apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/20/2008
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The BlackBerry Storm, Verizon ( VZ ) and RIM’s ( RIMM ) answer to Apple’s ( AAPL ) iPhone, opens like a Broadway show on Friday. So naturally, Thursday’s papers and blogs are full of reviews. A sampling of the big ones:
Walt Mossberg. The Wall Street Journal . ...
ptech.allthingsd.com - 11/20/2008
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ptech.allthingsd.com —
To its fiercest devotees, one of the best
things about the BlackBerry is its carefully designed physical
keyboard, which the skilled BlackBerry addict can play like a violin. These folks scorn Apple’s popular iPhone, whose keyboard is virtual ...
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BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray
gizmodo.com - 11/20/2008
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gizmodo.com —
It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry
Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold
effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at least keeps them from bailing. The Storm's major ...
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BlackBerry Storm Review (Verdict: Not Quite a Perfect ...
pcworld.com - 11/20/2008
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pcworld.com —
BlackBerry fans who've been yearning for a touch-based
handset à la iPhone now have one, but the
BlackBerry Storm--which Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Friday for $250 with a two-year contract--might not be the smart phone of their dreams. ...
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BlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and Disappointing
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RIM Blackberry Storm: All the reviews you need
Phones Review —
... Finally, Daniel Dumas. Wired.com. RIM’s First Touchscreen Device Almost Eclipses the iPhone: who states, WIRED Click screen is a revelation, converts iTunes to BlackBerry media, GSM card means the Storm is a globetrotter. Posh fit an d finish. But a Tried OS lag, scrolling through menus is jagged pokey and slow, lack of WiFi is lame and even lamer is control by Verizon.
There’s the professional views, what about the Storm’s owner, what do you think?
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BlackBerry's Storm, and the Continued Quest for the Perfect Phone
Tech Observer —
... From the flood of reviews so far, it's obvious that the storm ain't perfect either. It advances the state of the art a little bit in some ways, and it seems like a decent choice for people who don't want to type on a touch screen or don't want AT&T's network, which is all you can get with the iPhone. But the overall experience falls a little short of the iPhone's. ...
BlackBerry Storm Arrives
ChannelWeb Hot Topics —
... fickle smartphone consumers alike have been salivating over the possibility of a touch-screen BlackBerry since Steve Jobs and Apple birthed the first run of iPhones. Originally, RIM brass said the iPhone presented little to no threat against its smartphone empire, but the iPhone quickly became the most popular mobile device, mostly due to this summer's official release if the Apple iPhone 3G. Somewhere along the line, RIM took notice."
Over at Fortune, they round up early reviews of the Storm. Meanwhile, Hickey also notes that the Storm may be in short ...
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Another New Verizon BlackBerry Storm Video Commercial
phonesreview.co.uk 11/10/2008 — There are so many BlackBerry Storm videos out there at the moment and we have shown you a few, but trust us you will no doubt see more before the November 14th release date.
The Verizon BlackBerry Storm video commercial below basically shows you ...
Apple iPhone vs BlackBerry Storm Review
phonesreview.co.uk 11/24/2008 — Well the RIM BlackBerry Storm on Verizon Wireless is out, and it is only a matter of time before Research In Motion’s latest BlackBerry baby came up in comparison against the might of the Apple iPhone.
So let’s take a look. The BlackBerry Storm ...
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engadget.com 11/20/2008 —
By now most of us have heard this story in one fashion or another: when Steve Jobs and Apple were in the planning stages of the iPhone, the first carrier they brought the device to was America's largest network, Verizon. Even if you haven't heard ...
BlackBerry Storm now available on Verizon
engadget.com 11/21/2008 —
You've read the review, now Verizon's BlackBerry Storm is available for purchase. BlackBerry Storm now available on Verizon originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ...
Verizon BlackBerry Storm for Free plus a $50 wireless gift card
phonesreview.co.uk 11/11/2008 — Yes everyone has gone BlackBerry Storm crazy with Verizon getting ready to launch stateside in the next week or so and it’s much anticipated launch in the UK on Vodafone this Friday 14th November. But how about winning yourself a FREE BlackBerry ...
BlackBerry Storm and Verizon’s New Data Plans
product-reviews.net 11/4/2008 — With the BlackBerry Storm’s release date this month, it looks like Verizon is about to add some more action to the month other than RIM’s latest smartphone.
Blogs and technology sites are alight with rumor that Verizon will be launching new data ...
The Last Word on the BlackBerry Storm: It’s Not So Hot
technologizer.com 11/24/2008 — I haven’t laid eyes on a BlackBerry Storm in person yet. More to the point, I haven’t laid fingers on one–so I have no first-hand impressions of hiw the first touch-screen BlackBerry compares to traditional BlackBerries, the iPhone, ...
BlackBerry Storm Doing Better Than We Thought
rimarkable.com 1/28/2009 — Research in Motion and the BlackBerry Storm took a bit of a beating yesterday after a pretty stupid comment by RIM co-CEO Jim Balsille in an WSJ article hit the internet. One of the things mentioned in the article was that only 500,000 BlackBerry ...
BlackBerry Storm delayed?
i4u.com 11/10/2008 — According to new rumors Verizon is not releasing the BlackBerry Strom on November 14th. This rumored delay is actually on a rumored release date as Verizon did not officially set any release date yet for the Storm.
According to Gizmodo the delay ...
BlackBerry Storm, she is not doing so well
crunchgear.com 1/26/2009 —
RIM’s BlackBerry Storm, the biggest lump of crap to come out of Canada since Celine Dion, sold 500,000 units in its first month. Everyone who was everyone basically told RIM that this was a heap but did they listen? Nope.
“I found ...