Blackberry not weathering the Storm?

Cnet's Crave, one of our favorite technology review sites, has a honest and somewhat disappointing report of the Blackberry Storm. For all you iPhone owners who are avid texters (about half our office), be glad you read this as we are sure you  seriously considered switching at one point:

The Storm, which is Research In Motion's first touch-screen device, was supposed to be Verizon Wireless's iPhone killer. Verizon is the exclusive carrier for the Storm. Apple's iPhone is sold exclusively by AT&T. Verizon and RIM had supposedly been working on the device even before AT&T launched the original iPhone two and a half years ago.

The Storm launched in November, in time for the holiday-shopping season. And while it sold well initially with about 500,000 shipping the first month, the Journal reports that many customers who bought the device are complaining of buggy software and hardware glitches.

Specifically, consumers say that the software used to type on the touch screen, which requires you to press down on the face of the phone, is sluggish.


Read the whole post here.

Posted at January 30 2009 12:00:00 PM in Tech

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