of slick in the OS.... even if as of now it isnt where it could (should?) be05-28-09 10:32 AMLike 0 - patches152BannedI totally agree with you about the fades, etc, its just that RIM has to learn to make is faster while KEEPING that pizzaz, if you will. The embarrassment part is the restarting, the lack of quick rotation while showing a pic, etc. You know?
If the Storm was as fast as the Bold but kept it's UI flow, then cool. Oh yeah, and if typing was a leeeetle bit better.
the problem is that the damage has already been done, and the rep is too damaged to be overcome. good thing i don't give a **** what everyone else thinks! lol...05-28-09 10:34 AMLike 0 - well with .148 all but approved, a lot of the complaints that people are making, and all of the ones you're making...are moot. .148 is fast, stable, quick response to orientation change, screen transition, no keyboard lag...
the problem is that the damage has already been done, and the rep is too damaged to be overcome. good thing i don't give a **** what everyone else thinks! lol...05-28-09 10:37 AMLike 0 - patches152Bannedwith .148 my phone is as fast as any other blackberry right now. if yours isn't, then you have something that needs to be addressed.05-28-09 10:40 AMLike 0
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Ive been noticing my battery life dying pretty quick and was like ahhh man now i'm one of the masses complaining about battery life... would only last a day at best.
So I started disabling apps i was using to see what was up. Sure enough one of the apps i used heavily in previous Os versions was causing the battery to be eaten FAST in .148. People don't seem to check these things05-28-09 10:47 AMLike 0 - I find it hard to believe. When I use an 8900, and I hit the back button from, say, watching a video, it flies. Each click brings me the previous screen instantly. Not so on the Storm...at least mine. Then again, my .148 still has a locking issue...it doesnt stay locked.05-28-09 10:57 AMLike 0
- patches152BannedI find it hard to believe. When I use an 8900, and I hit the back button from, say, watching a video, it flies. Each click brings me the previous screen instantly. Not so on the Storm...at least mine. Then again, my .148 still has a locking issue...it doesnt stay locked.
also locking could be a theme issue...idk. i've never experienced it, but i stopped using a theme awhile ago. they're memory hogs and cause more problems than they fix. i just took the default stock theme and changed the wallpapers and loaded that. works like a charm!05-28-09 11:04 AMLike 0 - lol, ok, I am just going to leave it as is and jump ship immediately when the Tour comes out. If the official .148 comes out before then, I am going to go back to .75 and update to it.05-28-09 11:12 AMLike 0
- patches152Bannedgood call stang. if you wanna sell your storm, i might know a guy who knows a guy...05-28-09 11:23 AMLike 0
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- patches152Bannedi'm buying it for my brother. and the storm 2 is months and months away, we won't have it until at soonest the holidays...and neither him nor i will be eligible to upgrade until a year from about now, but he wants a storm bad...05-28-09 11:37 AMLike 0
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