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use it and even upgrade the firmware on it once to give a sense of how the phone works and really can give me a unbiased and relatively thought-out and thorough review on it so I hope you guys enjoy first thing it's a phone that's let's I have call quality Verizon's network at least by me is fantastic it's certainly gonna vary by location but if you get good Verizon service you're gonna be very happy with the color quality on the phone I heard no static or buzzing people on the other end of the call reported no static of buzzing either very clear is that it almost sounded like I was on a landline so kudos to Verizon and Blackberry for that but that's probably not what you here for and not what you're interested in the storm for is for call quality storm does a lot of things and it's supposed to do a lot of things so let's talk about what it does well email is fantastic you have the blackberry email that you're used to on your curves your bolds your pearls pearl flips everything does email fantastic exactly as advertised it's a Blackberry after all email is certainly just phone strong points now some of the concerns I have with the phone they have become more and more as problems as I continue to use it all right actually the to touch mechanisms on the phone so as I mentioned in my overview it actually it has a capacitive touch screen so when you touch it it registers a click and then you have to push in to use the function rubber application you're using so it's actually a double touch you have to touch it wants to select it and then push in back to open the application now that's a little bit iffy using applications throughout the phone sometimes you only have to touch it sometimes you have to click it and if it comes a little bit unclear so which application do you have to do which with the big issue that I had with the phone is actually when you're typing so when you go to type in SMS pulls up a full keyboard either a full keyboard rather a landscape and a shirt type when it's up in portrait mode now you can order the type but I've shown this in numerous videos and had a type on the blackberry storm you have to actually push the keys all the way in to type you have to wait for the screen to pop back up so there's a little bit of delay for typing and a lot of people can type lightning fast on there are other blackberries whether it's the bold or the curves whatever you're not gonna have as FAFSA typing it's really not gonna be that accurate compared to some other phones with on-screen keyboards you can see what letter you're typing meaning it'll pop up when you have your finger over it I'm not so with this one you just get a little blue color that hovers over the key and it's often unclear what key you're pressing so typing is extremely inaccurate when using the full keyboard I found the only way to get even a modicum of accuracy was actually to use Dasher tech keyboard because the keys are just bigger but again not nearly as fast that nearly as quick I tried typing the same message in this shirt type on the storm and using the shirt type on a blackberry pearl flip with both similar keyboards I was able to type much much much quicker on the pearl flip with an actual tactile hardware keyboard so that's something definitely to keep in mind internet browsing is something that BlackBerry has really been working to improve upon and they started their big ass improvements with the BlackBerry Bold really being able to render full HTML pages and this is another area where the blackberry storm really does shine is with web browsing you get full robust HTML websites it does handle some flash but not so much you can't view YouTube videos for example yet on it and there isn't a dedicated YouTube player like there are on some other windows mobile phones or on an iPhone for example so no YouTube videos on this yet media on the phone hand those media spectacularly as far as viewing videos the screen is gorgeous as far as listening to music you've got a 3.5 millimeter head Jack which is located on the right hand side of the device and can handle all those tasks with relative ease so now to get some more in the downsides the operating system is extremely buggy it feels almost as though rim was rushed to get this to market before the holiday season they fixed some of the problems with the software update but still things like screen rotation aren't so quick sometimes don't even register or sometimes even too sensitive I feel looking at the phone and just tilting it back a little bit screen or rotate even right now it's not rotating back you can see in the screen as you can actually a perfect example see how long it takes with the rotate back did shake it turn it again and then turn it and then finally it rotates back that's just one example of kind of how how buggy and quirky this can be the click keyboard is a very interesting and unique approach to a phone but it doesn't translate so well right now that being said I think rim can really fix the platform with software updates but I don't think the phone is ready for primetime right now you know like you just saw screen rotation applications kill load very slowly I've had numerous crashes these are not things I'm familiar with the blackberry and blackberries are known for their stability the reliability and their business workhorse and the storm just doesn't have that same feeling that seems ability that other blackberries do have like I said before I think it can be fixed with software updates but if you are thinking about getting a storm I recommend holding off until you know two or three software updates have come down the line and you can really fix it you know another issue with the phone and I know people are reporting this and mass amounts of the devices is the screen as Lesley sponsored in the corners when you go to click you have sometimes even register at all which can be quite annoying because sometimes you want to use the full area of the screen especially for typing with the full keyboard so I'm gonna letters are in the bottom left or bottom right hand corners in the screen it's it quite difficult when they're not gonna be recognized there have been some sort of fixes like putting a piece of paper above the battery and things like that those are things you should have to do with the new phone especially a phone that cost this much and this much for service things like that should just work out of the box so this pointed with the rim for that now that being said I was really excited about the phone I was you know really hyped up about it I thought it was gonna be the first true you know iPhone killer I hate to mention the iPhone in a review here but die phones really it set a standard for touchscreen devices not it was gonna be the killer the one that really was going to knock Apple down the peg and really set would have been Verizon up for the future you know with the future storm devices and they just haven't done that yet you know it's if you're getting a phone expecting it to to allow you and everything you wanted to do very well the storm is really enough he I recommend you look elsewhere now why should you get this door well if you're on Verizon or I really want to switch the rise in service and you have to have a fully capable touchscreen email device well let's storm is really the only way to go if you're on Verizon and you want to have a blackberry I still recommend using the curve that they have on their service or their world edition but if you really need to have a full-featured web browser and you're okay with the quirks you know it's not going to work perfectly you know you're gonna have some troubles typing you know the software hasn't been fixed yet then go ahead and go up to storm but to me those are a lot of compromises to make for a for a phone no matter how much you might want it so reasons not to get the storm don't get the storm because you hate Apple or don't get the storm because you hate the iPhone you want to make a stand against it that's not a reason the phone's not a political statement I've heard a lot of people say I'm getting the storm because I hate Apple and you're allowed to paint a player a lot to dislike of company or its products that's not a reason to go ahead and get a device like this it's an expensive piece of hardware it's also a two-year commitment you might not be happy for two years using the phone that is inherently buggy and very well may not be fixed with software it's just my speculation an opinion that they're gonna fix it but you know I don't have any insider information on that so don't get it because of that and don't get it because you think it looks cool or you think it looks fun because you are going to be grossly disappointed with the phone I can't tell you how many times I've had to reset the device you know you take it out your pocket you show your friends you know look how cool Blackbird storm that wears off very quickly when you realize it takes ten minutes type of text message or at least type it properly it does have cut and paste and mm ATS some really cool things that you know other phones may be missing but it's still not enough to convince me to use it as my primary device so guys hope this was helpful hope I answered some questions that you may have about the blackberry storm check out my other videos for some demonstrations some browser comparisons I did a head-to-head video with the iPhone actually like the two of them so you know ask any questions that you'd like about the storm be happy to answer them for you or any other things that you'd like to see happy to answer them for you as well again guys my name is John Rhett enger' with John for Lakers comm if you've got some exclusive contents be sure to follow me on twitter at www.twitterforteachers.com