Comments on: iPhone vs. Storm: The ball is back in BlackBerry's court

By: Andrew, Los Angelas, CA

Andrew, Los Angelas, CA — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:22:37 +0000

Everyone I know is using LifeInPocket on their Blackberry.

I think this thing is really pulling Blackberry ahead of iPhone as long as it remains free.

However, they do claim that they will support iPhone though.

By: Justin Las Vegas, NV

Justin Las Vegas, NV — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:17:04 +0000

Tried LifeInPocket on my Storm, finally a killer app to bring BlackBerry to a higher ground than iPhone.

The vivid real time restaurants/business review, cheap gas search and click to go voice GPS navigation are so amazing.

I have tried both VZ Navigator and Telenav both costs $10 per month while they are fare worse than the free LifeInPocket.

The download link is at http://lifeinpocket.com

By: Danielle Y. San Diego, CA

Danielle Y. San Diego, CA — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:52:20 +0000

For everyone who keeps hyping the Apple "Ecosystem" keep in mind BBs App Center has not launched yet. That will be happening in early 2009. In addition, GPS is NOT locked on the Storm. I just drove to Phoenix from San Diego using BB maps. In addition I have downloaded a couple of thrid party apps that work just fine. Verizon blocked apps in the past, but I so far have not had any problems downloading things like Instango, Viigo, and Franklin Covey products to my Storm.

By: Art Wilson Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Art Wilson Pittsfield, Massachusetts — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:24:47 +0000

As a delighted iTouch owner I would love to have an iPhone; however, that will not happen as long as Apple maintains its tie with AT&T. Apple – great product, but questionable business judgment.

By: thedavidmeister

thedavidmeister — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:31:01 +0000

Everyone that I know who owns an iPhone has managed to crack the screen almost immediately after purchasing it. The screen still responds to touch quite well, but everyone now seems to be hesitant to take their phones out in the rain at all. The damage was not through extreme use, every case was a common event like the phone falling out of an open bag or being knocked off a tabletop.

Of the 4 friends I know who use the iPhone casually, they all use them regularly still, despite the cracks.

However, the 3 friends I know that tried to the use the iPhone for business all swapped to other brands within a few months after becoming frustrated with a combination of the fiddly on-screen keyboard and overall fragility of the units. Foremost they believed that the iPhone failed to deliver what they were expecting from Apple's hype.

My father was set to purchase 5 iPhones for a new company he is setting up but had to settle for a Nokia because of the difficulty in managing the iPhone touch screens.

Personally I find them easy enough to navigate, but I'm also playing with my DS from time to time so maybe that has something to do with it.

By: jcl, newark nj

jcl, newark nj — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:38:20 +0000

ive had the storm for a week now, and its an awesome phone, granted its not the iphone(which my brother has) so me and him do have our long arguements about whats best… def update the storm the sec u get it, and there's plenty of aps that could help make it better on crackberry.com, so my take… iphone vs storm, it all comes down to service, and ill take verizon anyday…

By: John Mc, Boston, MA

John Mc, Boston, MA — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:51:13 +0000

I Played with the Storm today. i want an iphone so bad, but had ATT. but the Storm was a big disappointment. Nothing very intuitive. Took FOREVER to load simple web pages. Just simple navigation was a nightmare. Did they not test this with the general public before releasing it? I was hyped up with the potential of a decent phone form Verizon, and then let down after seeing this storm. sigh

By: Ryan, Easton, PA

Ryan, Easton, PA — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:44:14 +0000

The Storm is much better after they updated the software.

By: Ryan, Ames, IA

Ryan, Ames, IA — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:56:12 +0000

I used the storm. It was slow and the software was clunky. It had a bad feeling to it. Thankfully for blackberry though, this is still there best model to date, as the old blackberry models were complete garbage

By: Lance, Gilroy, CA

Lance, Gilroy, CA — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:36:33 +0000

Free LifeInPocket voice activated navigation is a concern while WiFi is as important.

I think both are blocked by Verizon a bully.