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BlackBerry Storm is Doing Fine Against Apple iPhone

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Some people are dismissing the BlackBerry Storm way too early. Reports say Verizon sold only 500,000 of the touch-screen phones in its first month. "While 500,000 is a solid showing for one month, it pales in comparison to the Apple iPhone 3G's 2.4 million units sold in its first quarter," says ChannelWeb.

The Storm has had its problems. But many can be fixed over time with software updates.

Either way, the Storm doesn't have to outsell the iPhone to be a success. BlackBerry maker RIM just needs a decent touch-screen answer to the iPhone to stem any bleeding to the Apple wunderkind. The BlackBerry has plenty of other muscle in its multiple models, including the many that cater to people who like a hardware keyboard. Which the iPhone doesn't have.

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I am planning to buy Storm but a bit apprehensive due to the vast negative response I have seen in most of the sites. I am however open to the fact that slickable screen is a new thing and one needs to get used to it. Most of the responses and reviews I have seen were posted 1 week to 1 month after the purchase and then also with 9530 the same case. But I havent seen any review by users say 6-7 months down the line usage of the phone.. I would appreciate if someone could update me on the performance by people who have used storm say for 6-7 months.

Thanks

Max 10:33PM July 10, 2009

It would appear that all manufacturers rush there product to market and fix it with service packs later. I can understand the commercial advantages of getting products to market and fix them later. Some manufacturers seam to be taking the piss. How long after you press the take photo buttom and a storm does it take the photo on my storm it was a nearly 2 seconds. Who on this planet can say that that product should have passed customer acceptance testing.

Rick Fry of UT 9:41AM April 02, 2009

I must say in reading these posts one thing stands out, Apple users are truly zealots when it comes to apple products...in this case the Iphone. I used an Iphone for about a week and returned it, Push email was a JOKE! Nothing more.

And yes Its a nice phone and does some cool things...

But it is IN NO WAY comparable to a true business device.

I went from the treo 750, bb curve, bb bold, and now a Storm.

Is the storm PERFECT NO, my biggest complaint is the touchscreen wiggles i guess because of the whole clickable touchscreen. And honestly ive had and iphone and storm side by side and yes i hope the storm's OS will run as smoothly as and Iphone does. But if you wanna compare functionalty and I dont mean taking pretty pics of your cat. Then im sorry the Storm wins HANDS DOWN. The Iphone is a nice smartphone for dummies.

Chris of NY 3:57PM March 12, 2009

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