[bogman]

Originally Posted by ChezDigital

Did you do a soft reset or a battery pull? You could have QuickPull run a scheduled hard reset once each day when you know you'll have 5 minutes where you're not paying attention to your phone.
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The first reset was when I was using apploader to load MeterBerry - so I guess that's a soft reset? I just did a battery pull and I now have 24.9MB free - so very similiar.

Originally Posted by ChezDigital

And as others have stated, upgrading the OS will make some leaps and bounds.

I'm already on the latest OS, .122? Unless you know of a newer one?

[JSanders]

.122 is the latest OS for the 9500 model.

[manofice]

I'm running .114 v3 hybrid OS. Runs great, super fast. I only have had the storm for about a week but i love it. I did all the tweaks to make it run the best and it does.

[bogman]

Thought it was worth concluding this thread.

I've had the Storm for 2 weeks now. Much to my surprise, I think I will keep it and put my Bold on eBay!

I was still undecided until I upgraded to .131 earlier in the week. I now find virtually all the delays/latency have gone and its much snappier (still a bit of room for improvement though).

I really like the much larger screen, and the touch screen is becoming more appealing as I get used to it. I still can't type nearly as fast as I could on my old blackberry - but its steadily improving and I rarely write long emails anyway.

I will continue to look forward to further improvements with new OS's, but I have to admit I'm pretty happy with the Storm now!

Thanks for everyone's advice and telling me to give it some time - if it weren't for that, I would have gone back to my Bold within a couple of days!!

[bogman]

I thought it worth updating this thread. About two weeks ago as I struggled to get a two sentence email typed on the Storm, a recurring thought hit me - why don't I go back to a Blackberry with a keyboard?

A few days later after a bit of research, my new 8900 (bought off eBay) arrived. I have to admit, its great. While I do miss the big screen a little, the following make it up for it a few times over:
- generally much faster response times when doing anything or launching anything
- no bugs or annoyances that I've noticed so far
- A KEYBOARD! And of course all the keyboard shortcuts!
- WiFi
- weight - the Storm is a heavy beast and weighs almost 50% more

Even the lack of 3G doesn't make it perceptibly slower when browsing the web.

I did get into the Storm and I did like it. But in the end, for me at least, its still got too many downsides. I will look out for the Storm 2 and it may well be my next Blackberry!