Comments on: BlackBerry Storm rumor recap: Vodafone BES issues, software update, mass hysteria

By: moZZi

moZZi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:43:37 +0000

Rabbit, same problem here. Except I didn’t have the problem until I initiated the May 31st software upgrade today. Hit the button at 5 this afternoon. Phone has been powering up and down on it’s own ever since (it’s now 9:37).

BS…an exceedingly appropriate acronym?

By: Arron Boarder

Arron Boarder — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:45:33 +0000

I have just received my BS and I also have an iphone 3g. Let me say being a business user I need a phone which can send and receive emails flawlessly, the iphone could not do this and still cant, also the iphone cannot cope with a long archive of emails – any iphone users know this and secondly the push feature is NOT in realtime. I thought i could convert from blackberry to iphone but I was wrong. The BS is a BUSINESS phone for those who do BUSINESS on the move…..lets remember what blackberry are all about: PUSH-EMAIL and the BS does this flawlessly, why cant you people understand the BS is for BUSINESS use. The Iphone is great for its entertainment factor which is why i kept mine but thats all.

By: R@bBitT

R@bBitT — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:22:10 +0000

I have had 4 Storms and still i am having powering up adn down issues as well as teh famed lag from app to app.
After battling with VZW, i finall got thru to someone who got a gent from RIM on the phone as we went over other issues i had like rejecting perfectly fine passwords and accoutns after accepting them and various phatom starts of applications like the camera or what have you.
RIM and VZW have acknowledged that the phones software is still flawed to this date and there is a supposed update coming out to solve power on/off issues as well as some of the other app and touch screen issues but like both gents said dont hold your breath.
I am on my 4th storm from VZW and all have had similar and also problems others have not had.
I agree that VZW and RIM should have gone with voda and it truely damaged credibility of the products they put out.
after all 4 phones since Jan is crazy

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:47:10 +0000

On the way home from work tonight I was checking my email on my phone and it was perfectly fine. I got home and made dinner and received a phone call and immediately noticed my screen was shattered when I pulled the phone from my pocket!

The phone has been in my shorts pocket, I have not dropped it, banged it, sat on it, or anything. I have absolutely no idea what happened!

I am insured, so I am not worried about getting a replacement, but I 100% believe that something freakish happened. I don’t think I should have to pay $50 to assurion for a lack of quality in the product.

There has to be some sort of defect in the screen. Has this happened to anyone else?

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:17:18 +0000

I agree Dave my Storm is awesome. I just got it a about a week ago and I haven’t had any problems with it. So the updates must of corrected all of the problems that people were having. I can’t wait for the next update, like Dave said it’s only going to get better. I admit there was a little problem getting used to the Storm since it doesn’t have any buttons. But once I used it for a week, it is smooth sailing.

By: tina

tina — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:38:30 +0000

has anyone had problem with the screen shattering. blackberry storm

please reply if you have.

thanks

By: Megaman

Megaman — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:56:58 +0000

I got my Storm on dec 4th…Love it!

By: dave_bb_9530

dave_bb_9530 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:17:36 +0000

Wow, can not believe all the negative comments. The Storm is awsome and if you used it for more than a few days you would know what I mean. Sorry for the people who returned them premature. If you read the comments most of the people who are saying bad things about this phone say they ” tried it and returned it” there is a learning curve so of course you are not going to be ripping through emails and the internet until you get past that curve. The new update came out today and I downloaded it and the phone rocks now. Smooth and fast and fixed problems with the phone. This is only the first update so it can only get better. Oh, and all the iphone people, who cares, in the end all these gadgets are just phones with computer applications built in, and all I can say is email, email, email, push, push, push, and mutiple email accounts.

I like the iphone to and if I wanted pure media and gaming capability I would be all over it but I am in business like most BB users and that is what this phone does best.

By: William Harrington

William Harrington — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:39:33 +0000

Hi everyone, I have had my blackberry storm for 2 weeks now and I cant get it to work properly at all, You Tube wont play properly, try to type in all aspects are very annoying, videos come on when taken out of holster, buttons have come off (green and red), internet to slow I just give up trying to send a text its a joke now, sorry to be so down about this phone but I am so disappointed. PS I have signed up for 2 years can I get out ahhhhhhhhh.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:13:24 +0000

I’ve had my Storm ten days now and LOVE it! Of course I look forward to improvements, but this phone is great. Beats the heck out of the initial problems I had with my Moto Q on release day.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:37:02 +0000

@STORM USER:

Why are you yelling or is the caps a function, not a bug of the Storm? We get it, the bugs on the Storm are nothing days of use can’t make you forget!

