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Blackberry Storm Update; ...switching to Curve
Topic Started: Jan 13 2009, 10:30 AM (175 Views)
The 89th Key
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For those that care, in late December I bought the new Blackberry Storm and really loved it. It's interface and graphics are as good as I've ever seen and there are a million positives to it.

However, I'm returning it for 3 reasons:

1) The OS is still a big sluggish. Not bad, but for a quick user like me, it gets old quick. I could download a leaked OS upgrade but I'd rather not.
2) The screen has a flaw, around the edges there is a slight groove where dust can get in and once it's in, it's essentially impossible to remove...this is a design flaw and one that I can only see getting worse in the coming months, I'd rather not deal with it.
3) I miss the tactile keyboard. The touch screen keyboard (QWERTY when landscape) was cool, but it comes down to the fact that I just dont see anything replacing the value of the tactile QWERTY keyboard found on previous blackberry versions. It's faster to type and you can also type without looking, whereas on a touch screen you basically have to look the whole time.

So I'm switching to the Blackberry Curve 8330, which I really love so far. It's light, very sturdy, great reviews, etc....so I think I made the right decision for me. Plus I saved like 150 bucks.

Just an update!

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Mikhailoh
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Lauren and I now have Blackberry Pearl Flips - very nice phone. Only T-Mobile.
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QuirtEvans
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I was considering the Curve, myself.

The Pearl, according to the Verizon store, is what the teenagers use. They say grown-ups like the bigger Curve, but the kids buy the Pearl because it's styin'. Which says a lot about Mik.
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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Red Rice
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The Palm Pre is looking like it's going to crush the iPhone.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5126702/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing
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I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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Mikhailoh
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Yep. It says I'm stylin' at 53 and you are sooo square at 40. A 'cell fogue'. :lol2:
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QuirtEvans
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Mikhailoh
Jan 13 2009, 11:09 AM
Yep. It says I'm stylin' at 53 and you are sooo square at 40. A 'cell fogue'. :lol2:
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DivaDeb
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I've had my Curve for a year. I lurve my Curve.
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
DivaDeb
Jan 13 2009, 11:55 AM
I've had my Curve for a year. I lurve my Curve.
You bet many of us love your curve, too. :)
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jon-nyc
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Cheers
I've had my curve for about a year also. I really like it.
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Mark
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Red Rice
Jan 13 2009, 11:09 AM
The Palm Pre is looking like it's going to crush the iPhone.
:lol2:

Not likely.
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