Blackberry Storm: Hands-on Overview

[JoaquinSkateFilms]

Getting this on Saturday

[AussiesSuck1]

Please turn off your cell phones when you're reviewing another cell phone.

[luckygoof]

yes and yes i have one but the app centr isnt fully launched

[RAMINATOR616]

are there games available on the storm, and if so, do they use the accelerometer?

[nickpISgreat]

theres two games included on it,cant remember the names, but i dont think they use the accelerometer.i could be wrong though

[rainbowZEBRAFFES]

The two games are Brickbreaker and Word Mole.

Brickbreaker is just the classic on all blackberry phones and Word Mole is a word searching game. They're both pretty B.A.

:D

[blakeandphoebe]

hey

hey wat is better the balckberry storm or the blackberry curve i personally like the curve better lol but can other people tell me wat they think ???

thanks.

[lepordgek]

PLEASE make a video on how BBM works :)

[iChoices]

If the Storm has a sim card slot does that mean you could buy the phone without a contract and use it on t-mobile or AT&T. Also, why does Verizon even include a sim card in the box?

[rxnasi]

Cause it is a world phone from Verizon so that is why they include it so when u go out of the country you can put a sim card in and have it run on crappy gsm.

[MarnixCPrins]

Gsm crappy? No it's not!

[andkevinsaidFTW]

No; the phone will only operate on Verizon's network in the US. The sim card allows it to work on Verizon's parent network, Vodafone, when overseas. Which is why the sim is there.

[rxnasi]

that is like what i said, And the phone will roam when overseas with carriers from other networks cause most of europe is GSM. And i had a GSM phone when i was online it was so slow u might be happy with it but i wasnt i will stick with CDMA.

[tandersn9]

It can also be unlocked to work on Att. It has been done.

[djtechs345]

actually it cant thats just a bunch of bs

[woodyblack]

Wrong! it has been done, there is something you have to tell Verizon to trick them into it.

[djtechs345]

nooot!!!!than how do u do it

[synbiosvyse]

The phone can be unlocked,but Verizon and RIM have the unlock codes. You have to somehow achieve them from either of them. If you explain that you're going abroad and need SIM card functionality, just call them up and they'll give you the code.

The storm works on any network in the world, but it doesn't support HSDPA, so you don't get 3G on ATT here in the states, just EDGE speeds. Unlocking for ATT is useless IMO.

[CityGirlLuvs]

how much $ is it?

[jamiethomasqwerty]

$199

[andkevinsaidFTW]

200$ with a 2-year contract, probably 600 without.

[groovdafied]

$200 with contract

[A5IANSEN5AT10N]

it looks like you have to poke the screen pretty hard

compared to the iphone house is the touchscreen

[ddayzd]

OH MY GOD SERIOUSLY? How much force do you think I'll have to apply to get it to click compared to the IPHONE??!?!?!?!?One#@!

Sarcasm Intended.

[andkevinsaidFTW]

That's because the blackberry is literally a giant button. You actually have to CLICK the screen down, meaning you get good tactile feedback, unlike with the iPhone that is based off of heat-touch and not pressure.

[draco300]

the iphone touch screen is based off of electricity not heat so the slightest touch will register

[groovdafied]

Both Storm and iPhone use the same capacitive touch screen which senses the electricity from your fingers. No heat required, but will register any skin contact like from your leg through a thin pants pocket or your arm & elbow.

[Stevens2495]

no haha electristy?

[CDGMproductions]

these things are goin fast! i need to reverse mine

[fuckyou631993]

a metal door is fucking annoying not strong it fucking dents which is a pain in the ass and btw turn off your fucking phone while your doing video's

[bodezutpha]

What's lame is this review. WE ALREADY KNOW IT HAS A TOUCH SCREEN, THANKS. MORE PLEASE?! And turn off your POS Nextel when you're recording next time so you don't subject us to all that feedback during the video!

[valpobeav]

TMo and AT&T GSM phones do the same thing.

[pathecoolkid]

can u change the apps on the homepage????

[smokeout3000]

man, all i want is a cell phone that makes phone calls, plays all 30 gb of my music. and it would be a plus to have a bright flashlight such as the w810i

and a headphone jack, dont forget the headphone jack cell phone manufacturers. all it does is annoy the FUCK out of people when they want to listen to their music.

[VanillaLatte007]

Enough with the Iphone clones,

Iphones are lame...

just make a phone that does what it supposed to do,which is MAKE A PHONE CALL!!!

[PanzyWarrior]

this is what companies are doing this is the new fad on what phones are posed to do, remember when they tried to make them smaller and smaller and smaller then there was the mp3 phone which they still kinda do, well ye now its all about touch screens which i hope people get over with very very soon.

[BGK08]

"Iphones are lame... "

you obviously don't have one then..

iPhone, Storm and G1 are runnin the game in cell pohones right now

[karledice1]

It does make a phone call you idiot lol

[macbookchris00]

i can't wait until friday! i really want this phone!

[tristanventure]

No WiFi? :-( Otherwise, looks promising

[JRMillion]

Cool video, but damn is that GSM interference noise annoying!

[FrKmvP2]

He was gettin messages on his other blackberry, That was the noise...

[klmsu19]

agree, poster please please watch the other GSM phones around next time it hurts the vid quality overall to cringe at that noise. otherwise very good review

[karledice1]

MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

[DIRU382]

He does have more.

[stangmatt66]

Please turn off your GSM phones when recording videos. The audio feedback is terrible.

[cirodiaz]

i will wait for the GSM version, the CDMA sucks!!

[DIRU382]

Well, the Vodafone version is GSM...

But it is identical to the CDMA.

[soshecan]

Thank yyou

[cjcookie]

to scroll you have to click? Doesnt this defeat the purpose of a touch screen?

[DIRU382]

He mis-spoke.

You do not have to click and then scroll.

[cjcookie]

then the touch screen purposes are still there, i still would rather get a G1 simply because i had a terrible 2 years with verizon. Anything that's not an iphone, i shall embrace.

[DIRU382]

haha

yeah, the G1 looks cool. I've just been following this phone for months....so friday cannot come fast enough.  :)

[cjcookie]

this might change my mind, iono

how much is the data plan do you know?

[Dem1K]

It's $29.99 and you'd seriously be nuts to want to get the G1 over the Storm. Not sure what your issues were w/ Verizon in the past, but I say suck up your pride and get the storm, ahha! You won't be disappointed.

[cjcookie]

i'll wait for the reviews, but it'll be an option dont worry

[chocolatchica]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!Finally a Verizon version review. You rock!