Chicago Tribune reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Can’t compete with Apple’s iPhone’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:36 AM EST
"With the touch-screen Storm, Research In Motion Ltd. offers a response to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Unfortunately, the Storm is more like a flurry, failing to add much more than a trace of innovation," Eric Benderoff reports for The Chicago Tribune.
"Navigating the phone can be cumbersome," Benderoff reports. "The touch controls on the Storm do not compare with the more responsive iPhone... Navigating the Storm is challenging because BlackBerry software is designed for a trackball or scroll wheel, and RIM barely changed the interface here. An example: When you want to reply to an e-mail, you hit the menu key to bring up the familiar list of messaging options. The 'reply' button is between 'save' and "forward," both of which I frequently hit instead, leading to frustrating back-tracking."
"The keyboard uses a technology called SurePress, also called 'clickable' typing, to simulate the feel of a virtual keyboard," Benderoff reports. "At first, I thought I was going to break the phone when I typed. As I became more sure-fingered, my typing became more accurate. But it's not as good as the iPhone's approach or a physical keyboard."
Full review, "New Blackberry missing magic touch: BlackBerry Storm can't compete with the iPhone," here.
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