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The first BlackBerry Storm was at first held up as the savior for carriers without the iPhone, but over time it became clear RIM's entry was short of this goal: an aging OS, no Wi-Fi and a misconceived click-down touchscreen meant it often didn't pleas...
Better pushdown screen, 16GB card included; more RAM, Improved scrolling, typing, web browsing, Builtin WiFi; GSM/HSPA world mode, Good call quality and battery life...
Pushdown screen still damages the experience, No real hardware changes apart from WiFi, Competitors have moved faster, BlackBerry OS 5.0 a minor update to an old OS, Camera photos are noisy versus rivals, App World has a small catalog, isn't preloaded.
We should quickly clarify that the Storm2 isn't a bad phone. Many aspects are done well, and some of the previous show stoppers (lack of Wi-Fi, the screen mechanism, unnatural scrolling) have been cleared away. For the business of actually taking calls...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:28
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First touch screen model of BlackBerry was eagerly awaited for years. Storm was announced as revolutionary device that will fuse business functionality, perfect screen and QWERTY touch screen keyboard. Also Storm was announced as “iPhone killer” that...
Rumors that new Storm 2 (or Storm II) will be available soon (our guess is September 2009) were confirmed by RIM’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie. This new model will, supposedly, have support for WiFi and new touch screen that will be similar to one present...
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The Storm uses the intuitive BlackBerry OS, email features and document viewers. But it all goes downhill from there. The entire touchscreen is like a large button which you actually have to click in. So, to select something, you place a finger o...
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WITH the BlackBerry Storm finally reaching our shores last month, BlackBerry users here can at last upgrade to a touch screen experience.But they now face a tough question: will the BlackBerry device be still as effective without its longstanding one-t...
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By Sherwin LohBLACKBERRY finally goes touchscreen and it is serious about making a thunderous impact.Dubbed Storm, this is one multimedia phone not for those with frail fingers. Instead of just lightly brushing the icons on the screen with your fingers...
It is not the perfect storm but as RIMs first touchscreen, it has enough oomph to zap some of the competition...
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Say the word Blackberry and what I think of is a QWERTY device with messaging capabilities like no other. While the latter part still holds true for RIM’s latest smartphone modeled as the 9500 or, Storm, gone is the full keyboard and the trackball that...
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Brace yourself as the Storm has arrived and it is shaking things up for the BlackBerry-toting crowd. Known as BlackBerry's first-ever capacitive touchscreen phone, it is a full 360-degree change from Research In Motion's (RIM) well-loved formula of spo...
Business-oriented users will also be pleased with the horde of business functions that the Storm flaunts. Being a BlackBerry, users would expect its email capability to be top-notch, and the Storm didn't disappoint. For starters, the phone lets you int...
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The Blackberry Storm is the first full-touchscreen model mobile phone offered by RIM since November 2008. It has many specialities such as a 3.25" high-res capacitive touchscreen, 3.2 MP camera with AF and Flash, and assisted GPS with geo-tagging suppo...
Great touchscreen, Easy to handle and use, Great for navigation and web browsing, Best virtual keyboard support, Hotswap and great memory support, Hires screen with 360x640 pixels...
No WiFi, No Flash support, Heavy to carry...
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At this point were expected to pass the final verdict and we are afraid it is not the one we would have liked it to be. The BlackBerry Storm isnt really likely to achieve that sweeping convergence success. Quite unfortunately for the unique touchscr...
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phonedog.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:30
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The first BlackBerry to sport a touchscreen (that’s more of a push-screen) has arrived. That’s right, the BlackBerry Storm. There’s a lot to like about the Storm and with every new form factor there’s also a lot to learn. Read: be prepared to invest a...
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The Storm is here and while I’m sure youre anxious to know how it fared. We were too. So it took us a little while to get through with testing and here’s what we have to say. Form Factor The 9500’s build quality exudes a certain sturdiness with slim c...
Great multimedia features, Good looking design, Good battery life, Social Networking and chatting made easy, Extremely loud speakerphone...
SurePress can sometimes be a little difficult to use, No Wi-Fi, Should have come with more memory, BlackBerry Maps not available for India, Video recording refused to work...
CameraThe Storm’s 3.2 megapixel camera is quite good. There are limited settings though. Aside from image stabilizing, there’s White balance, Geo-tagging and color type. What we found extremely baffling is that the bottom part of the screen is...
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It was only last week that we gave you our initial impression about the Blackberry 9500 Storm and here we are with a complete review of the phone brought to India by Vodafone. Well, in the preview of the phone Id mentioned that I wasnt particularly...
Large Screen, Smooth transitions, Three-way accelerometer, GPS (No Maps), 3.5mm jack.
Poor Usability, Slow, Moving screen feels odd, Space around screen can collect particles, No DivX/XviD, Heats up, No Wi-Fi.
