Wow, even when making fun of the Storm from concept, I never imagined reviews like this!
From David Pogue, New York Times (via Daring Fireball):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/te...pagewanted=all
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In short, trying to navigate this thing isn’t just an exercise in frustration — it’s a marathon of frustration.
Now, I wouldn’t come down this hard on some product — especially one that was so eagerly anticipated, customers lined up at dawn on the day of its release — without getting a second, third and fourth opinion. And I’m telling you, there wasn’t a soul who tried this machine who wasn’t appalled, baffled or both.
And that’s before they discovered that the Storm doesn’t have Wi-Fi.
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From Stephen Fry (British comedian and former partner of House's Huge Laurie) (Via Giz):
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Been playing with the BB Storm. Shockingly bad. I mean embarrassingly awful. Such a disappointment. Rushed out unfinished. What a pity.
Yes, I blame n'works more than RIM. Problems are terrible lag: inaccurate t'screen, awful, slow and fiddly text input. I SO wanted to like it.
Plus the GPS maps won't work - issue with BIS connections. I see from forums postings this is widespread in the UK. iPhone killer? Ha!
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Anyone here actually pick one up? Anything to these reviews, or are they unfairly negative?