Conclusion: RIM certainly hasn't fallen on its face with the first touchscreen BlackBerry Storm -- it's a stylish and feature-packed handset that does a lot of things well.
IN-DEPTH REVIEW: BlackBerry Storm 9500 -- is it a perfect blend of iPhone and BlackBerry?
APC
29 March 2010
Excerpt: What’s this – a BlackBerry without a keyboard? RIM is quite possibly the last company we’d have expected to surrender to the touchscreen craze, but after months of...
Summary: Design Blackberry Storm 9500 is not only the first Blackberry device with a touch screen, but also the first to lack a physical keyboard.
Pros: As a business tool, the Blackberry Storm 9500 should be considered an exceptionally good smartphone. The wide range of messaging capabilities, as well as the HSDPA con...
Conclusion: It's clear from the device itself and the massive promotional push that both RIM and Verizon are giving the Storm that they view this as a proper threat to the iPhone's
Pros: Clean industrial design, BlackBerry OS updated for touchscreen, Verizon is rock-solid
Cons: On-screen QWERTY / SurePress is awful, OS is dated, Sluggish performance overall
Excerpt: By now most of us have heard this story in one fashion or another: when Steve Jobs and Apple were in the planning stages of the iPhone, the first carrier they brought the
Pros: Clean industrial design, BlackBerry OS updated for touchscreen, Verizon is rock-solid
Cons: On-screen QWERTY / SurePress is awful, OS is dated, Sluggish performance overall