BlackBerry Storm 9500

I have owned this Blackberry Storm 9500 for approximately 4 months, and I thought an in depth detailed review from the view of an average person was in order! I will mention all the useful bits, and avoid the jargon and pointless facts! Where do I begin! it is a great phone, and agreed it won't fit everyone's tastes, it does have something for everyone! when I first unpacked the phone, I did throw the instructions to one side.... not recommended ...
...use comfortably without a lack of needed features! it does have it all! I suppose I should point out what it doesn't have, the list is far shorter than what it does have!!! if you want a high quality camera, walk away, "but for everything else there's Blackberry storm!" ...

sentientphil 18.06.2009 · Read full review
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...you may be aware the blackberry storm is exclusively available to Vodafone customers only, so if you wish this to be your next mobile, you must either transfer your number to Vodafone, be a customer already, or purchase a new contract. Remember everything in this review is accurate to date. Now to date you can get the blackberry storm for free from £35 a month on a 18 month contract or £30 on a 24 month contract. On both the 35 and 30 contracts you ...
...same. For me, blackberry is the perfect phone, it allows me to keep in touch with clients via instant email, which means as soon as someone sends an email, it is delivered through a web of cables, routers, and switches, reaches Vodafone and within seconds is straight on the device. If you are looking for an mobile email device a blackberry is the way forward and like me I’m sure you won’t be very disappointed. Now looking at the phone front on, it ...

sheephat 26.03.2009 · Read full review
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==The BlackBerry Storm== This is RIM's first touch screen phone. Its also RIM's first real step towards capturing the moblie phones users who wouldn't normally be their typical user group (that's of course assuming that the typical BlackBerry user is business orientated!). It comes with a wealth of multimedia features. With ability to recognise various audio and video file types including MP3s, AVI and 3GP. As is pretty much standard, there's the ...
...The BlackBerry Storm has built-in GPS and comes preinstalled with BlackBerry Maps. Vodafone also provide their own Sat-Nav software, which is free for the 1st six months. I've noticed that when the GPS is switched on, it really does drain the battery. It's highly recommend that you plug the BlackBerry Storm into a in-car charger when on the go. Surprisingly (and very disappointingly) there's no Wi-Fi support. This means to get the most of the BlackBerry ...

chouds05 05.07.2009 · Read full review
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...was lead to believe that Blackberry was an industry standard brand to rely on. I had yet to try a Blackberry phone and heard a lot of good things about the Storm from your standard website reviewer, so I decided to dive into the market and head straight into the storm! After a long contract was signed, I got home to find myself like a kid at Christmas. I couldn't wait to get stuck into my new phone, which on paper, was going to solve all my business ...
...manufacturer, which resorted to another Blackberry Storm being issued to me. Needless to say, I had the exact same problems with my exchanged model! With regards to me buying the phone for business use, I have yet to really use it for any kind of business work and it has been a major letdown for what I expected it to do. In addition; the internet provider is very slow during the day and 5/10 there are a number of connection issues that disconnect ...

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...type the odd text, the Blackberry Storm 9500 was a major step up. I had a specific criteria that I wanted my new phone to be able to perform, this criteria was mainly based on work requirements so I will focus on the following points in this review; Ability to use the handset to connected to my laptop to connect to the internet Receive work emails After spending a lot of time talking to customer reps at various phone outlet shops, I decided that ...
...requirements. Tethering The Blackberry is a 3G compatible phone which means it can transfer data through air waves at high speed, not as fast wired broad band internet, but faster than a dial up modem. The large screen on the handset means that viewing web pages is easy and you dont have to continually zoom in and out area on the page to read the contents. However despite the bandwidth available for 3G the Storms default browser is to slow to take ...

emilne82 07.10.2009 · Read full review
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...the absolute disgust of some blackberry users its completely naked, despite this it doesn't have a single scratch or loose frame. I personally have not had an issue with the device in any area, others have how ever, it just depends on the person. Ive been able to customise it with a good selection of free and pay for apps and themes from dedicated developers and hobbyist's. also forum based websites such as crackberry.com and blackberryforums.com ...

adognamedpiles 10.06.2009 · Read full review
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...would probably notice about the blackberry storm is that its got a good size large wide screen. It has a much sleeker design that the older blackberrys and I personally think its a fantastic looking phone. Now, I have not been a big fan of touch screen phones as such, but I must say, if I had to purely base a review on the touch-feature alone, then the Blackberry storm is an absolutely peach of phone with an amazing and innovative touch and push ...
...Having said that, the Blackberry storm smart phone is not the best touch phone on the market at the moment. However the fact that it is the Blackberry touch phone may well be its Unique Selling Point. For those of us who are accustomed to the various features of a Blackberry device, it does everything that Blackberrys have traditionally done - Real time email, Pin-to-pin messaging, good internet browsing, messenger services, maps and so - on. There ...

