Comments on: BlackBerry Bonus: TiPb vs. Storm Hands-On

By: Kevin Cease

Kevin Cease — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:30:22 +0000

also, I like the touchscreen for texting in landscape mode, by pushing on the screen it seems to prevent me from touching the wrong letter and accidentally typing it, but maybe i would get used to the iphone version and just become meticulous and get used to it. Im not sure.

By: Kevin Cease

Kevin Cease — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:28:52 +0000

I haven’t owned an iphone, but i just bought a storm yesterday due to the fact they gave me one for free (if i payed for tax and $50 for accessories, which includes a bluetooth, chargers, silicone case, etc.) I had to pass on iphone due to the fact that video and picture messages were out. The storms problems so far for me are that i can’t get it to hold a charge, and even when it’s plugged in, it says battery low and disconnects me from phone calls and wont allow me to browse web, etc. All functionality is lost. I read you have to “supercharge it” which apparently means charge the thing all day for 3 days, and they use old tech for the battery. It also freezes allot and this pisses me off. I need to figure out how to update the phone with the little updates that they have made, but I have to get my phone working before i can do that……

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:47:43 +0000

Ha ha....i Cant believe i read all 70 comments and even more surprising i wish there were more.

I own the Storm. I see a trend with the haters, they returned it after about 2weeks. my wife and i both agree that we Triple Hated the phone the first 2 weeks. We are both happy now that we kept the phone. I will admit i am still jealous of the iphone users...but i have never used one so i dont even know what i am missing...i am not under a rock here...i know the apps on iphone are more abundant but i own a PS3 and thats where i have my fun anyway...(Man, i hope i didnt start a PS3/360 debate) anyway i just downloaded the IVISTA Theme and it is seriously awsome.

I talked my wife out of our T-Mobile contract just to go to Verizon...i hated T-Mobile so big Kudos to you Verizon

I can hear you now!!!

By: Storm Lover

Storm Lover — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:25:54 +0000

Storm is soooooooooooooo much better. Texting on the iPhone is so hard you have no idea what your finger is Touching (not pushing like on the storm) that you end up texting a bunch of ****. Also On the iPhone theres no landscape view it makes your phone look like a brick! And whats up with all those apps? They just waste all the battery. The battery isnt removable? That just sucks!

Overall the blackberry storm is much better for both bussiness AND personal life because you can actually recive emails unlike with the iPhone.

I also think we shouldn’t compare these phones they are great in their own way. Some people like the iPhone Others (like me) LOVE the Storm. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME PHONE EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT

By: DirtyRed

DirtyRed — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:56:28 +0000

In fairness to the storm I thin a lot of opinions here are subjective. Many people say the click screen makes it tough to text or it sucks. But keep in mind you all have opinions based on having iPhones. If I were not an iPhone user and came here looking for blackberry storm info I would be disueded from purchasing one. Yes the iPohone is a much smoother operator but I do not think that negates the storms strenghts? No not at all. I happen to love the click screen it gives me the feeling of actually doing something and once you get used to it it’s a breeze. Now most people say, oh the brought it out too soon, hello the first iPhone was almost 3x the money and introduce on the old edge network which AT&T was phasing out for 3G. One could say the same for the iPhone. I happen to love the phone and only have the usual complaint of the interface being slow from time to time but I enjoy the click screen and have no idea how or why people have dust under their screens. I’ve had my phone since it was introduced and I’ve never had a dust issue. I sue it for business and for play. I guess I would have one more complaint and that’s there arent enough apps out there yet. But when the iPhone was introduced the same rang true so I’ll be patient. I think you should judge for yourself but if you own an iPhone I wouldn’t really make the switch unless you get to experience one and get used to the click screen on the iPhones touch only screen.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:28:58 +0000

If only they’d taken a little more time on constructing the Storm.

By: PL

PL — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:04:05 +0000

I’m looking for a smart phone and after reading all the comments above can only conclude one thing: both are great phones but offer different advantages. But one thing I personally can’t tolerate are first generation bugs – so that for me rules out the Storm. On the other hand I’ve heard that AT&T drops a lot of calls – that also is unacceptable. Based on the data/reports I’ve seen so far I’m leaning towards the iPhone – the tipping factor? Customer satisfaction. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/appleaday/blog/2008/12/iphonemarketsharegrowingde.html

By: jackson

jackson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:32:09 +0000

now that apple has un-DRM-ed its store, the storms multimedia is now far advanced to the iphones. the iphone sucks compared to the storm, get over it.

By: jackson

jackson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:29:56 +0000

we all know that the storm is a far superior device. the iphone is terrible and has been from the start and it is quite annoying how you people could be so obsessed with such a terrible device. try the storm for two weeks and actually try to learn how to use the screen. you’ll piss on your iphones after you see how much better the storm is. as for the apps, the iphone is currently ahead but once the app store for RIM comes out in march it will completely obliterate apple’s store.

By: iPhone Fanboy

iPhone Fanboy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:44:31 +0000

I will be honest, I used to be one of the biggest iPhone Fanboys out there. I loved the iPhone and all the apps available. However the iPhone is at it’s full potential. I too borrowed a Storm for a week from my good friend who is a BlackBerry lover. He had the new leaked OS on the phone and all I could see was huge potential. I know this might be disappointing to my other iPhone Fanboys, but the storm is better. At first I felt the screen would be crappy because of the click as well as the small movement it has, but the movement is so minimal and the click makes sure your clicking the right links or letters. The OS is still buggy, but it will improve greatly with a couple more updates. If your main focus with your mobile phone isn’t music the storm is the better device. It definitely hurts me to say that, but when my contract is up in May I might be switching to the storm…I can keep going on, but it hurts as a Fanboy.