Got my storm yesterday and have been playing with it. The connection indicator says 1XEV (which I understand is Verizon's version of EDGE).
Isn't it supposed to be 3G?
Isn't it supposed to be 3G?
Is blackberry storm supposed to be 3G?
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DivideBYZero
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Thanks - didn't know that. The manual listed 3G and EDGE/1xEV separately, which is what confused me.
DivideBYZero
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Hehe - I'll give some initial reactions:
Click screen: Really like it. Very natural, it took a little getting used to, the biggest challenge was touching the screen and then clicking. My initial habbit was to touch and click in one motion, which was not working very well. But once you touch it, hold your finger for quarter of a second and then click it works much better. The very top edge of the screen appears to be a little tough to click for some reason. Not sure if it just needs to be broken in or what. Nothing major, just need a little extra pressure. Also, the re-orientation is not immediate like they show in the commercial. After you flip the device it takes a few seconds for the screen to reorient itself.
Typing: Typing is great. You can type fairly fast and after having it for one day I can type almost without mistakes. I'm still getting used to typing in portrait though. The whole intelli-type is really not my thing. The only con I noticed so far if you make a typo earlier in the sentence it's pretty hard to correct it. There's no back/forward keys (at least none that I found) so you need to tap on the exact letter you want to correct. As you can imagine that's not very easy.
Browsing: Browser is nice - quality is pretty high. Navigating around the page is pretty easy. Not sure how iPhone does it - but normally to click a link you'll need to double tap to zoom in and then click the screen to follow the lick.
Battery life: My first charge lasted about 24 hours (but I used GPS, bloototh and etc). Hoping it'll break in after a while - otherwise it'll be just as bad as an iPhone (which is disappointing).
GPS: Didn't play a lot with but the reception appears to be much better than my Blackberry 8800. For starters I get gps reception in my condo, which 8800 would not.
Software is about the same as the older models. Still missing some minor feature that old versions had (e-mails on one line, hide Sat and Sun in the calendar). Not sure if this is something they left out on purpose or just haven't had time to implement yet.
Camera is pretty nice too. Again, I've never had a camera phone before so I have no baseline but I didn't notice any major issues with it.
Click screen: Really like it. Very natural, it took a little getting used to, the biggest challenge was touching the screen and then clicking. My initial habbit was to touch and click in one motion, which was not working very well. But once you touch it, hold your finger for quarter of a second and then click it works much better. The very top edge of the screen appears to be a little tough to click for some reason. Not sure if it just needs to be broken in or what. Nothing major, just need a little extra pressure. Also, the re-orientation is not immediate like they show in the commercial. After you flip the device it takes a few seconds for the screen to reorient itself.
Typing: Typing is great. You can type fairly fast and after having it for one day I can type almost without mistakes. I'm still getting used to typing in portrait though. The whole intelli-type is really not my thing. The only con I noticed so far if you make a typo earlier in the sentence it's pretty hard to correct it. There's no back/forward keys (at least none that I found) so you need to tap on the exact letter you want to correct. As you can imagine that's not very easy.
Browsing: Browser is nice - quality is pretty high. Navigating around the page is pretty easy. Not sure how iPhone does it - but normally to click a link you'll need to double tap to zoom in and then click the screen to follow the lick.
Battery life: My first charge lasted about 24 hours (but I used GPS, bloototh and etc). Hoping it'll break in after a while - otherwise it'll be just as bad as an iPhone (which is disappointing).
GPS: Didn't play a lot with but the reception appears to be much better than my Blackberry 8800. For starters I get gps reception in my condo, which 8800 would not.
Software is about the same as the older models. Still missing some minor feature that old versions had (e-mails on one line, hide Sat and Sun in the calendar). Not sure if this is something they left out on purpose or just haven't had time to implement yet.
Camera is pretty nice too. Again, I've never had a camera phone before so I have no baseline but I didn't notice any major issues with it.
Have to agree. I was using the BlackBerry Bold for some time and it fluctuates wildly from 3G to EDGE in and around NYC. Got the Storm and it's been a steady 1xEV.
Got my storm a couple days ago.
Actually the edge clicks just as easily as the middle of the screen... and the camera quality is ridiculously better than my old Q. So far it's a pretty sweet phone. I don't know how well it compares to the iPhone other than the 5-10mins at a time I've fooled around with other people's iPhone.
Actually the edge clicks just as easily as the middle of the screen... and the camera quality is ridiculously better than my old Q. So far it's a pretty sweet phone. I don't know how well it compares to the iPhone other than the 5-10mins at a time I've fooled around with other people's iPhone.
how are you guys liking the touchscreen? I tried it out at the store, but was very disappointed. It felt a generation or two behind the iphone/ipod touch. Not fluid at all. The click screen I thought was pretty cool.
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