I don't have one. And I'm not changing to Verizon from AT&T to get one. I will, however, take a gander at the GSM version when it hits the streets. I'm perfectly happy with my Bold right now, but I want to take the pulse of the early adopters and see if you're happy enough with your new Blackberry to keep it.


Dammit! I wanted to make this a poll, but the call of nature had me rushing and I posted before checking the poll box.

Well, I am sitting here with my Bold on my desk and the Storm charging. And I can answer this easily, This is no replacement for the Bold, Curve etc... Its cool but I believe its built for another market segment.

Frankly I bought it for one of our other employees so no loss I just wanted to try it. Its cools but not for the business user more for the personal consumer that wants a good email device.

No returning. It will replace my curve.

i played with the storm today at the vzw store, and was not impressed at all. i'm keeping my curve. the storm imo is a failure. doesn't compare to the iphone in any way, and the touch screen prohibits you from typing anywhere near the speed of the curve or even iphone

I played with the Storm for a good bit in the store yesterday.. and was thoroughly disappointed, mainly with the typing.

I'll be keeping my Curve... I wouldn't swap even if it was free.

yes i agree, wouldnt swap even if it was free. keeping my curve. the storm doesnt even begin to compare to the iphone. the browser is a joke too, it's horrible.

Well this is upsetting - I have the curve and I just bought the storm. Maybe it'll just go on eBay. Man, I was looking forward to this phone

It's a great phone. Keep it. So much better than the iFadPhone too. It'll obviously have a few glitches since it is new but so far it rocks.

They've certainly sold quite a bit of units for a "ifad phone" as you put it. I doubt RIM will have equal sales numbers with either the Bold or the Storm.

Definitely will return mine:
- Incredibly annoying lag when switching applications, or pressiing the lock key to lock the device;
- Orientation of device changes at the slightest angle...
- Typing on full qwerty keyboard is tiring (due to the presses of the screen), slow, and many mistakes are made;
- Weight; I found it too heavy for my own taste;
- Construction; Oh yeah its solid alright, but that wobbling of the screen....

EDIT: BTW, I was considering also switching from ATT to Verizon just for the Storm...but that just ain't gonna happen.

I dont remember this kind of feedback when 8xxx came out.

To be honest, I am in agreement with everyone else here... this is sad. I was really looking forward to this release but I doubt that I will be switching from my Curve based on the reviews that I have read thus far. I will stop by my local VZW store to play around with it, but I doubt that I will be making the change anytime soon. Now I guess that we just have to wait for VZW to adopt the Bold (which will probably never happen...).

I ventured into VZW this morning to play around with the Storm! Let me just say that it's not an absolute nightmare, as some people are saying. It's just not for the power user, or for those that are very used to a BB keyboard. But many newbies will absolutely luv it! In true honesty it's a cool device, and I think that's what RIM was shooting for. It's not taking the place of my BOLD or my 8830 I use for VZW. But definitely a cool addition to the great RIM line up of devices!

no way a bold user will like this device as is.

we are spoiled buy the speed of the bold...no going back!

i had to use my wife's curve a few days ago and i thought "how did i use to use this"....the screen seemed blurry and the ball was not spot on accurate like the bold (althought it seems my wifes might be a bit damaged)

i said it before and will say it again....when we get :

full qwerty
900 mhz processor
8 mp camera with hd video
full html browser with flash
2 gb internal flash mem
64 gb card mem for media
hd screen
1800 mah battery or better
wifi, gps, 3G, blu tooth, voip, wi max

that will be dream device!

slimmer and a bit smaller than the bold and made of quality materials and design.

i would pay $1000 for a phone like that

I have a verizon blackberry pearl and a at&t iphone .I went to the verizon store
today and played around with the storm for 5 minutes.This phone is a piece of junk.

There was noticeable lag navigating from menu to menu.I asked the guy next to me who was sampling another storm if he had the same problem and he did.
My pearl was faster .Tried web surfing,not noticeably faster than the pearl i bought a year ago.The time lag between menus reminded me of the lag that
my son and daughter had with their motorola razr,which they despised.

The email typing is FATIGUING! After 2 minutes of clicking, the guy next
to me agreed that if your going to do alot of typing emails dont buy this phone.
He said he was gonna stick with his curve.

