Blackberry Storm

Thunder22 · #1 10-07-2008, 09:01 AM

http://www.time.com/time/business/ar...847791,00.html

The BlackBerry Storm, which goes on sale later this year, is a direct competitor to Apple's iPhone 3G and T-Mobile's G1 "Google Phone".

alexz · #2 10-07-2008, 10:18 AM

For complete Blackberry Storm information go here:

Verizon Blackberry Storm Info

The Cleaner · #3 10-07-2008, 11:09 AM

If this happened 2 years ago I'd be impressed. Blackberry has had a tough time with the consumer market and has neglected to address it until Apple did. Now they are releasing a copy of the iphone?

Meiac09 · #4 10-07-2008, 11:23 AM

If AT&T Pisses me off enough, there might be one of those in my future, but I would be much happier if their exclusive with Apple ran out and I could get T-Mobile with the next gen of iPhone.

blondboinsd · #5 10-07-2008, 12:59 PM

Finally something I can get on T-Nowhere!!!

B-Line · #6 10-07-2008, 01:51 PM

Ok,

So let me get this straight, RIM (Blackberry) in an effort to win Apple Iphone type customers, takes the one feature that most everyone I have spoken to hates about their iphone (lack of a qwerty keyboard) and copies it.

See this is why we live in the world we live in. Engineering departments just don't get it. Don't give us the same thing we already have and repackage it with lesser branding. If you want to win our business, figure out what it is that the customer base is not happy and improve it, rather than replicate it.

And while there may be a small percentage of people that like having an Iphone without a keypad, based on my conversations of Iphone owners and potential iPhone owners, they are the minority not the majority.

The best of both worlds is a PDA that looks like an Iphone, browses like an Iphone, has apps and integration like an Iphone, syncs with a MAC like an iPhone.. But has a decent keyboard and better functions like SEARCH, COMBINED EMAIL, CUT AND PASTE, etc.

rayxi · #7 10-07-2008, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by B-Line

See this is why we live in the world we live in. Engineering departments just don't get it.

I seriously doubt the push for this feature came from the engineers, more likely it came from marketing.

JCL · #8 10-07-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayxi

I seriously doubt the push for this feature came from the engineers, more likely it came from marketing.

LOL, exactly what I was going to post before I read down to your response. Quit slamming the engineers B-Line

B-Line · #9 10-07-2008, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCL

LOL, exactly what I was going to post before I read down to your response. Quit slamming the engineers B-Line

Yeah

well

so what

Just further proves that engineers have no cajones and refuse to stand up to the marketing department.
Don't you engineers know why we give you sooo many tools on your swiss army contraption..

One or two of those tools is a knife... Go slash the tires of some marketing guys and show them whose boss.

rayxi · #10 10-07-2008, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B-Line

Yeah

well

so what

Just further proves that engineers have no cajones and refuse to stand up to the marketing department.
Don't you engineers know why we give you sooo many tools on your swiss army contraption..

One or two of those tools is a knife... Go slash the tires of some marketing guys and show them whose boss.

Budget! In many companies if you don't get buy-in from marketing you don't get a budget. Fact of life.