Verizon Wireless CEO parades around with BlackBerry Storm 2

This phone is destined to be the slacker it’s predecessor is. It’s almost as if RIM is trying to cover up their first mistake, when really, they should be letting the “storm” name die.Doesn’t help that Verizon perks it’s rear end out to any company who claims it has a device that will out pace the iphone.

The minute a notion is given that a device is meant to compete with an iphone is the minute that device fails. The iphone cannot be touched, because you cannot duplicate apples brand name, app store, OS, and most importantly fan boys.

Think about the genius of apple, they put out an inferior device as far as specs go, the damn thing couldn’t send pictures for 3 years … and it’s one of the best selling electronic devices in history. Competition goes crazy trying to duplicate the phone. Which is why phones like the storm exist, not because RIM was in an innovative mood, but because they simply needed something to compete. In other words, they didn’t want to make the storm, they had to.

Carriers and Manufacturers need to step out of the corporate offices and do a little probing in to that dirty common folk customer base.

What they will find is people don’t want the alternative to an iphone, or they would just get an iphone. Thy want innovation, usefulness, an overall positive experience with their device. The storm, for the most part, has failed to deliver on any of those accounts.

Every touch screen in verizons inventory is claimed to be an iphone killer. From the storm on down. Go in to a store and talk to a rep, instead of trying to hype up the phone with spec talk. They be little the iphone and tell you how the phone they have is better than the iphone. This is company wide as well, I remember when the first storm came out, and how good old Lowell and his croonies where making comments in the media. Talking about how this phone would be the iphone killer. That sure blew up in their face!

But the ignorance continues. Instead of trying find a device that has it’s own identity, Verizon and select carriers will just keep shoving Iphone killers down our throat. Then put a shiny new case on those phones and market it as the 2nd coming of an already failed product.

Get a clue.

I’m not sure if anyone’s actually read the NY Times article in the post, but it says a lot more than just the Storm 2 with which McAdam is running around NYC.

TL;DR version:
+ Phones possess higher security
+ Despite skepticism when they first started up, they have succeeded very well and became one of the fastest growing companies for the last few years
+ Not hit as hard as most other companies by the recession
+ More efficient manufacturing allows for cheaper priced phones

- Devices have horribly slow web browsing and not created with consumer in mind, but still being pushed to these types of users
- Verizon is throwing Android into the mix, seeing as the failure of the Storm 1 to compete with the iPhone has hurt them and they can’t take such a bold chance again
- Slow innovation compared to Apple/Google
- Harder to develop applications (RIM has 2 apps for every 10 Android apps and 85 iPhone apps). RIM believes this is an issue and are trying to mitigate it, but do not want to allow for compromising the security of their devices for consumers and enterprise users alike.

In the end, RIM seems to have some sort of plan in mind, and may be able to make a solid turn around, but from the looks of it we might have to wait a while for those bricks to fall into place.

Until then, I have way more hopes for the Sholes than the Storm 2. As someone already said, a large chunk of the users who would want a Storm 2 are already locked into a Storm 1 contract, and I’d be damned if even with a discount/deal I’d get myself locked into another Storm contract.

I’m going to seek out greener pastures, at least pastures that are greener at the current moment in the industry. Let’s see what RIM will unleash on us in the following years before we pledge allegiance to SkyNet’s–err–Google’s Android.

The app store isn’t the strong point. It kinda sucks with it’s limitations. I wonder have you ever used a blackberry. The OS is just fine.

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Lowell McAdam is a handset whore, first he parades the “droid” now the “storm2″. whore. I want 1.

I miss the days when people would come into the Blackberry stories and say how they were all buying Pres. Why are you guys consumed with phones you aren’t interested in?

Is anyone else surprised he didn’t show the Sholes to NYU students instead of the Storm2? I figured that Android on Verizon would be a bigger seller in the college demographic than the upcoming BB..

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@ Darren

@ Darren

It was a downgrade for me because it wasn’t a touchscreen. That’s the only for me. I don’t ever plan on buying a phone that’s not touchscreen. I’m to used to it.

Anyone know what day it’s gonna be released?

Verizon Sucks and so does the Storm. Get a real phone, the iPhone!

This phone is basically a turd with a “SurePress” screen. Awful.

Sorta like the iPhone 3GS to the 1st iPhone right?

We got a compass!! Woot!

So when RIM claimed the original iStorm could not have WiFi due to technical limitations they were LYING!

The storm1 is a huge pile of sh*t.

I will be marching into Verizon and demanding an free upgrade to the Storm2 and if they don’t give it to me, then i will gladly pay the million dollar break-up fee and go elsewhere.

Sorry Verizon, but the honeymoon is over.

i think a new chipset has allowed cdma and wifi to work together….but that could be a rumor that was made up?….

LMAO! yeah the iphone is great. unless you actually want to use it as a phone.

I’ve been using the Storm2 (9550/5.0.0.224) for about 6 weeks and it’s MUCH better than the Storm. It’s no iPhone, but all Storm users will see dramatic typing improvements. The 5.0 HH OS is nice, but really not that much different.

I think RIM did a good job with this device. I think it will show once it’s released publicly.

Not to get too off topic. However, I hope to god Verizon never gets their hands on the Iphone. They will surely manage to destroy any credible assets the phone has.

Let them drivel in their WiFi lies and OS Nazism. Knowing Verizon, they would find a way to charge customers for accessing the app store period. Although exaggerated, it’s just their style.

As much as everyone complains about At&t, with Verizon, it’s a surprise they don’t charge you for entering their store to glance at phones. I’m sure they have contemplated it.

I had an iPhone, I traded both in and bought a Bold, to me the iPhone is a Chevrolet, ANY blackBerry is a Rolls Royce