Blackberry Storm After Two Months
So I picked the Storm over Omnia. It’s been two months now since I purchased this phone. It’s enough hands-on time to give my personal review about this phone. Why the Storm? First of all, I wanted to try the RIM’s OS. Secondly, the storm looks slickier than the Omnia. Lastly, I don’t want to get tied with the proprietary port and cable of the Samsung Omnia. Do I regret purchasing the Storm over the Omnia? Maybe not when compared ot the Omnia. But if you ask me if I have any regrets purchasing the Storm, yes I do, a little.
When I received the phone, it came with 4.7.0.75 version of the OS. This is an updated version which was supposed to fix some of the initial bugs when the first batches were first released. In the course of two months, a few beta updates were leaked out that fixed more bugs and made the phone better and faster. The most noticeable fix was for the quick response of the accelerometer (it orients the phone in landscape or portrait mode). Recently, RIM announced the latest official OS update of the Storm 9530, the 4.7.0.122. It was for Bell Mobility customers but would also work with Verizon Wireless. I currently have it on my phone.
To get a better view of this phone I will list my likes and dislikes.
Likes:
- slick black device
- easy email integration
- nice button layout
- fast accelerometer
- usable browser
- 3G connection cut out right away when app is closed (compare that with WinMo devices)
- contact list
- phone dialer (i like the big buttons)
- decent video/photo resolution
- good voice quality and an okay speaker
- huge community of Blackberry users
- RIM is frequently releasing updates for this phone (I had to wait a year to get some bug fixes on my old WinMo phone)
Dislikes:
- SurePress Touch Screen!!! If it wasn’t for this most annoying feature of the phone, I’d give the Storm a grade of 100%. I will never get used to it and unfortunately I have to interact with the touch screen to use the phone. I always mistype words and typing is painfully slow!
If I get a better touch screen, I will keep this phone oherwise iPhone will be my next mobile phone when they come to Verizon.
Came across this blog, when researching the omnia vs Storm.
My question for you is; Have you updated the BlackBerry Storm OS to .148 yet? If so does this solve alot of the bugs that was on the older OS? Does the update bring the Storm any closer to what you expected?