anyone have one of these? i ordered one yesterday, but am not entirely sold on the thing (i just desperately needed a new phone b/c my old one is dying out on me). i've messed around w/ the keyboard and like it more than the iphone, but i'm curious if it will have the open interface that both the G1 and iphone have in regards to applications.
I don't have one (yet). Some reviews have been bad, even scathing. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html?_r=1 http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=606
I know two people who have this phone and both of them HATE IT with a passion. I'd go with the Bold if you're really in need of a Blackberry,
I've also heard nothing but "stay away" about it, including from people that really wanted to like it over the iPhone. Usually, it's been dinged for having a mistake-prone touchscreen and a GUI that isn't quick as good as Apple's. Evan
i dont see why every phone that comes out now has to either look like the iphone or be compared to it. my goodness. i wish this would end.
And R.I.M. compounded the problem by rushing this brick out for Christmas before it was ready. I don't know if that was driven by greed or iPhone panic.
I would hold off and get a Android phone. Android will overtake the iPhone soon IMO. With the open platform that allows for different kinds of phones, the only way Apple does NOT prevent Android from becoming the de facto standard is if Apple decided to release a ton of different phones.
I eagerly awaited it's release, then went to test drive it a few times at the store and just couldn't make myself like it. While I'll agree the iphone is a little more difficult to type on than a blackberry, it is only a step behind. Whereas the Storm, it was impossible for me to put together a sentence without multiple issues. Then reading the reviews, and just playing with my wife's iphone more and I was convinced, no to the Storm. I still like the functionality of the Blackberry, so am rolling with an 8820 that was an extra here at work for now. The other thing about the iphone that any other company will find hard replacing is the apps. iphone is the most popular, iphone users are more likely to be app driven, the iphone will have the best apps. if all you care about are phone/email, that doesn't really matter, but i've found the apps on my wife's iphone to be really fun and/or useful.
Or, perhaps, by selling iPhones for cheap at Wal Mart. I don't quite believe the $99.00 talk. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463411,00.html
Agreed. The one thing most smartphone makers haven't gotten is that it's ALL ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS. Why do you think the Palm Treo has been so immensely popular despite Palm's shoddy engineering and constant threats from competition? It's the applications, stupid. There is no mobile platform out there that has more apps than PalmOS. The BlackBerry became famous not because of its UI or form factor, but because of its business applications (specifically, email and calendaring on the go). The iPhone has taken off because of the same deal, and now it looks like the iPhone is finally going to be able to put the nail in Palm's coffin with its superior application selection. I love my 755p not because it looks sexy, but because it can pretty much run my life for me. Email, calendar appointments, text notes, voice notes, interactive maps and directions, book reader, bible with highlighting and notes, broadband web surfing, financial calculator, SSH client for those times when you need to fix a web server while driving down I-45 ... these applications are what makes my phone rock. And they are why I don't plan on trading it for some fly-by-night fancy "smartphone" anytime soon, unless that phone is an iPhone.
Because even though the iPhone is not without it's flaws (I'd kill for copy and paste, MMS would be nice as well), it has set the standard in many ways. There are many other phones out there that perform specific tasks better than the iPhone, but none of them put together as complete an overall package.
IMO, unless the touchscreen application is flawless, I don't really like an all touchscreen phone that the Iphone is making popular. Gotta have some hardware keys and am used to a physical qwerty keyboard. FYI, the Treo Pro is out and am glad they didn't go the all touchscreen route, basically kept the upper touchscreen/lower qwerty keyboard layout that they made popular. I like that layout better then the all touchscreen layout. http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treopro/
I'm waiting for a Blackberry slider. I need the screen real estate of the iphone/storm and a real keyboard to do real work.
If you can wait until next year, the Nokia smartphone will be out....but you will have to be willing to dish out the extra $$$ ... Nokia phones are # 1. ....in my opinion.
Despite the reviews, I think the phone is pretty nice (from what little time I had with it). Still, it's pretty obvious the keypad takes a lot of getting used to and the interface is nowhere near as fluid/well integrated as the iPhone. What I find interesting is how the support will go. One of the things I liked about the iPhone was that if it was successful it would force other cell phone makers to put out sleeker phones. Since then, though, the applications have become a big part of the appeal. And you have to have the support behind it to really make the phones shine now. Major companies are jumping in on the apps and doing some really cool stuff with the phone. Now other cell phone makers not only have to make the hardware/design top notch, but they have to get the software support as well. Look at, for example, the Instinct; it was one of the first pushed as the 'iPhone killer' sold pretty good at first but really hasn't made a lot of noise since. Samsung hardly even puts any press behind it anymore, and from what I understand apps/software support is pretty much bleh. If these guys want a bestselling phone that stays around and pushes the brand name they have got to stay with it. Because they are selling like crazy, have a lot of support, and the other companies want a piece of the $$$. They know that reviewers and the general public will make the comparison anyway, so they might as well try and tackle it.
alright now I'm home from work i can put my 2 cents I work with this phone at work since its release I for one, love my Blackberry Curve, well "loved" it since I lost mine walking towards the Toyota Center last Friday , and as far as this device, its not bad. I initially hated it because it was slow and took awhile to react anything you did. They since released an update last weekend, and runs much smoother. The interface is of course the 4.7 OS, same as the Bold, but nothing substantially different to adjust to from the 4.3/4.5. OS on the Pearl/Curve. The screen doesn't take much time to adjust to, the apps included on it, are the basic ones already avail on the previous versions (facebook/flickr/myspace/etc.). The display is beautiful, played some vids I had on my microSD and played 3gp videos and MP3s just fine. An advantage it has is that it comes with a 8gb microSD card already, has the 3.5mm headphone jack, and of course has the history of the great Blackberry name. Now, would I buy it? At the moment, no, would love to see what developers will release for the Storm, but I'm on board to getting the G1 instead when I'm up for upgrade in March. Not sure how long of a exclusive deal we have with the Curve, but it'll probably worked out its kinks by the time it can be released on another carrier.
