{"id":705,"date":"2008-11-26T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T22:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=705"},"modified":"2008-12-08T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T21:53:21","slug":"ny-times-ripps-on-the-new-blackberry-storm-i-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/ny-times-ripps-on-the-new-blackberry-storm-i-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. Times rips on the new Blackberry Storm&#8230; I agree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have my issues with the iPhone, and I have no problem expressing them, but all in all you have to admit, it&#8217;s pretty good.\u00a0 The OS does a good job at being fast enough to keep up with you (not as much since 2.0) and things are mostly well thought out and designed.\u00a0 No surprise, its Apple.\u00a0 (No, I&#8217;m not an Apple fan boy).<\/p>\n<p>So when I first heard about the Blackberry Storm I thought, ah.. an iPhone rip off.\u00a0 No biggie, perhaps they will learn from Apple and make improvements..\u00a0 Ehhh.. no.\u00a0 When I first tried, I put it back down in 10 min and thought, clumsy.\u00a0 It just does not have that &#8216;feel&#8217; you expect from a device that is suppose to interact with you.\u00a0 And the keyboard just did not do it for me.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I read this in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/27\/technology\/personaltech\/27pogue.html?em\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Times and this guy<\/a> got it SPOT ON!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;\u00a0 Unfortunately, R.I.M.\u2019s execution is inconsistent and confusing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Where to begin? Maybe with e-mail, the most important function of a BlackBerry. On the Storm, a light touch highlights the key but doesn\u2019t type anything. It accomplishes nothing \u2014 a wasted software-design opportunity. Only by clicking fully do you produce a typed letter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s too much work, like using a manual typewriter. (\u201cI couldn\u2019t send two e-mails on this thing,\u201d said one disappointed veteran.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s no help that the Storm shows you two different keyboards, depending on how you\u2019re holding it (it has a tilt sensor like the iPhone\u2019s). &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here..<\/p>\n<p>Yes, iPhone, you really piss me off sometimes, but every time I go to another device, I feel a little better about you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"A challenger appears. 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