'NY Times' Calls BlackBerry Storm A "BlackBerry Dud"

Posted by Raymond Padilla - Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:45 PM

NY Times' shaman of silicon (five points to anyone that gets that WWE reference) David Pogue gets medieval on the Blackberry Storm. I've read some angry rants from him before, but this one is exceptional. Pogue wrote:

"I’ve got a better name for it: the BlackBerry Dud. The first sign of trouble was the concept: a touch-screen BlackBerry. That’s right -- in its zeal to cash in on some of that iPhone touch-screen mania, R.I.M. has created a BlackBerry without a physical keyboard. Hello? Isn’t the thumb keyboard the defining feature of a BlackBerry? A BlackBerry without a keyboard is like an iPod without a scroll wheel. A Prius with terrible mileage. Cracker Jack without a prize inside."

Even though I don't always agree with his views, I really enjoy reading Pogue as he tears into a product. He does it in such an entertaining way. His rant on the Storm (which I have no opinion of, for the record) is pretty awesome. He also brings up a point I've been making for years: Cracker Jacks suck without the prize -- Crunch 'n Munch is a far superior snack.

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Posted by Crankr - Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:52 PM

OH SNAP!

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Posted by Crankr - Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:53 PM

I hated the hype for this P.O.S. Hmmm, whats this? YOU'LL KNOW NEXT MONTH, BITCH!

OMFG, IT'S GOT A TOUCH SCREEN! OMFG, THEY'RE LIKE BUTTONS! HOLY CRAP, I JUST SHOT-OFF!!!

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Posted by tinhy - Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:16 PM

John Morrison. So, i hope i don't have to pay S & H for those 5 points.

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Posted by r_pad - Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:27 PM

@tinhy You rule for getting it first! Here are your points.

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Posted by scorcher117 - Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:53 PM

the advertising for the blackberry gets so annoying sometimes exactly in the manner Crankr described....OMFG ITS GOT A TOUCH SCREEN DID IT JUST CLICK MAD GENIUS OMFGWAFFLE!!!!!!
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Posted by typhoon_2099 - Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:56 PM

So I'm not the only on who does the 5 points thing? Where did I get it from?...

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Posted by Jayzub - Thursday, November 27, 2008 6:29 PM

I really don't care about the Storm, but I've got to say that was one bad review. Like...X-Play bad.

So he doesn't like the touch screen keyboards. He complains that there's no physical keypad, but then complains that it feels like you're typing on a real keypad.

And that's the entire review? Seriously, there's plenty of Blackberries with keypads, if a writer of mine came to me with his entire review based on the fact that there is none on this one specific model I'd send them packing.

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Posted by kixofmyg0t - Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:43 PM

Isn't the iPod touch an "iPod without a scroll wheel"?

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Posted by kidphaze - Friday, November 28, 2008 6:24 AM

@kixofmyg0t you should think of it as an iPhone without the phone

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Posted by MaverickZ - Friday, November 28, 2008 10:49 AM

Blackberry still holds the dominant share of smart phones in the wireless market. Unless Apple lifts their exclusive rights to AT&T in the next two years, there was no need for RIM to panic and design a completely new style of phone such as the Storm. The only people who will really want the Storm are existing Blackberry users. I have a Blackberry Curve, with Verizon nonetheless, and I don't see the appeal of the new Storm. If I was going to spend $200 on a phone with a plan comparable to the Blackberry service, I would just switch to AT&T and get an iPhone.

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Posted by kixofmyg0t - Friday, November 28, 2008 2:15 PM

I have a blackberry pearl, unlocked. When I get back to the states I plan on getting either the Storm or the G1....or maybe even both. But only when I can buy them unlocked.

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Posted by kixofmyg0t - Friday, November 28, 2008 2:19 PM

@kidphaze

I was refering to how the dude was saying the Storm is like a "iPod without the scroll wheel", like it can't possibly be an iPod without a scroll wheel. The iPod touch is an iPod without a scroll wheel. So he wasn't thinking when he made that statement. He said it just to bash the Storm, sounds like he's an Apple fanboy.

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Posted by bumblegas - Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:08 AM

Hey everybody!! verzions tryin to be cool! I guess those corny morons ar verzion got tired of putting Physical QURTY keyboards on EVERY SINGLE PHONE THEY MADE SINCE 2007.REAL PEOPLE ROCK I PHONES , SIDEKICKS , AND SONY ERICISONS!! Not to mention REAL BLACK BERRIES!!! (Like the gold, Witch is on AT&T) Basically if you dont got T-Mobile or AT&T , and maybe Sprint, you have no life. Besides, having a storm, or any verzion phone (except the chocolate and 5 other verzion phones)Is like owning a crappy gaming system (Cough! ps3 Cough!)

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Posted by Original67 - Monday, December 1, 2008 7:33 AM

First Off, Verison TURNED DOWN apple's iphone because apple wanted way too much of the price paid to go to them. second, ive got a storm, and all my friends have iphones, i just got the storm because i like it, i like verisons network, and apple is a mess of facist bastards.

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Posted by vferg - Monday, December 1, 2008 4:47 PM

All I can say is that the review just went with what the people want to hear considering how horrible all the other reviews seem to be. I have had the phone for a solid week now and I agree with most that the phone has A LOT of problems but in no way do ANY of those problems make the phone unusable, or one of the worst phones to ever come out. For the most part 2 of the biggest issues for me was no shortcuts, and extremely slow menu system which lead to crashes. I almost gave it up today but A leaked update was released and wow did it speed it up. I am enjoying the phone a lot more now so don't just go by what the reviewers say, they are very jaded.

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Posted by vferg - Monday, December 1, 2008 4:58 PM

Oh and in case you want to try the update yourself go to http://forums.crackberry.com/f 86/os-4-7-0-75-leak-105593/ to try it out. I have noticed a huge increase in speed and am liking the phone a lot more because of it. I also hear another update is on the way for next week so at least there trying but if they were this close to releasing an update that helped it sooo much they probably should have waited because I know the reviews are killing this phone. Of course the update doesnt fix everything but when a phone crashes thats were I draw the line.

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