[geeks] Blackberry 8330 Curve - what can I do with it?

[Eric Railine]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net> wrote:
>
> The Storm seems to have a nice screen on it, so I was thinking of
> getting a Storm if the external keyboard can be made to work.

I evaluated several of the Storms not that long ago, and while it does
indeed have a very nice screen I can't recommend it in its current
state.  Even after using it for awhile the on-screen keyboard is still
not as good as the physical keyboard (IMO) and yields a lot higher
typo rate - even after slowing down significantly.  (Yes, an external
keyboard would mitigate this when non-mobile.)  The Storm would also
freeze up intermittently and then suddenly start catching up to
whatever scrolling or typing motions had occurred since the freeze -
if it didn't just randomly ignore some or all of those motions.  More
importantly, each device we used randomly rebooted itself at least
once during the evaluation period, and a number of other people have
posted similar experiences on-line.  And it's not a quick reboot.  For
me, that's a bit of a deal-breaker.

It's too bad, really, because it's got a lot of potential and RIM
could have had a real competitor to the iPhone, at least for business
users.  Maybe after they've gotten the software improved, and/or
improved the specs of the device, it'll start living up to its
promise.  For now I'd recommend going with one of the other Blackberry
models (well, except the Pearl) instead.

-Eric