Our amigos at Gizmodo have a hands-on with a Verizon Wireless-branded BlackBerry Storm, and it’s gotta be in the top 100 most interesting things you’ll see all day.
To be fair, the phone at least looks halfway decent.
Giz’s Buchanan notes a feature that will no doubt annoy several would-be Storm owners. Unlike how on the iPhone you can sorta “glide” from letter to letter while typing, the Storm makes you “confirm” that you’ve touched a character.
Yes, the screen is a giant button, one you have to punch for basically every action, even every letter you type, completely breaking the touchscreen paradigm.
So again, the phone doesn’t sound halfway bad, but you really do wonder if the Storm is too little, too late for RIM. Lord knows Verizon Wireless hopes it’s not.
I’m actually pretty excited about this, I’m definitely going to go check it out and if it’s decent I’m going to try and purchase one on ebay.
No wifi? Really?
I’m curious. I actually think I would prefer the key confirmation. I tried typing on an iPhone the other day, and it was NOT a pleasant experience. I hit the keys I wanted maybe 10% of the time, including all the times I backspaced trying to correct the numerous errors. It was ridiculous. There needs to be something to facilitate quicker typing.
If, by key confirmation, you mean you have to hit “ok” after each keystroke, then that does defeat anything. But if it truly gives button-like keypress feedback, and it facilitates greater speed and accuracy, I’m all for it.
Does anyone know for sure if this has a Marvell processor?
I’m curious. I actually think I would prefer the key confirmation. I tried typing on an iPhone the other day, and it was NOT a pleasant experience. I hit the keys I wanted maybe 10% of the time, including all the times I backspaced trying to correct the numerous errors. It was ridiculous. There needs to be something to facilitate quicker typing.
If, by key confirmation, you mean you have to hit “ok” after each keystroke, then that does defeat anything. But if it truly gives button-like keypress feedback, and it facilitates greater speed and accuracy, I’m all for it.
Does anyone know for sure if this has a Marvell processor?