Comments on: Would the real iPhone killer please stand up? http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2009/07/06/would-the-real-iphone-killer-please-stand-up/ Apple news and rumors Thu, 17 May 2012 07:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2009/07/06/would-the-real-iphone-killer-please-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 Justin Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:26:46 +0000 http://whenwillapple.com/blog/?p=2847#comment-1547 Everything I read, even from fans of Blackberry, was the Storm was a failure (and to go with the bold). Also, it seems like a failure from a sales standpoint and the amount of returns it had. From what I read the biggest failure was the user interface / OS, although I know they have released some updates since the release to make this better. I only used the phone for about 10 mins and 10 mins really isn't a fair test of the user interface, so I can't comment on the storm personally...just going by the many, many negatives I've read. One thing I was able to determine in that 10 mins is that, unlike yourself, I really hated the click screen. I guess over time I might have adjusted to it, but it just seemed tedious and slowed me down. As per AT&T I understand this fully. I live in Miami where the AT&T coverage / 3G speed is pretty good. When I travel to NYC it's awful. It really all depends where you live. Everything I read, even from fans of Blackberry, was the Storm was a failure (and to go with the bold). Also, it seems like a failure from a sales standpoint and the amount of returns it had. From what I read the biggest failure was the user interface / OS, although I know they have released some updates since the release to make this better.

I only used the phone for about 10 mins and 10 mins really isn’t a fair test of the user interface, so I can’t comment on the storm personally…just going by the many, many negatives I’ve read.

One thing I was able to determine in that 10 mins is that, unlike yourself, I really hated the click screen. I guess over time I might have adjusted to it, but it just seemed tedious and slowed me down.

As per AT&T I understand this fully. I live in Miami where the AT&T coverage / 3G speed is pretty good. When I travel to NYC it’s awful. It really all depends where you live.

]]> By: Ryan http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2009/07/06/would-the-real-iphone-killer-please-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Ryan Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:04:29 +0000 http://whenwillapple.com/blog/?p=2847#comment-1546 I don't know where you are hearing that the Storm is a complete disaster, I have one and am pretty happy with it! It's not so much a hatred for Apple, I DO want an iPhone, it's a hatred of AT&T! The instant the iPhone makes it onto Verizon, it's mine. In the meantime, the Storm has been great. The one thing that it does better than the iPhone is the touch screen. I love how you can click the screen down. It gives more functionality with there being a screen "touch" & a screen "click". Of course there are a lot of things that the iPhone does better, I'm just saying. The strongest feature to the iPhone is the apps...which is not part of the device itself. Blackberry launched an App World to try a do a similar thing but developers still think iPhone first. That alone could keep iPhone ahead of other devices. I don’t know where you are hearing that the Storm is a complete disaster, I have one and am pretty happy with it! It’s not so much a hatred for Apple, I DO want an iPhone, it’s a hatred of AT&T! The instant the iPhone makes it onto Verizon, it’s mine. In the meantime, the Storm has been great. The one thing that it does better than the iPhone is the touch screen. I love how you can click the screen down. It gives more functionality with there being a screen “touch” & a screen “click”. Of course there are a lot of things that the iPhone does better, I’m just saying. The strongest feature to the iPhone is the apps…which is not part of the device itself. Blackberry launched an App World to try a do a similar thing but developers still think iPhone first. That alone could keep iPhone ahead of other devices.

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