RIM tackling BlackBerry Storm shortage
Research In Motion (RIM) has admitted it's struggling to keep up with demand for the BlackBerry Storm touchscreen smartphone, but said supply problems should clear up in the coming weeks.
RIM said strong sales of the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 should mean a big jump in revenue in its current financial quarter, with the popularity of the new models driving up the average selling price of RIM's products to US$370 (£245) from $337 (£225).
The BlackBerry Storm, which is available in the U.K. via Vodafone, is increasing RIM's market share, the company said, with more than 70 percent of the new devices being sold to first-time BlackBerry users. The 158g BlackBerry Storm 9500 is physically larger and heavier than other BlackBerry phones. It has a brushed aluminium back with a rubber surround and a 75mm-deep transmissive screen that dominates its front.
Unlike other phones, the BlackBerry Storm 9500's touchscreen is not just touchable but clickable, so to select an option or a specific area of a web page, you press down firmly. Once you get used to pressing a bit harder than you would on other touchscreen devices, it becomes quite satisfying, but we did have to train ourselves to apply that extra pressure.
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Love it.....The Best Blackerry Made so far....Storm!
Wow.....iPhone is nothing.......very verstile....excellent clarity, easy to use features....just get use to it and oh what a marvelous piece!....love it love it love it!!!!!Applications are great///Xl, doc and PPS......
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Blackberry storm issues
Blackberry had nearly 18 months to learn from the iPhone - and didn't.I have had the Storm since 12/3 (having ordered it the first weekend available. This is my first PDA as I wanted one with complete capability on my service (Verizon), including one for my oversized fingers. Storm seemed to fit the bill.
I have the latest update (o.75) yet problems abound:
1.) email needs a delete all feature.
2.) email filters need to be more sophisticated. I really don't want to see all of the junk that comes across my desktop - yet do need to see important stuff from business collegues and friends. Unless I limit access to my contacts list I can't do that. Which means I need to expand my contacts significantly and in directions I can't necessarily foresee.
3.)The keyboard is woefully slow.
4.)The system does not resume connection once it has been lost. I have to answer a question about whether I want the connection resumed. Duh!
5.)Telephone reception is not nearly as good as my previous LG phone.
6.)My son has the same bluetooth for his older Blackberry as I do for the Storm. The device does not work nearly as well on the Storm.
7.)Rotation between portrait mode and landscape mode is incredibly slow.
8.) Voice recognition for names in my contact list is not nearly as good as it was on my LG.
9.) Typing response is slow. Great idea to detect pressure from one side or another depending upon which thumb is used. However, even though the correct letter lights up as I push it, quite often the screen shows the wrong letter.
As you can see, I've focussed on two areas only, phone and email. I refuse to use the other applications until these two are fixed. Based on what I've been reading, it may be a long time coming. (Months being a long time in this 24/7 world.
Too bad RIM, I thought you had a good thing!
Storm
I agree with Pete. I've had my Storm for about a week and the voice recognition software is not good. When I call a name on my contact list the Storm often doesn't even list it among the top 3 choices. Also when it says the name back I can't understand what its saying.I had an LG phone for 2years and never had this problem. Tomorow I'm going to the Verizon store to see if there's a problem with my phone or if this is the quality of all Storms.