It was only last week that we gave you our initial impression about the Blackberry 9500 Storm and here we are with a complete review of the phone brought to India by Vodafone. Well, in the preview of the phone Id mentioned that I wasnt particularly...
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about.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:31
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Vendors SiteThe BlackBerry Storm--the first touch-screen BlackBerry smartphone--is here. Its a sleek-looking phone with lots of impressive features, like its sharp display and clickable touch screen. RIM designed this phone as a direct competitor to...
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What's this " a BlackBerry without a keyboard? RIM is quite possibly the last company we'd have expected to surrender to the touchscreen craze, but after months of speculation, the BlackBerry Storm " the first RIM smartphone without a physical...
Gorgeous, highres screen, Excellent multimedia playback, Industryleading email delivery...
Clickable screen makes text entry and navigation difficult, Accelerometer is imprecise, No WiFi, Locked to Vodafone...
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smartphonetoday.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:31
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Page 1 | 2 | Next The BlackBerry Storm was badly bruised by reviewers soon after its release, especially by an overwhelmingly negative review by David Pogue, the most influential tech writer, in The New York Times. Afterwards, there was so much p...
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pdastreet.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:31
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The BlackBerry Storm was badly bruised by reviewers soon after its release, especially by an overwhelmingly negative review by David Pogue, the most influential tech writer, in The New York Times. Afterwards, there was so much piling-on, that you might...
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wirelessinfo.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:35
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Research in Motion has finally joined in on the touchscreen fray with the Blackberry Storm, the first Blackberry ever without some sort of physical keyboard. Offered by Verizon at $199 with a 2-year contract, it boasts almost all the top features compe...
Looking at the scoring results for the Storm, it adds up to a solid device that can do a little bit of everything from media playback and capture to strong organizer and messaging capabilities. We were a bit disappointed that the still image resolutio...
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we are blown away by the Storm. Fair enough, the virtual QWERTY keyboard is fiddly, but it is as good as (if not better than) the iPhone’s version. The clickable touch-screen function is excellent – as is the video playback, the web browsing and the...
The clickable touch-screen UI is generally excellent, as is the video function and the social networking apps...
There is no Wi-Fi and BlackBerry fanatics will find the virtual keypad fiddly.Look and Feel...
Verdict If it had Wi-Fi, this would have been a five-star phone...
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Livedigitally.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:38
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I had some time to play with the BlackBerry Storm last week, and I’m surprised how much I disliked it. I feel it was a complete misstep on the part of RIM, and is indicative of the problems of handset manufacturers short-sighted thinking as they compe...
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Having made its name with keyboard-toting handsets for the corporate email crowd, RIM heads off in a different direction -- aimed squarely at the iPhone. It's the first touchscreen BlackBerry boasting a clickable touchscreen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, GP...
RIM certainly hasn't fallen on its face with the first touchscreen BlackBerry Storm -- it's a stylish and feature-packed handset that does a lot of things well. However, the lack of Wi-Fi and the debatable merits of a clickable touchscreen keyboard may...
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Video Review: Reports are that Verizon stores have had some scuffles over todays gadget in its limited release, but weve got one and wed like to tell you all about the new BlackBerry Storm with its 3G, GPS, web browsing, 3.2 megapixel camera, and Mi...
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letstalk.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:39
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The first BlackBerry to sport a touchscreen (that’s more of a push-screen) has arrived. That’s right, the BlackBerry Storm. There’s a lot to like about the Storm and with every new form factor there’s also a lot to learn. Read: be prepared to invest a...
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Enough with all the buzz about “killing” the iPhone, already! Every smartphone has its merits, and not every company is out to steal Apple’s thunder. For example: Nokia has the amazing N96 camera phone (and a forthcoming 5800 touch...
Good call quality, High quality camera, Built-in GPS, Good media support, Lots of extras...
Cramped keyboard, Typing is difficult, Interface is slow at times, *...
There’s a lot more we could say about the touch interface – RIM has quite a few things to learn here, and the manufacturer seems to be unaware that the hover-and-click approach is very awkward. (For two days, we tried to get used to the c...
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technewsworld.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:40
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The Storm, Research In Motions touchscreen BlackBerry, is a compelling phone that rivals the iPhone in likability, writes Mike Wendland. However, its still not enough to make him want to switch. The Storms touchscreen requires the user to actually c...
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In part one of our Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Storm 9530 review we looked at the hardware - including the unique touchscreen - the preinstalled software and our initial impressions, together with some preliminary battery feedback. Now, in part two, w...
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by Rosemary Hattersley and Mark Hattersley, macworld.co.uk Editors Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld U.K.s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic. It’s been nearly two years since Steve Jobs...
Unique click-able touchscreen, high speed 3G support, good Web browser; superb email client and contact management...
Lacks wi-fi; cut-and-paste solution is inelegent; lacks multi-touch zoom...
