BB Storm

[lefty]

One of problems with the Storm is that I can't see what I'm typing due to my farmer-like thumbs. That and it does take some time to depress the screen. A millisecond perhaps, but it is frustrating. I also found the unit slow.

If apple could just make the keyboard flip to landscape mode when you turn the phone, I'd be sold.

lefty

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by lefty

One of problems with the Storm is that I can't see what I'm typing due to my farmer-like thumbs. That and it does take some time to depress the screen. A millisecond perhaps, but it is frustrating. I also found the unit slow.

If apple could just make the keyboard flip to landscape mode when you turn the phone, I'd be sold.

lefty

There are apps that do this, FYI. It is easily do-able on the iPhone if you hack it (and maybe if you don't - not sure).

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by Nahmeanz

I switched from an AT&T Curve to a Storm and I have no regrets whatsoever. I like it more than the iPhone that I had.

Was it a 3G iPhone? Just wondering what you like about the Storm better than the iPhone.

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

There are apps that do this, FYI. It is easily do-able on the iPhone if you hack it (and maybe if you don't - not sure).

Really? Being barely able to send a text, I doubt I can hack the phone, but if there's a legitimate application that does this, I'll say goodbye to Verizon. Better to get the iphone at apple or att?

lefty

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Was it a 3G iPhone? Just wondering what you like about the Storm better than the iPhone.

Does it matter? 3G and 2G iPhone are literally the same thing except for the faster internet and the ****** GPS (no turn by turn).

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by lefty

Really? Being barely able to send a text, I doubt I can hack the phone, but if there's a legitimate application that does this, I'll say goodbye to Verizon. Better to get the iphone at apple or att?

lefty

Not sure about the legitimate app. By the way, hacking a phone is legitimate. You can easily revert back to regular unhacked mode. Warranty remains because it is untraceable. But yeah, it takes a bit of know-how to take advantage of it. Not for everybody.

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

But yeah, it takes a bit of know-how to take advantage of it. Not for everybody.

It really doesn't. Maybe at first but these days it's almost a one-click solution.

There are tons of guides out there. The hardest part os probably holding down the Home and Power keys to put the phone in DFU/recovery mode.

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by Jumbie

It really doesn't. Maybe at first but these days it's almost a one-click solution.

There are tons of guides out there. The hardest part os probably holding down the Home and Power keys to put the phone in DFU/recovery mode.

Everyone is different. I wouldn't really recommend it to my mom, for example. I suppose you can do most things with the 1-click unlock, but not the cooler things which require SSH.

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by Jumbie

It really doesn't. Maybe at first but these days it's almost a one-click solution.

There are tons of guides out there. The hardest part os probably holding down the Home and Power keys to put the phone in DFU/recovery mode.

No kidding? So it's not off-the-grid-and-on-the-run-with-a-young-androgynous-Angelina-Jolie?

Where's the romance in "holding down the home and power keys?"

lefty

 

[Lucky7]

Went to VZW today to get the Storm, and the girl was ever so nice to inform me to wait till the new version comes out, or they work out some of the kinks. I can't live without my current Berry..kind of disapointed, but I was happy she was honest with me.

 

[chorse123]

So is the consensus that this thing is not very good? Wait for version 2?

 

[Jumbie]

Last I read about it they were releasing an update to fix some bugs. Other than that, no clue.

Again, I'm sure there are tons of reviews out there on various websites.

 

[JoeWoah]

Originally Posted by chorse123

So is the consensus that this thing is not very good? Wait for version 2?

Yeah, I held out hope, I wanted to believe. What I discovered instead is that it was crap.

It's all a software issue though, so V.1's issues could be sorted out in a few months. Given RIM's trend with their other BlackBerry's, it's likely that they're already working on the thinner, slimmer, faster version 2 right now.

 

[dfagdfsh]

lefty its called like SmartType or iType or whatever - it's free from the iPhone store