dotmythoughts 18.04.2009 · Read full review
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...So, I ordered a Blackberry storm and was delighted when Vodaphone delivered the phone to me quickly. Upon first opening the box I found the phone to be attractive and with a large screen area thought it would be just the ticking for signing off printed media at short notice, however when I started using the phone I began to experience feelings of dissapointment. What on the surface has some really great features and looks great was very hard to use. ...
...for the Blackberry Bold-which I love. The battery life on all Blackberry phones is rather low and stands at 6 hours talk time. I find if I use my phone for emails, texts and a few calls it will be on low battery by the end of each day. ...

evahell 20.06.2009 · Read full review
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Well, this blackberry is certainly a new breed of blackberrys available out there on the market. This won't be an in depth review about all the things that the blackberry can do but I will cover all the points interested in potential buyers. First of all, I think we should start with the look. The blackberry is roughly the same size as its main rival, the iPhone. The storm has a 3 inch touchscreen and 4 small buttons on the front of the phone as ...
...only 4.43 inches high, 2.45 inches wide and 0.55 inches thick, weighing in at about 5.5 ounces. I personally enjoy the combination of black and silver that you get with this phone. The high resolution screen also makes the display so much clearer. The memory space on the phone is miniscule compared to the iPhone with only 1gb onboard memory compared to the iPhones 8gb or 16gb. However, the storm has space for a micro sd card in the back allowing ...

Jammie1000000 19.03.2009 · Read full review
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...I have had the Blackberry Storm Since January 2009. I was really excited to get the phone but was disappointed quickly. I dropped the phone about 2 inches from the floor and the phone turned off and never turned back on. After I had the phone replaced it seemed to keep freezing on me so I called the phone company and after a while of trying to fix it I just gave up. It is very hard to hear the other person on the phone so I have to have the phone ...
...head sets and that helped but the quality of the head set for this phone is very poor and I can not afford to buy a head set every two months. I am very unhappy with the navigation because it is very complicated to the point that I can not buy ring tones from the phone, I have to purchase them on the internet. I am a very savvy with technology, I usually can figure out just about anything but this phone is very complicated so I don’t use it to its ...

True4Life 04.11.2009 · Read full review
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This is the first touch screen phone I have had and am quite frankly very disappointed. The response time is very slow from answering calls to browsing the net. The screen lock never seems to stay locked and will often go off in your pocket or handbag. The battery life is also of poor quality, if applications are being used a lot then the phone needs to be charged every day. The good thing about the phone is the internet uses, for e-mail and facebook it is useful to have easy access to these sites. Overall very disappointing. ...

eventsangel13 03.07.2009
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I have had this phone now for nearly 2 months. At first it does take some getting used to, as it is difficult to select the button. However once i had the hang of it, i now find it is an invaluable piece of technology. I can browse the internet, read e-mails as text messages, log into instant messagers, listen to music, send photos to facebook etc. all included in the monthly contract fee. one thing that is disappointing is the battery life, i found it runs out quite quickly, however if i ensure all appilcations are off and reduce the light intensity then i find it last longer. Overall a fantastic phone, much better than the i-phone or similar products. It looks sleek and sophisticated too. ...

Emilyc12345 20.01.2009
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...Storm was my first ever Blackberry and will probably NOT be my last. That said, this phone is by no means brilliant but I fell in love with the Blackberry brand. the phone itself is absolutly packed with features. It has everything you could ever want from this type of device and more. The big downside is getting this features to work in a manner that is both efficient and enjoyable. Cosmetically it is a beautiful phone and it can sustain quite a ...
...to charge it every single night. Blackberry are onto something here and the Storm 2 could be quite something when it eventially hits the shops. Overall I'd say this phone is a massive let down, for the simple fact it had the potential to be excellent and failed to deliver. ...

craigmcb 07.10.2009 · Read full review
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...used where i didnt feel that i needed a computer to be able to access the web. a large screen helps the browsing also. overall i would recommend the iphone. the iphone hasnt got a video camera and the blackberry storm has got a video camera that never works ...

planes09 03.07.2009 · Read full review
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The blackberry storm is this really the ipods killer. The storm is a very good piece of kit with its smart design and its a black berry so its got the toys on it. i have had my storm for 6 months now. and it has lasted thins long and probably go on for the rest of my contract unlike so of my friends phones. Even the buttons so feel very cheap and the screen some how manages to get dust behind it i would still not trade it for a ipod i just think ...

BAKEDBEANS174 28.05.2009 · Read full review
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