Comments on: The Competition: Hands on with the BlackBerry 9550 Storm 2 “Odin”

By: logan

logan — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:48:34 +0000

love my new 9550. great touch screen, much better than the first 1. i’ve had it for a couple days now and I love my new unlocked mobile phones. easy to use, practical. Me and my partner love ours for the fantasy football and web browser. on our long trips the gps comes in handy and the games keep us busy. much better than our old unlocked blackberry phones. also got our blackberry unlock codes and htc unlock codes for free! my wife loves hers for the camera and video recorder to catch the kids and their cute moments! the web browser is quick and the processor is much faster. got our last couple unlocked mobile phones at unlockthatphone.com 2 thumbs way up.

By: C Pone

C Pone — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:57:39 +0000

I am a Blackberry faithful and when I first got my Storm, it would reset about once a week at first, then turned to about once every day, then to about 4 to 5 times a day. An update fixed that. Next was the sluggish OS, this caused me to missed almost every call I received!!! Another update fixed that! As far as email…the phone is great….and thanks to the updates..my Storm is better than tolerable now!! I have never owned an Iphone, but I am a big texter and I tried out the texting on the phone and had way too much trouble with the on screen texting…maybe my fingers were just to fat….maybe the letters were just too bunched together… I thought that screen-click interface for the Storm was GREAT…TO EACH HIS OWN!!

By: Kevin Albright

Kevin Albright — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:06:47 +0000

I had an Iphone and loved everything about it except for the crappy batter life. But I couldn’t deal with the crappy AT&T service. If the Iphone comes to Verizon, ATT will go bankrupt. Hopefully the Storm 2 is more tolerable. I tried the Storm 1 in the store and couldn’t deal with how slow and buggy it was. I still have my 8830 without a camera and I have been waiting for a good phone to come out. I even tried the new Tour for 2 weeks and took it back because the trackball started to stick. I guess every phone has its issues and we have to figure out what bs is tolerable for us.

By: Chris Boston

Chris Boston — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:01:11 +0000

I think it’s rather hilarious to think that if one device is great that everything else has to be garbage. Facts are fact…the Storm was rushed…9 months and several software updates later my BB Storm is just fine. at&t service is horrible in my area so an Iphone really isn’t an option. I like the Itouch so I’m sure the Iphone is great at what it does. Personally, I wouldn’t want to purchase a device that I can’t insure or replace the battery but hey, that’s just me. I also like being able to send and receive MMS which is another reason I wouldn’t want the Iphone…

By: Louis C

Louis C — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:46:30 +0000

I have a Storm 1 and I have to agree with the above comments. I am in business and I wanted a touch screen phone that had speed and quality. I used a curve 8310 for about two years and really liked the various features that were available. Tethering, MMS, Flash on Camera, Blue tooth connectivity on devices other than head phones. Of course this was before many of the apps were written for the iphone. I tried an iphone 3g and was dissapointed that many of these features were unavailable. Rim definitely needs to provide a much cleaner software o/s and apple needs to incorporate more business apps. Dont get me wrong, I love the iphone for its slick interface and clear images. But I also love the various business aspects that I need while I am out working in the field as a IT support tech. I guess we cant have the best of both worlds yet.

By: Nick B

Nick B — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:03:37 +0000

I know people who played with an iPhone then a Storm 1 and chose the BlackBerry. I admit that it would nearly take hell freezing over for me to get a non-BlackBerry, that being said I know people who have tried the iPhone and now swear by the Storm. I think it is quite amusing the way people see things. I used an iPhone and I would rather go back to the razor…

By: Matt MacPherson

Matt MacPherson — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:41:24 +0000

I had a Storm for a few months and it’s the main reason I bought an iPhone. So I have to thank RIM for creating a device that sucked so badly it made me buy an iPhone.

By: Neurobit

Neurobit — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:46:25 +0000

Agree with Dustin. I had a Storm since release until about two months ago, and it’s about the biggest POS that RIM has ever released (and I’ve had pretty much every model since 1999). The click screen is an exercise in frustration, and I cannot believe that they’ve screwed up the Storm 2 the same way…

By: DustinAE

DustinAE — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:48:03 +0000

Also the problem with the Storm 2 is that if they change too much then they admit that the first one was a huge piece of crap. If you ever get on crackberry.com and read blogs on the new storm, Verizon customers are furious that they designed a new phone rather than fix the original. Betrayed by Verizon??? NEVER!!!

By: DustinAE

DustinAE — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:46:10 +0000

I had a storm for about 6 months and said enough was enough. I switched to the 3GS. So far i am very happy i switched. I love BB becuase of the email push as mentioned earlier, but hate pretty much everything else about the Storm. Battery pulls daily. I was impressed coming from a WM smartphone to a BB, but now i see why Apple is far superior and much more fun.

By: Entertainment72

Entertainment72 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:45:13 +0000

I kinda felt bad for Kevin when the OS was apparently slow and most of all when the screen didn’t switch. I know it’s a “beta” but RIM needs a new fresh OS. Please innovate something new as following Apple’s footsteps just relegates you to second place. To me it looks like the new Storm is pretty much the same as the old with minor changes.

By: frog

frog — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:35:58 +0000

RIM need to overhaul the Blackberry OS eventually. I got stuck with a BB the other day, I was nearly ripping my hair out by lunchtime - it was just painful in every aspect compared to my iPhone.

I do however like Blackberry Messenger, and also the proprietary way RIM push emails out - is a MASSIVE battery saver compared to how the iPhone does it. So if email is still the main concern, the Storm beats out the iPhone in my opinion!

The iPhone of course slaughters it pretty much everywhere else :p

Until push the "non" Blackberry way, doesn't totally and utterly destroy battery life - or until batteries are so powerful it no longer matters... The Blackberries will have an important edge over ALL competitors.