I didnt see any application center so I suppose its not out yet.Why on earth
woulnt throw a few free apps in there .DUMB DUMB DUMB.I did see the Verizon
navigation app which you have to pay 10/monthly for

This phone isn't even close to the iphone and i will stick with my pearl.Hopefully verizon will come out with the bold next year.

I played with one for about 20 minutes at Verizon today.
Loved:
•Size and shape.
•The fact that it's a Blackberry.
•Touchscreen concept.
•Landscape mode.

Underwhelmed:
•Lag when switching between apps. That's a nightmare. Maybe a firmware update will address this, but in it's present state I couldn't deal with this.
•Double-press on anything to actually make it work. Too many steps to do anything.

The landscape mode alleviates the cramped keyboard problem I find so annoying with all other touchscreen keyboards. High potential here, but in it's present state it's definitely not for me. Lets see if anything changes by the time a GSM model comes out.

I stopped by the Verizon store this afternoon to play with it as well... I was not very impressed.

- Speed between applications was a little too slow.
- Typing is not much better than my iPod Touch. It's do-able, but my speed will be much faster on a device with a physicalkeyboard.
- The touch click is interesting... but I don't really get the point. Although you hear a click when you press a key, you don't get the feeling in your fingers until after you've pressed it. With a physical keyboard, you feel the key before you press it.

Looks like I'll be going with the Curve.

It would be helpful to see anyone who gives their impression of the Storm would report what version OS they were using. There are numerous reports of the issues people are reporting here being cured by the OS update to .86.

If you're running on .65 and are basing your comments on that, you're doing everyone a disservice by making a judgment based on flawed logic and software.

that's true... you guys have to give stormy a try...a longer one... i got mine on monday in germany.. the first day i was happy that i didn't sell my bold... the second day i was still thinking about returning the storm..
now i own the strom for about 5 days, used it and typing now is as fast as with my bold or curve. firmware is still beta and lagging but i think in two or three weeks we'll get a new stable and better "final" firmware and then we can continue our discussion here

Which update are you talking about? There's no update available from the Verizon Blackberry page.

I dont believe for a minute that your typing as fast on the storm as with
the curve or bold.Im sorry I played around with typing and I dont see it.

Here's my prediction.This clickable screen will eventually be replaced with a iphone type screen in the future.This typing method is gonna go the way of the dinosaur.

The storm,it seems to me,has been rushed to the stores too early.I suppose to get some christmas sales in.

stopped by verizon and played with a demo unit for about half an hour. first thing i checked was the os and sure enough it was not updated with the newest version. that tempered my expectations with responsiveness and any bugs that might have jumped out.

i've had pretty much every blackberry since the 6230 (except the bold) including all the suretype models, so i entered into the experience with an open mind. first impressions...feels great in hand, form factor is not much different than my curve and didn't feel very heavy, definitely more solid. the screen is excellent. didn't really play around with the multimedia functions much other than look at a few pictures. spent most of the time doing the only thing that matters to most bb users, typing.

i've never used the iphone or any similar touch screen typing device before so maybe i'm not as jaded as those who have. i am a bit surprised by some of the above comments because to me it wasn't that bad at all, granted i've never been one to type novels on my bb. mostly keep it short an sweet, at the most a paragraph or so. however i must admit, i don't think i could be as fast on the storm as i am with buttoned bbs mainly because the touch and click action on the storm requires that you completely lift your finger off the screen between keys. you can't rest your opposite thumb on the keyboard in anticipation of the next letter as that will register as a character selection and mess up what you're trying to do. either way i think typing will become faster over time, but probably won't be as fast as buttoned bbs. i can accept that though, not trying to set any speed records. one thing i did find is that i was able to type faster and more accurately in portrait mode with suretype than i could in landscape mode, although i hadn't used a suretype device since the 8130 a year or so ago. i was pretty fast with that one, probably faster than i am with the full qwerty 8230. the typing experience is NOT a deal breaker for me.

the one thing i did find difficult was editing. didn't spend a lot of time working on that part out though. i'm sure that will also get easier with more use.

all in all i think this will be a great device for those of us who want more multimedia and casual entertainment functionality built into our business device. in my mind this is opposite from the iphone in that it's primarily a multimedia consumer device with very light business capabilities.

having tried it out i'm pretty sure that using this device will become easier and second nature over time. i also expect that bugs will be worked out and it will get better as os updates and new apps are released. after a first hand experience i'm convinced i will get the storm and i WON'T return it.

