BlackBerry Storm - Cheap Blackberry

BlackBerry Storm

The cheap blackberry blog reviews the BlackBerry Storm.

The latest offering from Research in Motion (RIMM) is the touch screen PDA mobile communications device the Blackberry Storm. By all accounts the Blacberry Storm appears to be RIMM's attempt to offer an alternative to Apple's market share stealing innovative iPhone 3g. It has all the bells and whistles you expect from a BlackBerry device plus more. There is a 3.2 MP camera and built in GPS. Not to mention the media player and video recording capabilities. And, of course, you still have all the features like wireless email and SMS that made the Blacberry users feel naked without their "berry" in hand.It has a beautiful 480 X 360 pixel resolution (this high def for the PDA market, well sort of anyway). It boasts a 6 hour talk time and a 15 day standby time, although my experience with mobile devices has never proved out the claims by any manufacturer of battery life. Still, 6 hours of claimed talk time on a multimedia device is very nice indeed.

One of the features of the Blackberry Storm that will get even an iPhone fan (an honest iPhone fan I might add) to say "cool" (or something to that effect) is the "cut and paste" function. That is defiantly one for the Blacberry Storm over the competition. Sure it may not seem like much now, on an all but obscure blog lost in bloggerdom, but the ability to cut and paste between documents at this point in the technology game should be a right. Shoot, I used a cut and paste program on my Apple IIe in 5th grade. By now it should be listed on the Technology Bill of Rights (you know, provided the consumers were actually protected by something of that nature). Alas, I have gone of on a tangent mostly against the BlackBerry competitors instead of extolling the virtues of the BlackBeryy Storm. Either way I think you get the Cheap Blackberry blog's point of view; the cut and paste feature on the Blackberry Storm is very cool (even if it shouldn't have to be).

The feature that really is this device's claim to greatness (or at least awe factor) is the clickable screen. Yes, that's correct, I said click able screen. This is a feature of the BlacBerry Storm most everyone sees where you hear those gasp like expressions "ooooo" "ahhhh". It is again very cool. I mean, come on, a clickable screen - a screen that is a mouse at the same time. Technology marches on and mice become screens on PDA palm sized devices running more processing power than the computers used to send men to outer space.

Sadly, even with the "cool" factor it just doesn't perform consistently enough to overtake the other devices on the market today. It is however a step in the right direction. The BlackBerry Storm attempts greatness and we should all salute them for that attempt. And if you want a device making that attempt then this could very well be the device for you. It is definitely a device that you should check out first hand and play with if you are looking for a new PDA and have some time on your hands to shop around. When you finish enjoying the "wow" factor of the BlackBerry Storm (with a retail price in the neighborhood of $500 to $600) I think you will find some better alternatives on the cheap. BlackBerry has a good line of products and RIM is one of my favorite companies out there, however you may want to wait for version 2.0 or 3.0 of the BlackBerry Storm.

I'm not really sure the BlackBerry Storm qualifies as a cheap BlackBerry and they are definatley not a cheap cell phones, but the Cheap BlackBerry blog thinks it has a definite "cool" factor that can't be denied. Next time up we'll see if we can find a BlackBerry we can recommend for functionality as well. 'Till then.