By: Des

Des — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:46:07 +0000

Vodafone Ireland are shipping the Storm to enterprise customers.

By: Maliek

Maliek — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:37:10 +0000

@ Steve and Stormy

Thank you, I have updated my OS to .75 and I see that BGR already has a .76 update. lol.

To be quite honest, since I haven’t had the problems that some seem to have, I don’t see much of a difference. People have also complained about battery life. I had that problem in the beginning but I don’t know if it was due to the device or the fact that it is a new phone and I kept playing with the phone to learn it. Not to mention all of my colleagues and friends that wanted to play with it also. We will see if I notice a difference as the days go by. I do have that issue where I press a button and it doesn’t register very now and then. That can be annoying especially since I have increased my speed when typing over the week but the auto correct seems to compensate for it. Overall, I am very happy with my Storm.

By: Aussie

Aussie — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:07:02 +0000

Glad to hear Voda UK are holding off. Should mean we won’t get the dud units here too.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:39:25 +0000

The only way to press a button while the Storm is up to your face is if you’re pressing it hard against your cheek. The “click” function of the screen is to confirm your selection. That’s why RIM designed it the way they did – so you don’t have so many missed and wrong button presses. If you’re holding the phone with your shoulder, try a headset!

BTW, the update is much better and faster. Storm owners: give it a shot! CrackBerry has a great walkthrough and Google is your friend.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:21:17 +0000

@ BG
Did you update your storm? I would like to hear your comments after you do. You have been tough on the device, but most of your critisizm is warranted. Also, I bet many of the people visiting this site would like upgrade. Some may find it a little difficult. Why don’t you post instructions for the technically challenged? All I am saying, is give storm a chance…

By: Stormy

Stormy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:15:55 +0000

Here’s the link to where youcan download the update. The accelerometer is MUCH quicker and the phone is overall quicker to respond to clicks. The download takes about 30 minutes. Don’t forget to backup your current OS in case you have a problem

http://forums.crackberry.com/f86/os-4-7-0-75-leak-105593/

By: steve

steve — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:09:38 +0000

@maliek

Lots of people have it

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq270/st3v3_bb/Snapshot_20081130.jpg

There’s a pic. Go to crackberry or the blackberry storm section in howard forums and dl it. It’s not the official release, it was leakedthere’s a vid on the front page of crackberry with the new storm update looking much speedier.

By: Maliek

Maliek — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:58:46 +0000

On Nov 30, 2008 @ 11:26 am, steveo Said:

The storm with 7.75 is much faster on the accelerometer.

Download it if you havent already

___________________________________________

How were you able to get this upgrade and has anyone else here been able to obtain it?

By: Maliek

Maliek — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:48:04 +0000

I have had my storm since the first day it came out. I liked everything about it except the virtual keyboard. I distinctly remember not liking my BB 8703 but then I got used to typing on the keyboard so my 8830 was a natural switch. There is a leaning curve with the Storm keyboard but now I have no problems with it since I took the time to learn it. I barely have the lag that others are having and I don’t have to pull my battery either. I have been happy with mine and any friend or colleague that tests my Storm loves the phone. If the iPhone is better for you, so be it. Enjoy your phones and lets others enjoy theirs. I just think people make themselves look really silly when they argue on blogs about phones as if they have stock in the company.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:32:39 +0000

@E.

You dont have to do 3-4 battery pulls a day. You don’t even have to do 1. There is no paper behind my screen. Deleting vz nav did absolutely nothing, as the only lag I ever had was with the accelerometer. Now that Ive download .75 It’s gotten loads better (accelerometer).

eeveryone look at the new video with the new updated software on http://crackberry.com/

By: E

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:25:31 +0000

The issue is not how many units are shipped, but rather how many stay in users hands are set up with new service on VZW. If you ship 2 mil and a million of those come back, then you really have a gigantic fcuk up on your hands. Who wants a device where they have to do 3-4 battery pulls a day, they have to delete programs that are supposed to enhance the device and put pieces of paper on top of the battery to improve the click? I think it might be time to check and see how many of the “storms” have actually been returned since launch day….The thing was never ready for release and the reviews and returns are enough for people to stay away. Does anyone know what the numbers were that RIM told VZW they had to move in order to keep it an exclusive?

