The original BlackBerry Storm launched around this time last year as Research-in-Motion’s premier handset and quickly lost no time in dividing opinion along Marmite-style lines. Mostly, people either loved or hated its innovative SurePress 'floating' touch screen, which made crystal clear the distinction between a brush a press …
Let's hope it's an improvement on the CrapBerry MKI. I've been lumbered with one of these for nearly a year now, and only in the last month or so have the software updates made the thing anymore use than a paperweight - albeit a paperweight with a battery that goes flat alarmingly quickly.
I'm not tempted, and my MKI effort will be going in the bin when my contract is up ...
P.S. On Vodafones contract, you can't even watch any educational Internet smut without paying Vodafone another £1, "to prove you're 18". Bloody cheek. Or so I've read ...
You say that the keypad reverts immediately to a keyboard when a number is typed? On the original storm you can keep the numeric keypad from disappearing after a single press by holding the button that switches to the keypad for 1-2 seconds. This locks the keyboard into a numeric keypad mode and i believe the same works for shift etc. I assume that blackberry hasn't removed this functionality from the storm 2 :)
Glad you mentioned the battery life because I really like the original Storm but swapped it for a Curve as it was almost always on recharge. Nothing here to entice me to try the Storm 2 then it seems.
I tried the Storm 1, liked quite a lot about it, but unforuntley on the consumer pakage I was on it uses BlackBerry Information Server (provided by Vodaphone/RIM) to pick up your email. Unfortunatley with this you dont get IMAP folders only your IMAP inbox.
That made it rather useless to me, you cant even tidy up your emial on the way home etc. And I wasnt about to implement a sodding Blackberry Server for me and the wife.
Also the to do list stinks.
I haev an iphone now and im happy (Before that I was a happy Palm TX user)
I had 3 of these phones and each one had the same problem. After 18 seconds the call went silent and was just dropped. This is apparently quite a common problem (at least on Vodafone).
When I changed the phone to a Bold 2 the problem went away...
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The original BlackBerry Storm launched around this time last year as Research-in-Motion’s premier handset and quickly lost no time in dividing opinion along Marmite-style lines. Mostly, people either loved or hated its innovative SurePress 'floating' touch screen, which made crystal clear the distinction between a brush a press …
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Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009 14:34 GMT
Chris Young
CrapBerry #
Let's hope it's an improvement on the CrapBerry MKI. I've been lumbered with one of these for nearly a year now, and only in the last month or so have the software updates made the thing anymore use than a paperweight - albeit a paperweight with a battery that goes flat alarmingly quickly.
I'm not tempted, and my MKI effort will be going in the bin when my contract is up ...
P.S. On Vodafones contract, you can't even watch any educational Internet smut without paying Vodafone another £1, "to prove you're 18". Bloody cheek. Or so I've read ...
Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009 14:34 GMT
Manselk
Blackberry Storm 2 #
A dreadful sequel, will be sticking with HTC.
Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009 14:34 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Num Pad can be locked #
You say that the keypad reverts immediately to a keyboard when a number is typed? On the original storm you can keep the numeric keypad from disappearing after a single press by holding the button that switches to the keypad for 1-2 seconds. This locks the keyboard into a numeric keypad mode and i believe the same works for shift etc. I assume that blackberry hasn't removed this functionality from the storm 2 :)
Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009 14:34 GMT
John 203
Battery #
Glad you mentioned the battery life because I really like the original Storm but swapped it for a Curve as it was almost always on recharge. Nothing here to entice me to try the Storm 2 then it seems.
Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009 14:34 GMT
David Edwards
Careful now #
I tried the Storm 1, liked quite a lot about it, but unforuntley on the consumer pakage I was on it uses BlackBerry Information Server (provided by Vodaphone/RIM) to pick up your email. Unfortunatley with this you dont get IMAP folders only your IMAP inbox.
That made it rather useless to me, you cant even tidy up your emial on the way home etc. And I wasnt about to implement a sodding Blackberry Server for me and the wife.
Also the to do list stinks.
I haev an iphone now and im happy (Before that I was a happy Palm TX user)
Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009 17:30 GMT
gct
Rubbish phone #
I had 3 of these phones and each one had the same problem. After 18 seconds the call went silent and was just dropped. This is apparently quite a common problem (at least on Vodafone).
When I changed the phone to a Bold 2 the problem went away...
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