BlackBerry Storm in action, ad nauseam

by Paul Miller, posted Oct 20th 2008 at 11:30AM

Just can't get enough BlackBerry Storm minutiae? Well, Verizon's popped out a few reels of B-roll that should just about do it. Check them all out after the break, with enough screen clicking, device rotating and battery installing to crack even the most hardened of RIM fanboys.

Surfing the internet

Back of the Storm

Dude with a Storm

VZ Navigator

Placing a call

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Verizon Wireless

Tags: blackberry, blackberry storm, BlackberryStorm, rim, storm, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, video

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elgee02 @ Oct 20th 2008 11:53AM

I actually like the clicking sound it makes... very reassuring for a touch screen.

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CB17 @ Oct 20th 2008 4:10PM

Wow you're right that is a great idea! I wonder where they might have gotten it from.

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Terry @ Oct 20th 2008 12:22PM

I can't wait for this phone to be released!

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Bill @ Oct 20th 2008 12:27PM

My iPhone also makes a clicking sound when I type, except that I turned it off.

I dunno... it's a good phone no doubt, and I'm anxious to try one just for kicks. But I only see a few ways in which the click screen has advantages over the iPhone, and it's not while typing. The only way it helps is to avoid clicking a link by mistake while scrolling. Otherwise, I think the click screen just slows things down because you have to press deliberately rather than just lightly tap.

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kinmar @ Oct 20th 2008 12:59PM

The interface seems rather clunky to me... on the VZ Nav when he is attempting to slide his finger across to scroll through the different screens. That part looked awfully unresponsive.

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Brian @ Oct 20th 2008 1:26PM

Nobody that has an iPhone is going to say positive things about this phone. This is Verizons last chance. Im going day one and testing it out, if its a decent phone ill stay with my better reception and settle for a less flashy phone. If it isnt good, Im walking right over to the apple store.

With projected release dates already passing, how bout giving an actual one. Im sitting on a Razr with a busted outer screen.

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The D Train @ Oct 20th 2008 2:13PM

If you didnt sit on it it wouldnt be broken!

Sorry it had to be said.

As far as the videos 1) I'm happy I can finally watch the videos here at work these were uploaded in a compatible format, yay.
2) I'm not as impressed with this as I should especially considering this going to be my employers flagship phone, I sadly dont think its up to par.
the scrolling in the vznav part of the video like before was unresponsive, or over responisve as you can see at the end of the video where it scrolls a couple times without user input.

Till then I will just continue to use my iphone in th ebuilding much to the sneers and jeers of my coworkers who were too scared to take a chance at the Jesus Phone.

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listenclose @ Oct 20th 2008 3:18PM

I have a 16GB iphone and I think the Storm is awesome. I hope it lives up to the hype and lights a fire under Apple's a$$ to get the ball rolling on much needed iphone improvements such as landscape everything, cut/paste, turn by turn gps with traffic, and a more open apps.

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elgee02 @ Oct 20th 2008 3:27PM

I got an iPod touch. All the nice touchscreen and multimedia features + wifi without paying a minimum $69.99 (and that's only 450 mins and no texting) to AT&T every month when at my employee discount with VZW is so damn cheap. Shoulda gone that route D Train ;-)

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The D Train @ Oct 20th 2008 4:06PM

I would of kept an employee account if it was still 5$ for 50minutes and 5$ extra for unlimited texting, I dont make phone calls just text, internet browse etc. But now that you have to have nationwide, still can't call our employee accoutns team and get shit done, I'll take my overpriced plan, over glorified phone(that does what I need it to do, does it fast and does it well.) And continue sticking it to the company, besides why should I pay my own company part of my paycheck back if I dont have any leverage? Personally I want verizon to pay me, not vice versa Elgee.

Besides I've defended vzw many times in the past, but the storm looking at the videos, isnt up to par with the Iphone. Which we'd all be naive if we believed it wasn't why RIM made this device.

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Ryan @ Oct 20th 2008 5:34PM

Brian,

Your release date is November 9th. Extremely Firm. Store Hours are being extended. Merchandising is being changed and updated. Training deadlines are the 8th. Enough said...

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Gib @ Oct 23rd 2008 11:37AM

@ Ryan

Are you referring to the Nov 9th date as the Release of the Storem?

