My BlackBerry Storm Review

jtbritto Posted in Uncategorized，Tags: , , ,
24 November 2008
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Well, as many of  you know I was one fo the lucky 11 to get a BlackBerry Storm at the Verizon Wireless Store on Lawndale Drive in Greensboro on Friday.  I’ve had a chance to play with it since then and can say I really like it!  It has taken some getting used to, but then again, you have to get used to new gadgets.

My BlackBerry Storm

My BlackBerry Storm

I have only experienced one random restart as of yet, while I was messing with the sound settings.

I really like the whole touchscreen aspect of this BlackBerry.  I am getting used to the different keyboard layouts and I find them to be great.

There are some applications that do not work properly, but that is because the applications need to be updated.  For instance, TwitterBerry does not work in landscape mode, although their website shows “screenshots” of TwitterBerry on a Storm in landscape mode.  I contacted Orangatame about this and they said they don’t have a Storm to try it out on and asked if I would be interested in beta testing and of course I would! Also, Google Maps does not work correctly with GPS on the Storm.  GPS is finally unlocked on the Storm and it works fine everywhere else, but Google Maps.  BlackBerry Maps is able to find my exact location using GPS.

I also love the 3.2 megapixel digital camera with flash and video capabilities.  The only issue I have with the camera is that it is sometimes slow to take pictures.  It also offers geotagging!

It came with Flickr Uploader, Facebook, AIM, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.

I have found out a few cool tricks and know that I will find out many more in the coming weeks and months!

Cool Tricks:

  • If you are in your email inbox and you place your finger over either the sender or the subject and hold it for a few seconds it will highlight the sender or subject and perform a search.
  • If you are in an actual email message and you swipe your finger from left to right, it will go to the previous message.  Also, the likewise is true, if you swipe from right to left, or will return to the inbox if you are at the first message.

Overall, I am so impressed with the BlackBerry Storm.  It will only get better as updates are released, both to the BlackBerry device software and applications.

Update:

Battery life is about what I expected, with rather heavy use on Saturday, it lasted all day.  Yesterday, I didn’t use it as much and it lasted until earlier this morning.

Attention Hateful People

jtbritto Posted in Uncategorized，Tags: ,
10 November 2008
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I would just like to start out by saying, I am not going to seek out revenge for what you have done, because that is not up to me.  What has been done is done and there’s not taking it back or changing what has been done.  Remember that what you sow, you will also reap.  If you reap hatefulness, you will reap that.  You have just made me more skeptical of everyone!

I feel sorry for you that all you have to do is tattle on other people!  If you have a problem with me, then why not discuss it with me before going to someone else?  That is SO juvenile!  I don’t know why people can be so childish.  I can only pray that you grow up.  I know that I can be childish, but if I have a problem with someone, I will let them know before I go to a higher up.

Again, other than being completely taken aback by this, I am not mad. I am upset.  I will try my best to behave cordially toward this person, but contact will be shallow, as I know that I cannot trust this person.  Oh well, there is always drama in life, you just have to make the best of it, and that is what I am going to try to do!