Comments on: The BlackBerry Storm is no iPhone

Don Reisinger thinks the BlackBerry Storm is great in its own right, but it can't quite compete with the iPhone. Is that true?

[1blackberry]

Maybe u just think the Blackberry Storm is a threat to the iphone. The iphone has found it's killer if u ask me. Plus the media was all over the iphone because it was like the first of it's kind nobody was never seen nothing like it. Since then they have released many types of touch phones so y would they be crowded up for more of the same.

P.S.Blackberry Storm murdered the iphone.

[moneycat]

Nothing like it! That's a laugh, another one of you guys who think Apple invented the touch screen phone!!!

[MetalWych]

What I don't get is why all the apple fanboys hate the Storm. I got rid of my iPhone 3G for the BlackBerry Storm, and it was a great investment. Movies and MP3's play much better, and sound a hell of a lot better. I can NOW type faster on the Storm than with the iPhone (and with 40% less errors too). And, Verizon is SOooooooo much faster than Crap T&T is! I would never go back to Crapple again!

[Dan McCay]

After trying to break away from the Iphone for one week by using the Storm, I am back to the iPhone. The Storm is not a very mature device. Here are my complaints:

1. Typing: I was really hopeful for the tactile response of the push in click screen. However I found that it slowed my typing dramatically. I also experienced a great deal of frustration as my fat thumbs would need to make greater contact with the screen to accomplish the click, but the greater contact caused more mistyping. This was the primary reason I returned to the iPhone.

2. Interface: Generally the User Interface is fair. The look and feel leaves a lot to be desired. I don't know how Apple continues to win the UI battle, but this one isn't close. I have always liked the fact that the Blackberry had so many options. However I find the sheer number of options takes away from the cleanness of the interface.

3. Design: The design of the Storm feels immature while the iPhone design is sleek and elegant.

4. Network: Honestly, I couldn't tell a difference between the two.

These are just some of my personal thoughts on the storm device in comparison with the iPhone.

[Dan McCay]

After trying to break away from the Iphone for one week by using the Storm, I am back to the iPhone. The Storm is not a very mature device. Here are my complaints:

1. Typing: I was really hopeful for the tactile response of the push in click screen. However I found that it slowed my typing dramatically. I also experienced a great deal of frustration as my fat thumbs would need to make greater contact with the screen to accomplish the click, but the greater contact caused more mistyping. This was the primary reason I returned to the iPhone.

2. Interface: Generally the User Interface is fair. The look and feel leaves a lot to be desired. I don't know how Apple continues to win the UI battle, but this one isn't close. I have always liked the fact that the Blackberry had so many options. However I find the sheer number of options takes away from the cleanness of the interface.

3. Design: The design of the Storm feels immature while the iPhone design is sleek and elegant.

4. Network: Honestly, I couldn't tell a difference between the two.

These are just some of my personal thoughts on the storm device in comparison with the iPhone.

[cliffford]

is verizon is getting the iphone. I have Verizon and I would like to get the iphone or black berry storm . where i live verizon is the best phone to have.

[goyoelburro]

It seems like the author's opinion is that the Blackberry Storm cant compete because it lacks hype.

For me superior technology (no need for lame iTunes, flash for camera, changable battery, standard usb jack, I could go on for pages...) is what makes a device more competitive, not shiney apple hype.

Let them stand in line all night for the latest apple garbage. I'll take my blackberry any day...

[gotmike42915]

QUOTE "OK, I guess I can concede that the Storm is really neat and the touchscreen idea is fantastic. But I still don't see how the BlackBerry Storm will be able to compete on any level with the iPhone 3G."

First off Dip spit. I have an Iphone i may say it is or was a nice piece of work although when you talk about competition with the blackberry storm..your right there is none. First things first the STORM doesn't OVER HEAT so their you go the Iphone again is not the greatest. thanks and take care.

[dede4590]

After reading this article, and a few of the comments, I decided to leave one myself. I bought a Storm in March and I cannot say I am satisfied with it. After owning 3 Curves (1 from AT&T, switched to Verizon because AT&T is the worst carrier ever, and it was destroyed with water, so it was replaced) I know I am pretty good at picking apart Blackberrys and their features/applications. I love RIM and they have been around much longer than the iPhone, and I believe I read a comment someone posted about the iPhone being the first phone with an actual browser...but that is wrong because every Blackberry I have had, including the tiny Pearl, has had a fully functional web browser, and if you didn't like it you could download Opera Mini which is a better browser than the ones on the Curves and Pearls. The Storm isn't a failure but it is a disappointment with me. It would reset on it's own when I am in the middle of doing something, and before the new OS came out I hated the text editing because it would never put the cursor back where you wanted it. It got to the point were it would reset and not come back on for 10 minutes, and then reset again a few seconds after loading up, and then the screeen stopped working all together, but I found that if I twisted the phone a little I could see the screen but was way too difficult to try to use it. I have had it in Kuwait for the past 4 months and will be replacing it while I am home next month. I don't think I will get a different phone, instead get a replacement and wait for the Storm 2 to come out at the end of the year. I have heard great things about the Tour, but I don't think I could go back to a smaller screen. Hopefully RIM will have fixed the problems. After owning a Blackberry I don't think I would be happy with any other type of phone, including the iPhone. While the iPod touch is a wonderful gadget, I have heard way more gripes and complaints about the iPhone than Blackberry problems. RIM has me hooked because no other PDA has the features and apps that the Storm does. The iPhone has some good ones, but the Blackberrys are better, coming from multiple aquaintences who have owned both. I guess to each it's own, and if you don't like a product, just don't use it. This phone is for fans of RIM, if you are unfamilliar and you don't use it for it's intended purpose, you probably won't like it. I am using it for every purpose it is intended for while I am in Kuwait, and even though the international data plan is way too expensive I can't deny that Blackberry is the best PDA out.

[dede4590]

The Storm may not outsell the iPhone, but the iPhone will never outsell Blackberry due to the fact that there are multiple varieties to choose from and on different networks. AT&T may be better than Verizon for Curve users because the data plan is cheaper, plus you can use them as modems to hook to your laptop for internet access. Besides, why would RIM want to make a product to kill the iPhone, when it get's the business of it's intended clients...businesses! You can do so much more on a Blackberry I won't even hesitate to list them.