Comments on: Storm 2 could drop on Verizon sooner than expected

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:32:39 +0000

I have had a Storm for about 6 months now and I love it. It performs much better than the iPhone at almost every task, except for playing video games. Email synching, mms, sms texting, photography, videography, internet browsing…all better with the Storm. Everyone I know who has an iPhone has had to replace them with another iPhone because of problems in the OS at least once (one friend had to replace hers THREE times in a month!).

I LIKE the clickable touch screen, it reduces the amount of accidental selections that are inherent in every other smartphone with a touchscreen.

All of this talk about a 2nd generation Storm is great, just don’t get rid of the things that make it such a nice piece of equipment!

By: Mychal Emory

Mychal Emory — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:59:07 +0000

Could it be that they are having major issues during test phase and can’t come up with a solution? More than likely they were smart this time and didn’t release a product that was going to be less than satifactory and couldn’t meet expectations of the consumer. ie texting or typing faster than 5 wpm.

By: nathan

nathan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:08:41 +0000

saw your comments on storm#2, as of today9/9, not out yet. any idea when coming out? cant decide what to buy storm #2 or new iphone, any ideas?

By: Dougbx11

Dougbx11 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:13 +0000

Why are you guys looking to get Tour, it has no WI-FI. What, do you travel oversees every month. WI-FI can be used everyday from the good ol US. Why does Verizon NOT have the 8900 available? Why did they not put WI-FI in the Tour? Those are the questions that should be asked!!

By: Chad W.

Chad W. — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:47:52 +0000

“From what i have read it seem that the second storm will function more like an iphone with a solid glass frame. The click screen was one of the major screw ups of gen. 1 storm. Verizon must make this new storm function correctly in order to bring consumer confidence back.

The tour is blaa….If you have a blackberry you have a “tour”…same small screen…ill keep my old Blackberry Worldwide which has been a great phone(but no camera).

By: KevinM

KevinM — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:26:16 +0000

Will this phone have WiFi?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:20:44 +0000

Other than the fact that the programs are a little slow at switching, I have to admit- I love my storm! It is the most functional “PDA” type phone I have ever used. I have used the iPhone, and I like the Storm much better. I agree, though, that the bugs should have been worked out before they released this to the public. If all the bugs were fixed, it would be perfect for me.

It is unfortunate, however, that it is connected to a sub-par Verizon customer service base.

By: Blackberry Scott

Blackberry Scott — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:46:43 +0000

Given up? How have they given up on the Storm?

I was very happy with my Storm to begin with, and the OS upgrade is like owning a brand new phone.

By: borat

borat — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:57:24 +0000

theyve just given up on the first storm it seems like

By: blackberryscott

blackberryscott — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:10:26 +0000

There is no new version of the Storm coming out any time soon. Yes it exists as a test model but that is absolutely it at this point. Period. The only model we know we are getting out of those discussed is the Pearl flip.

By: u2fan1967

u2fan1967 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:32:32 +0000

Which is why VZW has been unloading Blackberries like crazy lately with their buy 1 get 1 free deal. Trying to offload the inventory they are to make room for new models no doubt.

By: Duh

Duh — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:16:22 +0000

Since when does Verizon (or any mobile carrier) care about its customers? Do you really think they care that you just bought a Storm last week? Every carrier tries to unload inventory prior to a new device, which is why they are offering so many deals on BB’s. The iPhone does this every year, as do numerous other devices.

By: Blackberry Scott

Blackberry Scott — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:54:32 +0000

A quote from the president of our company, as reported by Reuters news agency today…

” As it turns out, Reuters has reported that Lowell McAdam of Verizon stated in a webcast today:

“Over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre and a second generation Storm,” on the Verizon Wireless network. ”

I nor any of us doubt that a supposed “Storm 2″ prototype exists, but it is foolish and ridiculous to think this phone is coming out any time within the next month.

We as store representatives are there to provide and advocate our service first. We have our hands full in dealing with that to begin with. Websites like this can be a blessing and a curse. People have their hopes up right now for two phones that may or may not be released within the next few months, let alone in the next month.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:56:40 +0000

Blackberry Scott

So you just proved my point did you not, you guys haven’t heard anything about the Storm 2 or the Tour, both of which are definitely coming out. I’m not judging the whole company, VZW employees know little when it comes to phones coming out and this is a general statement.

There are exceptions to the rule. We knew a year ahead of time when the Storm was coming out and a few people on the forums knew of the Storm 2 while the Storm 1 was still being talked about. Storm 2 isn’t a rumor, its a real phone thats coming out and the VZW employees on here don’t seem to know anything about it which sucks in my opinion. But its not your fault so don’t take offense.

By: Blackberry Scott

Blackberry Scott — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:24:20 +0000

You just proved how stupid you are, Sonya. Judging a whole company’s employees by the actions of a few. I could make the same kind of comments about some of our customers, believe me.