I find this phone much better than the curve and I have only spent about an hour with it so far. Obviously it takes some getting use to but it's well worth the time to do so.

I second that! The G1 is a fantastic device. I am returning mine only because the signal in NC (old suncom network) is garbage. I just ordered the Storm and I hope I like it as much as my G1.

I ordered mine and should be receiving it sometime on Monday. I believe that once RIM get's note of all the bugs and complaints people have about the Storm they will be hard at work to come up with the updates needed to make this phone something that people were initially looking forward to. That is why I plan on holding on to it and will patiently wait for the updates to roll in...

I like your attitude, how much e-mailing to you do?
To me, that is the most important thing

you can trust me when i say i can type as fast as with my bold... it's just a matter of exercise.
if you don't like it don't buy it. the storm is not the perfect device for everybody. it is an eye candy toy and not as perfect as the bold... but it IS an alternative to the iphone. the only alternative in my opinion
i really like my storm ;)




i second that ;)

I do a good amount of emailing and texting but I leave the bigger stuff for my work PC or if I'm at home I'll just use my MAC.

I'm not as serious and commited as some hard core BB users are that rely on a button style keyboard. I think I'll do just fine with the Storm especially after they release some updates/bug fixes...

I second that notion! No way any human being is typing as quick on a virtual keyboard, as they would on the real thing. But as some said it all comes down to preference.

It's my personal opinion that the Storm shouldn't have released today. Now in all honesty, most of this is on Verizon. Verizon's insistence on completely controlling the software and the fact their engineers screwed up big time caused the device to not ship with the best software. Theres no excuse, for the engineers nor Verizon. That said, software is being hammered out as we speak. There should be an update available soon. And expect another fairly soon after that.

A lot of the problems users are experiencing are software related and can/will be fixed. I know it shouldn't come to this, but it is what it is. If you can wait it out and want to, wait it out. If not, take it back and voice your displeasure.

Yeah i had a friend try to tell me the same thing about his iphone. I saw him type in person and laughed.

Jason,

I agree with you that Verizon is largely to blame for the os problems.Didn't they say they were gonna be more open with their devices?
This storm is locked down big time.
The tiresome nature of the typing is not for me .I do alot of business texts and email and I much prefer my pearl even with the sure type.This phone is far inferior to the iphone in its present state.

You guys all seem to be missing something here. You all complain about bugs and software defects, but RIM can always (and will always) release updates to fix those.

I'm one of the users who is not completely into all of the corporate shit, sending 5 emails a minute or intensively typing on it - so I guess I might see it differently.

My point is though - it's got really incredible HARDWARE, which can't be replaced (unless they do a recall, which is doubtful) and fairly buggy SOFTWARE, which will be replaced.

Just give it a week or two and things should be flowing nicely for the Storm.

I'll give RIM/Verizon at least 30 days if there's no significant improvement in the device and I lose my patience with it I'll go with the Curve since the Bold is not available with Verizon....

I agree with you that this is mostly a software issue with one big exception:the terrible clickable typing hardware.I would not buy this phone for 50 bucks because of this.

I think the clickable screen is a good concept once RIM perfects it and sends out the upgrade to fix all these issues. Should be pretty sweet once they get it working the way it's supposed to be!

50 bucks!?! I wish....lol

No, I'm not returning my Storm? Are you crazy? Whats up with crazy thoughts like this. I'm so happy with my Storm!

You should try the Touch HD - I switched to the Touch from an iPhone 3G and will never go back.

Anyway - I'll be taking a very close look at the Storm once it's released here. I would have bought one across the border in Germany but Swisscom's 18$ for 5mb data transfer / month blackberry plans are a massive joke. I'm hoping they'll introduce iphone-like plans once they start selling the Storm

peter

This is how I feel. I'll be holding onto mine as well... when I get it.

Here is my 5 cents. Everyone and there mother was playing with the phone I bet and had about 50 apps open and memory lag. Try it hard boot by yourself and I am sure it will be fine. It isnt built for 200 people playing with and clicking and clicking...Some people dont get technology or software with hardware.