Blackberry Storm - An Iphone for the enterprise.
I had my first hands on with the Storm yesterday at a Verizon store. Luckily I was able to play with it for a good half hour. The storm brings in all the goodies of the Blackberry enterprise capability with the additional click-able touch screen. That is , if the touch screen made a really difference to business users. A bit more on the click-able screen. - It seems the LCD is floated on top of four (or more) soft switches underneath, which picks up push made to the screen. This in turn gives a click effect both visually and functionally. I loved the beautiful screen and the high quality finish of the device. Also the fact that it packed a 3.2 Mp camera and a re-movable battery was a plus. The surprise is its add on memory capability, where I can insert a micro SD to increase memory. Or I could carry a 5 or 10 16GB micro SDs to give me capacity to 160GB. This is something iphone cannot boast off. The turn off was a lack of wi-fi feature. But in effect enterprises (like Gov etc) would not want their employs to use free public or a neighbors wi-fi to send data. By getting rid of wi-fi they have removed a potential intrusion point. I am certain Blackberry might soon bring out a Wi-Fi model for the new wanna-be1 Storm users, teens etc featuring a Wi-Fi .All in all I see the Storm and the Iphone as 2 separate animals. But I have seen the media compare them as if they are in direct competition, just like they were comparing PS3 and the Wii when these 2 were released. My recommendation would be to not to go by media review and go out to the nearest Verizon store and check it out, if this is the right phone for you or not
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