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The Last Word on the BlackBerry Storm: It’s Not So Hot
The Last Word on the BlackBerry Storm: It’s Not So Hot
I haven’t laid eyes on a BlackBerry Storm in person yet. More to the point, I haven’t laid fingers on one–so I have no first-hand impressions of hiw the first touch-screen BlackBerry compares to traditional BlackBerries, the iPhone, and other alternatives. But a gazillion ...
BlackBerry Storm - Review and Teardown
BlackBerry Storm - Review and Teardown
phonewreck.com — For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Storm Being another first for BlackBerry, RIM has delved into the widely competed touchscreen market. Not ... (more) BlackBerry Storm - Review and Teardown
The real story behind the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS?
The real story behind the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS?
boygeniusreport.com — I want to preface this by saying that the following statements are my opinions and hypotheses, and have not be confirmed nor denied by any of sources of mine or official contacts at either corporation. It should serve as a nice little ... (more) The real story behind the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS?
Story or no story, the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS has issues
Story or no story, the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS has issues
boygeniusreport.com — We gave you our theory , we gave you RIM’s official statement and now people, it’s time to move on. The bottom line is that everyone who snagged a Storm from Verizon ended up with v4.7.0.65. The indisputable caveat - v4.7.0.65 has ... (more) Story or no story, the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS has ...
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How the iPhone Should Have Made the Blackberry Storm Launch Easier [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... a few myself, but things haven’t improved much. While there are some bright spots, the overall tone of the reviews is that the Storm is a disappointment. ...

Technologizer’s Ten Most Popular Stories of November
Technologizer — ... : From “What if Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak had never met?” to “What if Apple licensed the Mac OS today?” 10. The Last Word on the BlackBerry Storm: It’s Not So Hot : I rounded up reviewer response to the touchscreen BlackBerry by quoting the final paragraphs of a bunch of evaluations. Most of them were lukewarm or worse. The New York Times’ David Pogue hadn’t yet written about it when I did my compilation, but his ...

No iPhone killer... yet
PalmAddicts — ... For more complete verdicts on the BlackBerry Storm, read the roundup news by Harry McCracken from Technologizer. And don't forget to watch David Pogue interview on his negative comment on the Storm, posted by Sammy yesterday ...

RIM Has a Winner with the Curve
Technologizer — ... Sorry Palm, there may be a device that can already take on the iPhone: NPD said Monday that in the first quarter, RIM’s BlackBerry Curve took the top spot in terms of smartphone sales. Half of all devices of this type sold in the quarter were RIM phones, up 15 percent. Despite its problems, the Storm managed to take third spot, and the aging Pearl line still is holding on in fourth. Overall, smartphones make up 23 percent of all cellular devices sold, up 6 percent from the year ago quarter. Analyst Ross Rubin said that even in the tough economy, ...

The BlackBerry Storm Gets Cheaper
Technologizer — ... Unlike most BlackBerries, the Storm was poorly reviewed; most of the real people I run into who own one don’t hate it, but they don’t rhapsodize over it, either. With the Storm now assuming the same positioning as the iPhone 3G–last year’s technology for under a hundred bucks–the big question is whether the upcoming ...

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