BlackBerry Storm 9530
Storm and Iphone
Lots of Iphone people just bashing this phone. Time will show this phone to be better.
My point my friends is don't get discouraged by the negative reviews. Over at Howards, you have many who have gone back on their initial impressions and are starting to realize the true strengths of the Storm.
Don't just read this post, buy a Storm and compare it yourself.
I don't think the device is ALL bad, but it sure isn't the creamy perfection that some of these fanboy reviews are saying. "No lag, perfectly accurate typing, blah blah". These guy are either lying or bought something else thinking it was the Storm. My guess is at least half of these posters don't even HAVE the Storm, especially considering the shortages, and are basing their "reviews" on 5 minutes playing with the demo.
I am keeping mine for at least the 30 days to see if they can clean some of the mess with the OS up. However, I'm not going to keep it i...
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As for the iPhone comparisons, is anyone even paying attention to Phonescoops current rating for the iPhone 3G? It's really not that much higher than the Storm's rating. I'm just not seeing how the iPhone is that much better. If it had a 4-5 rating, maybe...but it's still in the mid 3's.
Verizon reps sent nasty e-mails to some of the tech sites about the reviews
...leads one to believe that multiple reps sent emails to multiple tech sites. Your clarification that your...
brother-n-law in San Jose is one of the technology writers for a local publication. He received one of the e-mails
...is one person receiving one email.
Maybe more letters did go out, but without evidence, I have serious doubts this is a widespread issue.
Verizon is well known for bullying inside the technologies media market. They are very quick to take away free samples and early testing privileges from establishments that offend them.