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elgee02 @ Oct 21st 2008 1:49AM

D Train

It's cool man, to each their own. I am just confused by your last statement... VZW DOES pay us man, we don't volunteer for them. Do you imply they should just give us free wireless service? Listen, I know forcing us on nationwide plans and getting rid of those old grandfathered plans sucked (I was on one too) but thinking they should just give us free wireless service is absurd.

Nothing against the iPhone either, but to me it just seems crazy you'd be willing to fork over at least $79.99 a month (since you said you text) to AT&T when you can have an iPod touch for no monthly service and have a 450 min premium plan on VZW for $39.99.

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The D Train @ Oct 21st 2008 1:28PM

Yeah it was more prevalent when I first started working here 3 years ago and my friend at AT&T was getting free service from AT&T while employed. I dont care if they pay for my service or not, what I'm saying is I dont want a part of my paycheck every month to go back to a company I work for, when I can't call into customer service and get anything done. I've only called AT&T 3 times in the 9 years I've had the service. When I had my VZW services when I started working here, I called at least 10 times, wrote coutnless emails to try and get things fixed.

The service is great, the employee customer service needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, and even if we had an Iphone on our network, I wouldnt come back until the employee customer service was torn down and redone. In the off chance I have to clal AT&T I can get what I need done, and not have to worry about getting reprimanded by my supervisor if I cuss someone out in employee accounts because they're terrible and dont care.

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elgee02 @ Oct 21st 2008 2:00PM

Well D Train, I don't know what position you have with VZW, but I do have a concession line with VZW that is free to me. I only use it for work and customers, I still keep a separate personal line for friends and family that I pay for (and am more than willing). I think only sales and managers get concession lines though.

And yeah, employee customer service does kinda suck, but I guess I am lucky in that I rarely have to call them. Sure, the few times I have they have been almost worthless but I ended up getting what I needed.

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Chris @ Oct 21st 2008 2:31PM

Hey man, if you're going to go ahead and do an iPhone... go to Best Buy and get it. They are the only place that can offer a service protection plan on the phone and it's the exact same price for the unit itself. Definitely worth taking advantage of that service plan, pretty much everything is covered except lost or stolen but you likely won't let the thing out of your sights long enough for that to happen anyways!

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miket @ Oct 20th 2008 2:16PM

it all depends on when its in your hands. landscape in all modes is a no-brainer, and i think the iphone misses a few, but whatever.
i am a qwerty guy and have not found a touchscreen keyboard that really lets you type at even half the speed of a qwerty.
will the STORM, we'll see. i can't wait to get my hands on one in a store for kicks.

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Ashton @ Oct 20th 2008 6:01PM

Does anyone else think that typing seems to be going awfully slow? I mean, any other BlackBerry user will support the fact that typing on a Curve or 8700 is lightning fast. I think I can type almost as fast on my Curve as a regular keyboard (maybe even faster...?)

It seems like RIM kind of went away from some of the things that make a BlackBerry a BlackBerry with the Storm. I think most BlackBerry users will still be much more satisfied with a Bold.

I suppose RIM will capture a target market that they have not focused on before this though.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a poor product. I am very excited to see it when it comes out.

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alltouchdiamondcom @ Oct 20th 2008 7:53PM

There's already a fans website at http://www.Storm-BlackBerry.com

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PEZ @ Oct 20th 2008 8:01PM

SEND THIS BITCH TO GSM AND TMOBILE!

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wildkat @ Oct 21st 2008 10:23PM

the official release date is oct. 25th to order online, but nov. 2 to upgrade in stores

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tra la la @ Oct 22nd 2008 2:03AM

so we can order it online on a Saturday (expect delivery to be the following Tuesday or Wednesday), or get in a store on a Sunday (when stores typically have shortened hours)??

That doesn't exactly fall in line with ANY other phone release that VZW has ever had (that I know of).

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aron @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:26PM

anyone also see in the placing a call video the guys phone number is on the top with a 908 area code.
that phone was activated

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Mike @ Oct 24th 2008 4:39PM

I want to see how it will handle voicemail messages.

I have a Blackberry / Verizon now and love it. I get many (typically at least 12-15 voice mail messages per day and the Verizon user interface for retrieving these is just horrible and consumes vasts amount of time.

I hope this is addresed in a similar fashion to the iphone.