http://www.cortado.com/euen/OnlineServices/PremiumServices/forBlackBerry.aspx

I don’t know if it works with the Storm or not.

But, an external keyboard kinda’ kills the mobile thing doesn’t it?

I’ll adjust.

sorry about the double post

I will soon be a member of he Blackberry family after using Treos for quite some time. Is there enough memory for the storm to hold a full 90 min movie? I will give this phone all of the 30 day trial period. I know it will be alot different than what I am use to.

I will soon be new to the Blackberry family. After uaing a Trio for quite some time I am looking forward to this hype. Will the available memory for ths phone support a full length movie? 90 min or so?

After playing with the Storm a bit, I can see that the keyboard, and also the navigation, will require some getting used to. Not bad, just different. The screen is not quite as vibrant as the Bold, but vibrant enough, and the extra size does make a big difference on websites, as James says. The ability to scroll with your fingers also seems more natural and easier than scrolling with a trackball. I do think that the Storm is the kind of device that you have to give a fair chance to before you can really evaluate it; a day isn’t enough.

I thought the enemy of good was “good enough”

http://www.stormsucks.com nuff’ said

Right now the key lights up blue which some people have claimed is not that useful.

RIM can make this much better than Apple iPhone, very easily.

Here are a couple of choices:

1) ghost the character that is touched (not pressed yet) so the user can SEE which key the thumb is over. If it’s the correct key, the user can can press down to finalize the key. (With iPhone this is impossible because the key is already pressed when it shows up on the screen.)

2) To be extremely annoying, but in the same manner as above, the phone can call out each letter before the press. This would be GREAT for people with vision problems.

Like I’ve been saying, the extra degree of freedom in the z-axis (ie. the ability to select X,Y,1 or X,Y,2) has huge implications for future capabilities.

Even if the Storm doesn’t stomp on the iPhone, the Storm will be a serious contender. If RIM can get Verizon to allow the public access to write apps for the appstore, the Storm might become a really great consumer device.

Hi James. What I saw in your column was “If you don’t do a lot of web surfing then you’ll probably be better off with the Blackberry Bold, which is a really sweet Blackberry.” I see what you mean. Web surfing is where the Storm’s larger screen is important; perhaps also for viewing documents like PDF attachments that I can finally view! Well, in a few hours I’ll have both, and will be able to compare. I have a feeling it will be like falling in love with 2 women at the same time

Genghis, I touched on this in the latest Mobile Tech Manor column but what it boils down to is if you think you will do a lot of web work on the phone then the Storm is a good choice. If not then the Bold is better as it is a very nice BB with a great keyboard. It’s all about usage patterns.

“I have played with a Bold briefly and I’d rather have the Storm.”

Don’t question your choice, but would appreciate knowing why.

BTW, I’m getting my Storm today from Best Buy, so I’ll have both until my wife appropriates one of the two

Nice review. It appears that RIM won’t be losing it’s customers to the iPhone which is pure gold for that company. I had thought that maybe traditional BlackBerry users wouldn’t take to the virtual keyboard, but RIM has done an excellent implementation of making the virtual keyboard into almost a real keyboard. I could hear those clicks and that’s a nice feature along with feedback. The Storm also appears to have all the bells and whistles that an OS should have. It’s rather odd that they left out WiFi unless the hardware wouldn’t physically fit the package.

RIM can please so many different types of users with various BB models whereas Apple only has one size fits all which I would think put it at a disadvantage. The iPhone will get cut/copy/paste eventually, but I guess it won’t show up until next year. I’m an Apple fanboy, but really respect RIM as a company that really does try to please it’s user base.

A year ago, I never expected RIM to build a BlackBerry that didn’t have a some form of a physical keyboard, but they did. Apple would never build an iPhone model with a physical keyboard and that’s the difference between the two companies.