Hands-On With the BlackBerry Storm (Video)

This phone sounds interesting. I can only get dial up were I live or I have to use a satelite dish or an air card. If I were to get a Verizon Air Card, do I also have to pay a monthly fee for the internet on this phone?

Anyone notice how he contradicts himself at the end? He says the iphone has greater apps and is more appealing and better looking and then says but because the new storm is the closes thing verizon has to the iphone that he likes it better. He keeps saying "having said that" but isn't making any sense.

In response to the iphone's sure type system vs the storms, I find it very useful and makes texting very easy. I like the fact that I dont have to press down like a normal key on the iphone. Not sure how this guy makes calls in the middle of the night like he said but you can solve that by simply not sleeping with your phone.

I switched over from verizon to at&t just recently and I love my iphone. Kudos for verizon trying to make their own version of the iphone but that just shows how great the iphone is when everyone else is trying to copy it.

I love my Iphone. I am however, intrigued by some of the BlackBerry Storm's features such as the click based touch screen to minimize user errors such as accidentally calling people or prematurely sending an email before it's complete (which happens to me frequently). And I have also been wishing that Apple will finally enable the phone so you can get the keyboard to flip horizontally. I hope this encourages them to do just that.

one thing he didn't mention is that the storm is global capable and can use high speed data services in places like japan. It even gets service in antarctica if you are going there. the iphone definately won't do that. the storm also comes with 1gb of internal memory an 8gb card installed and is capable of using a 16gb card. the iphone has either 8 or 16 built in, but cannot be swaped out. the storm also has preinstalled sim card for global capabilities. i have hands on experience with the storm. trust me...this phone is cool.

I just want to add a different perspective from the R&D side. When AT&T designed the IPhone, it was designed around what 'they' the corporate side thought what consumers wanted in a phone. Then, low and behold just a few short months into the release and a newer version came out with a larger capacity. Now the Google phone took on a different approach. Google's R&D went to work heavily asking consumers what 'they' wanted in a touch screen phone, and after 1 1/2 years of R&D, we now have the G1, and the G1 can grow and learn indepently with it's owner, something the Iphone cannot. With the BB storm, eh, I've gotta tell ya, I'm not impressed, as the Storm and the Iphone, both have touch screen qwerty keyboards. Consumers have expressed the need and desire for touchscreen but desiring a 'real' keyboard, hence the G1 gives consumers what they requested, touchscreen with features that are really unbelievable, and a full keyboard. While I own not a single one of the devices, I have played with them all, and the G1 by far, wins, hands down

I have the AT&T Palm Centro, and it seems to have more than I need. So I guess I'm one of those "less is more" people. Beyond using it as a phone and occasional texter. It has a built in stil camera and a vieo camera with sound. A nice extra, but really, I just wanted a phone.I guess I allowed the salesman to talk me into it, since it was free with a two year agreement. Oh well I'd beusing one either way, so why not.

Actually, Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 is supposed to put Apple Iphones out of the picture, and substantially put Apple out of business. I've seen the phone and it is amazing. For the cost of $1k, but $800 if pre-ordered, obviously for the price, it has a lot to offer. Look it up, I'm sure a lot of you will be impressed, and see that the Iphone is last centurys news.

I'm a novice so can someone explain the differences between the iphone and storm?

The iPhone app for the horizontal keyboard is called "Easy Writer". It is great!!!

Cool phone everything is better than anything apple makes all they do is shove all of their products down your mouth and don't give you the option for thinking for your self.

I got me a BB Storm.. I love it. It does all that I need. The vertical touch screen is great for text messages or when I am doing a word document. I have had palms.. they did not do the trick for me. I was with Qwest and they merged with Verizon.. so I got the phone for nothing. I am one that loves the BB Storm.

I own an iphone and purchased a new Storm on trial. Gave it back in two weeks. What takes one step on an iphone takes 3 on a Storm. They need to go back to the drawing board on this one. Also, the Storm is not really a touch phone in the true sense. The screen presses down, so it is not truly a touch phone. Need to come a long way to match the iphone.

I have the blackberry storm. The one thing I don't like about it is pressing down on the screen. It makes me angry.

I'm a long-time blackberry user (as in the RIM 850 on forward), and I was really looking forward to the Storm. I like the browser better than the one on my 8830, but the touch-screen interface..well...it's not ready for prime time. It feels like it was rushed through development for a Christmas release. The screen rotation is temperamental, the interface response generally sluggish, and the "tactile touch screen," while a decent idea, is pretty unpleasant in practice.

In short, I'm returning it, going to stick with the 8830 a while longer.