We knew the original Storm was coming out officially a few months ahead of it’s release, and most of us who delve in to the rumor websites knew it was coming much sooner than that. Since Blackberry is so important to VZW, we always get trainings on the new devices, and we haven’t even received anything official on the flip version of the Pearl. We know that is close because the original Pearl is being phased out, but we still don’t have any kind of official release.

There still has been absoloutely no mention of a Storm 2,3,4, or 5, No mention of “Tour”, “Niagara”, “Odin” or whatever the hell you can think of.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:26:54 +0000

Here is an example of what Verizon employees know:

On Apr 21, 2009 @ 6:47 pm, VZWGuy Said:

Verizon Wireless has a lifetime exclusivity on the Storm.

Um no, everyone on this board knows RIM owns the storm. They can sell to whoever they want. And it wouldn’t be with Vodafone if it was a lifetime exclusive phone.

So once again, just stick to boygenius. I find them to be very reliable. My friend is a VZW manager and he can only get the scope when digging just like we do.

By the way the Storm 2 does have click screen. The 4 corners and clickable making it easier to type on.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:19:33 +0000

Verizon employees don’t know anything. The BB storm 2 could come out tomorrow and a CS rep would find out the same day we do. I remember I called about the Omnia a week before it was coming out and asking questions. No one knew anything, they never heard of it. I believe that it is coming out soon. There is truth to all rumors.

By: VZWguy

VZWguy — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:59:39 +0000

To tell the truth. I work for VZW and I’ve heard not a whisper about any storm 2. I’ve seen nothing in our normal training areas, and I’ve searched. I have heard that RIM is having a hard time passing a new software release. It keeps failing for some reason in the tests. Not sure whats going on there. So why would they release a storm 2 when they still cant get the storms software to work? It dosn’t make sense. I think this is a line of BS beyond belief.

It’s simply a bad move. If there is going to be a storm 2. It may just be the same old storm with a different version of the BB OS. That would make sense. Wifi is built into the storm and just not turned on per my understanding. So I would suspect maybe and software release would enable the function, and fix the bugs people are having with it. You know. . .some fine tuning.

By: Joe B.

Joe B. — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:52:25 +0000

Have been waiting for RIM & Verizon to up-grade the Storm, but I guess they won’t do that now with the new “Storm” coming-out but they really should offer the original buyer’s of the “storm” a switch but who know’s what goes on in the mind of a large company, Money,Money, Money.

By: Blackberry Scott

Blackberry Scott — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:06:20 +0000

[quote]i agree with bb.. you guys just hopped on the bandwagon too fast to get the newest and coolest product. although i also think its way sleezy of verizon to offer buy one get one free off blackberrys..a month before it releaases all its new toys and releasaes[/quote]

All of these supposed releases on this website, Crackberry.com, etc, are all speculation. We have not received any training on any new Blackberry devices period. The usual drill is receiving training around a month ahead of a large release.

By: Blackberry Scott

Blackberry Scott — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:02:55 +0000

I am also a corporate VZW employee. As of Saturday May 23 2009 we have absoloutley not received any kind of training on any new Storm or otherwise.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:21:16 +0000

For those thinking this is real there are plenty of more logical explanations:

BGR is on something,
BGR is trolling in an attempt to get somebody from RIM to let more details slip about the eventual release date of any new storm,
BGR is being trolled in a manner that will drop his future credibility wrt RIM rumours,
The designation storm 2 is simply what they use for their next official software release.

By: affy

affy — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:51:53 +0000

i agree with bb.. you guys just hopped on the bandwagon too fast to get the newest and coolest product. although i also think its way sleezy of verizon to offer buy one get one free off blackberrys..a month before it releaases all its new toys and releasaes

By: jp

jp — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:21:32 +0000

storm I isn’t that bad…if you change the os…132 is pretty good. this is the first time vzn has had a hi tech/hi profile phone in a long time…just don’t use their recommended os and you are good.

By: dante

dante — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:06:11 +0000

Who cares! The Storm is/was a piece of junk. I don’t blame Verizon for dumping that POS.

By: Paul L

Paul L — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:06:56 +0000

@TedP,
I sync the Storm to Mac via PocketMac. It works very well. This phone has been great for me thus far. I can’t believe all the problems others report here. It’s like we’re talking about two different phones.

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:35:48 +0000

@ capitalist
Are you suggesting that the storm 2 is not heading to verizon??? You realize that it is laughable at this point in time, I’m sure.
Get over it. Its 3 new berries verizon bound!!!!!!!!! Unless a supernatural power will shove it out if the hands of Verizon training ppl who are readying it as we speak!!!!!!!!!

By: mikebeau

mikebeau — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:03:59 +0000

if you think the leaked os updates make the phone work fine then you dont use your storm a lot

By: Dont-hate

Dont-hate — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:41:34 +0000

@Mike I
So what ur saying is that it took u 9 hours to type 3 sentences. LoL.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Mesa United States

By: Name (required)

Name (required) — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:58:44 +0000

When have you ever seen a GSM device that said activation required?

All of you who think and are saying its a GSM version of the current storm are ducking retards.

Ducking SureType sucks.