While the BlackBerry Storm is by no means the perfect smartphone, there are many aspects of it we admire. The clickable touchscreen works very well - we liked the fact you need to apply definite pressure to initiate a command or enter a character. It...
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It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at least keeps them from bailing. The Storm&...
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The BlackBerry Storm (9530 smartphone) is one of the most anticipated mobile phones since the iPhone. There are a couple of reasons why the Storm has generated excitement. The first reason being that it’s the first touch-screen BlackBerry; the second b...
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The BlackBerry Storm is a lot of things: Its the first touchscreen device ever made by RIM, it has a 3.2-MP camera and it features cut-and-paste tech. But then theres an even longer list of what the Storm is not: The software isnt fully realized, th...
Click screen is a revelation for touchcompatible devices. Converts iTunes to BlackBerry media without breaking a sweat. Included GSM card means the Storm is a true globetrotter — it can work in virtually any foreign port. Photos, video and text pop like I...
OS lag on a piece of hardware this gorgeous is unacceptable. Scrolling through menus is jagged, slow and pokey. Accelerometer sometimes takes a good 5 to 10 seconds to orient itself. Lack of WiFi is lame. Verizon's totalitarian control over the Storm's OS...
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To its fiercest devotees, one of the best things about the BlackBerry is its carefully designed physical keyboard, which the skilled BlackBerry addict can play like a violin. These folks scorn Apple’s popular iPhone, whose keyboard is virtual and must...
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By now most of us have heard this story in one fashion or another: when Steve Jobs and Apple were in the planning stages of the iPhone, the first carrier they brought the device to was America's largest network, Verizon. Even if you haven't heard how the...
Clean industrial design, BlackBerry OS updated for touchscreen, Verizon is rocksolid...
Onscreen QWERTY / SurePress is awful, OS is dated, Sluggish performance overall...
It's clear from the device itself and the massive promotional push that both RIM and Verizon are giving the Storm that they view this as a proper threat to the iPhone's dominance in the smartphone market. Over the last few weeks we've been bombarded with...
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For all of those dedicated Verizon users who were left out to watch as AT&T and Apple had all the fun with the iPhone, it is now officially time to get excited. Worldwide cell phone giant BlackBerry has announced the Storm, a touchscreen-enabled smartp...
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While today’s slew of touch phones are all striving to emulate the ’s fluid multi-touch magic – the Android-powered is the closet yet – BlackBerry creator RIM has approached the touchscreen concept from a completely different angl...
Good clickable touchscreen. Highly thumbable virtual keyboards. Integrated 3.5mm jack...
No built-in Wi-Fi. Expected more potent camera. Poor video recording quality...
The Storm’s click-tastic debut is one of the best touchscreens on the market. Now we need some added features to back it up...
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The Storm does have multi-touch support and gesturing capability. You’ll be able to select a block of text by putting one finger at the start and the other where you want the selection to stop. You can tap in the browser to zoom in and slide your fing...
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hhcmag.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:43
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October 8, 2008 -- With the Apple iPhone juggernaut showing no signs of slowing down, everyone else must make sure not to be left behind. Thats probably why on October 8th, 2008 Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and RIM reminded again that the BlackBerr...
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Body bottom / main keys landscape mode top keys left side right side metal back memory card slot iPhone / Storm iPhone / Storm Storm / Curve Storm / CurveClick a thumbnail above for a larger view.Research In Motion (RIM) and Verizon Wireless are prep...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:43
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RIMs first touch-screen device will not be available until sometime between now and Christmas, but we managed to get a brief hands-on during a meeting with the company.The BlackBerry Storm is about the same size and shape as the BlackBerry Bold, but t...
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Smartdevicecentral.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:43
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RIMs first touch-screen BlackBerry, the Storm 9530, has the first touch screen you can actually physically click. Combine this innovative display with global high-speed cellular, a high-resolution camera, and an improved Web browser and you have a Bla...
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tech-faq.com Updated:
2013-11-09 07:48:44
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Recommended: Click Here to Update All of Your PCs Outdated Drivers RIMs BlackBerry Storm is often compared (and contrasted) with the renowned Apple smartphone, the iPhone. Although similar in appearance, the Storm provides a few key options that are...
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The BlackBerry Storm 9500 is something of a departure for RIM, and not just because it's the first touchscreen BlackBerry. It's also a handset that has been jointly designed by its customers - the mobile phone operators Verizon and Vodafone.Unlike som...
While the BlackBerry Storm 9500 is by no means the perfect smartphone, there are many aspects of it we admire. The clickable touchscreen works very well – we liked the fact you need to apply definite pressure to initiate a command or enter a character...
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thebuzzmedia.com Updated:
2014-01-03 18:47:26
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Laurence Hartje just sent in a mini-review of the BlackBerry Storm on the Vodafone network, here it is in it’s entirety:I’ve been lusting after a Storm, and since it launched in England before the US (and I’m over here at the moment) I thought I’d swin...
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