Blackberry Storm phone

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

My old Blackberry just passed away (run over by a car) lol and I am looking to get this one too. I can't say I liked it today when I was looking at it though. I don't know why...

And yeah, this is real helpful to you

[workn2hard2day]

This is a flashback to my crazy cell adventure that you got to take part in. All I can say is becareful of the # you get

[Chaloupa]

Originally Posted by workn2hard2day

This is a flashback to my crazy cell adventure that you got to take part in. All I can say is becareful of the # you get

OMG LOL!!!! I'm keeping the number I have now..thankfully...don't want THAT to happen again to ANYONE! Thank God I knew you!

[Chin_Lee]

I've good contact with Roger's cell phone techs and they say the Storm still needs a bit of work to get it to the Enterprise level. They recommend the Bold 9000 from the Blackberry line. You just can't replace the full QWERTY keyboard with touchpads especially if you have fat fingers.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

I've good contact with Roger's cell phone techs and they say the Storm still needs a bit of work to get it to the Enterprise level. They recommend the Bold 9000 from the Blackberry line. You just can't replace the full QWERTY keyboard with touchpads especially if you have fat fingers.

and that would be because rodgers doesn't have the storm but they do have the bold. kinda makes sence for them to say "buy what we have"

I used to thing like you about the keyboard, I do have fat fingers, and I can type just fine on the touch "querty" keyboard, when I did have problems on the curve. I think the fact that you get a larger keyboard is what makes it better than any blackberry keyboard yet.

yes there are a few issues that some people have, the pproblem is they are mostly from Verision release which was 3 software upgrades befor telus release it in canada. at any rate it is still light years ahead of the I-Phone when it was released.

Steve

[subman]

I do have it on Vibrate and ring so i guess that causes a delay, but I have always used that feature on every phone I've had and never had it stall. Don't get me wrong I really want to love this phone but I think they rushed it out (even after the many delays) and it needs a serious firmware upgrade to come close to the Iphone (yes I know the many firmware updates and even a hardware update the Iphone has had). I guess I expected more from RIM.

The storm will work on Rogers but Rogers doesn't sell it so of course the bold is the king for them.

[michika]

It badly needs a software update. I've had mine since December 23rd and my ongoing list of issues are:

- Lock button is unreliable, constantly unlocks or locks itself
- Browser is glitchy and slow
- It eats contacts
- There is a huge delay in clicking the answer the phone and actually taking the call
- My emails come in chunks about 6 times a day, not as emails come in (potentially a Telus issue though)
- The screen randomly freezes halfway between the lock and unlocked screen
- You have to shake the unit when you change the orientation to get it change the corresponding screen
- Mine frequently blacks out, or goes into sleep mode WHILE I'm typing.
- The auto-correct/fill-in frequently fills in when I say no, or fills in with something that I don't choose.
- Battery life is EXTREMELY poor. I am lucky to get one full day out of my phone, and a typical day is checking emails and making 20-15 calls, and sending approximately 50-100 texts or emails.

All in all I think the hardware is decent, but the software requires some serious fixes. I have been waiting and waiting on Telus for a software update that they keep telling me is "on the way". Honestly though, if by April 15 there is no firm date for a software update, I'll be dumping my phone, either for another blackberry, or to jump ship to Rogers and their iPhone.

Hardware 8/10
Software 2.9/10
Customer service on the phone 1/10 (Because it seems like nobody at Telus knows anything about this phone)
Customer service at the kiosk (10/10) My cell guy is really on top of things and keeps me updated on a weekly basis.

I'd totally advise against the Storm at this moment, just because of the software stuff.

[muck]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

OMG LOL!!!! I'm keeping the number I have now..thankfully...don't want THAT to happen again to ANYONE! Thank God I knew you!

ok Sarah... you need to expand on this now.

[workn2hard2day]

LOL, I expand. I got an LG Venus phone form Future shop on a Telus Contract. I did not get any extra services.

Within the first few hours it said I had a message (Hmmm, weird didnt sign up for this).

So I called support and they told me I didn't have voice mail, couldn't possibly be happening. LOL Over the next couple days the messages kept appearing and I kept calling Telus. Finally I pressed "1" button to get my messages LOL and it dial Sarah's house. (I used reverse 411 to figure out who's # it was, I just happened to know sarah.) Her poor daughter thought I was some sort of weird stalker calling her and hanging up.

Turns out the # telus assigned me was Sarah old cell #.

If I hadn't recognized the # and called her at home to explain Telus would still be trying to figure this out.

p.s. Got the phone in Sept 8 (used it for maybe 1 1/2hrs total) the battery is dead now & the LCD face is toast. So pretty much the whole experience was a nightmare.

[Ron99]

Well, I know I am biased but the iPhone really is head and shoulders above anything else. I think the reason for this is instead of trying to make a phone Apple made a mobile computing platform that happens to have a phone built into it. Probably less than 5% of the use of mine is for making calls. There are tens of thousands of different applications you can download for free or purchase so you can add virtually any functionality to it you want. It plays your music, movies and TV shows (great for keeping small children happy in a long check out line or when stuck in traffic). It really is a small computer in your pocket with mobile internet access anywhere you have wifi or a cell signal.

And with iPhone OS 3.0 coming out in June they are making huge improvements to it. Also, if you aren't in a huge hurry there will likely be a better and faster iPhone released this summer as well. Even if you need it now the OS 3.0 will be a free upgrade for existing iPhones.

So unless you are on some corporate system that only supports Blackberry get an iPhone. It is far superior to the others and Apple releases frequent updates to make it even better. Check reviews online as well and I think you will see that the reviews generally put the iPhone on top and everybody else is playing catch up with it. If it is for personal use rather than corporate use you won't regret buying it.

But of course, as soon as they release something which may be almost as good Apple has jumped ahead of them with their own improvements :-)