By: mikebeau

mikebeau — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:58:13 +0000

im having crackberry withdrawals and I havent even gotten it yet. Damn VZW for making my ship date DEC 5

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:44:43 +0000

Perspective, How many units did the original Iphone ship in its first quarter?

If Rim ships anywhere near 2 million units in the Storms first quarter it will make the original iphone numbers look like a bust.

[R!M], thats funny because plenty of people have good things to say about the Storm. It seems to be the same users names popping up continually claiming the storm is sh*t. You really have to start to wonder if some of you guys don’t have a slight case of OCD and should be on an RX like Prozac.
I mean, everyone already knows these user handles don’t like it so why continue to repeat it?

By: steveo

steveo — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:26:28 +0000

The storm with 7.75 is much faster on the accelerometer.

Download it if you havent already

By: [R!M]

[R!M] — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:05:57 +0000

It’s funny how no one can actually come up with anything good to say about their Storms, so the best they can do is to talk shit about iPhone, just to make Storm look a little better. You know how easy it is to see why iPhone is still the best, some try to call a Storm an iPhone “killer”, not the other was around, if all those companies need to build a “killer”, than they pretty much admit that the iPhone is the best on the market today. And shut the fuck up about copy/paste and mms, it has been like that for a year and a half and it’s not a minus, it gives you pussies something to bitch about but never really bother the majority of iPhone users, with all the things that iPhone does have, that no other pos phone in the WORLD does, you won’t even notice that you can’t copy and paste, you’ll never need it. I see how it’s becoming a war between some who say “Storm sucks” and the other who say “BlackBerry is the shit, shut up you fucking iPhone livers”. First, no one said BlackBerry sucks, they’re great but their Storm sucks, ok. Second, I don’t even have an iPhone, I don’t have to have one to think that Storm is a POShit phone. If you have a good phone you won’t have to talk shit about an iPhone to prove that yours is better, people will know if it is and why, or if it’s just NOT.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:50:41 +0000

Maybe I received a “Perfect Storm”..haha

Anyway…these iPHone junkies are craaaaazzzzy! Damn, i mean,,, i had the new 3G iPhone for 3 hours and clenched it in my hand to try to crush it.. truly a piece of junk. Then my second one almost went through the window at the AT¬_me store. The AT&T rep sadi, “i told you so” the iPhone is not for a business user…

it took me two iPhones to realize its for the average everyday user…

Now, i will say the Storm has alot to be desired, but still hands down better then the “NoPhone” i swear, i never dropped so many calls in two weeks than i did with the iPhone.

So, lighten up all you iPhone junkies, you like your phone, we business people like ours…

enjoy your dropped calls.

By: Perspective

Perspective — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:41:40 +0000

The iPhone/Storm comparisons are a joke, and this is true for multiple reasons. However, the bottom line is sales. Nearly 7 million phones sold last quarter for the iPhone 3G. RIM would be lucky to do 2 million this quarter for the Storm, even WITH holiday shoppers.

But come on, no proximity sensor on a touchscreen phone? Seriously? You make a call and buttons are pushed by your face? This is a joke, right? How complicated would it have been to add this sensor? This decision, all by itself, is proof that RIM needs to stick with their last-gen QWERTY keyboard phones. To be fair, Apple will agree to leave that segment all to RIM (since that segment is shrinking anyway, hence the Storm). For all you that bought the Storm, please let me know when they get that whole call-face thing fixed in a manner that doesn’t require inserting business cards or holding the phone an inch from your face.

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:11:27 +0000

You have to love people running their traps about phones being returned. Sell as many units in the first week and half that Vodafone/Verizon did and thousands upon thousands will be returned. They are still going out the door 30 times faster then they’re coming back. Vodafone still expects the storm to account for 1 in 6 units sold during the run up to christmas. Yeah, thats a failure.

It has issues but sales have been phenomenal; so someone must be telling their friends and family that they like it.

The Iphone is considered a success right? Maybe BGR could enlighten some of you as to the amount of iphones that have been returned. It’ll make your eyes pop out of your head.
Hold yourself over by typing iphone returned into google. Going by those results you’d think it was only good as a paper weight!

By: Maikel You are a bunghole

Maikel You are a bunghole — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:55:25 +0000

Few minutes in and you can say it sucks. I guess I had the same impression of a few minutes with your ma.