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By: Justin in victoria tx

Justin in victoria tx — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:43:39 +0000

Luckily my rep is a good guy and kept in touch with me all last week. Friday morning he called me around
6:30 to tell me there was no line but they were going
To open early. I got the first one and they sold out in about 45 minutes.

By: CAM3RON

CAM3RON — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:40:40 +0000

I was the LAST accepted pre-order at W.Hollywood bestbuy on 11/15 and walked in at 9.30am on 11/21 and was first to walk out of the store with one in hand. I think I got lucky.

I left BB to go to the VZW store (that coincidentally did not ever give me a call even though I was placed on their “list”) just to grab a car charger and was given attitude by two VZ employees standing outside of their store with clipboards trying to get me to stand in a line. I showed him I already had the phone and he still wouldn’t let me in. Verizon store employee’s have CONSISTENTLY been awful but that’s beside the point.

I like the phone, and yes the little bugs and slowness will likely be fixed shortly, but I am NOT adjusting well to having to type slower.

I was a power-typer on my Curve and ultimately want the Bold for the physical keypad but Verizon in all their glory won’t be showing that model for at least another 6 months.

I have had the phone for almost 4 days now and am totally comfortable with using it, just trying to decide if I need to take it back and rejoice with my Curve, and its keypad.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:22:56 +0000

Hardware glitch seems to be resolved. Updated through Desktop Manager, and now much faster and smoother than when purchased on Friday.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:44:27 +0000

Disaster. Ordered at 8:01 am Friday from Verizon for overnight shipping. Didn’t arrive. Verizon hadn’t even process order by Saturday night. Canceled and went to ATT. Go the Bold. Great phone.

I hear from a company insider that there was a major hardware glitch with the Storm. They only had 25,000 in stock for the whole country.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:22 +0000

St. Paul, Minnesota store received 12. I showed up at 4:30am to wait and the next showed up at 5:00. The store opened at 8 and were sold out in about 10 minutes. Great phone…

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By: richie

richie — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:56:45 +0000

bought one last night in SO CAL even tho they said they sold out yesterday, 15 minutes after the store opened.

threatened to leave verizon and buy an iphone it worked

By: Danny boy

Danny boy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:51:19 +0000

I’m Glad I pre-ordered mine at best buy …. Had it waiting for me on friday. They had a total order of 45 pre orders and they all came in

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By: Sherri

Sherri — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:15:19 +0000

Emeryville, California Verizon store had a line of approximately 200 people at 6:40 am. I was #20 in line. They had 50 in the store, so they were all gone by 7:30. They did get another 50 in later that afternoon, but I heard those were gone before 4 pm. A friend of mine was told that hers will not ship until 12/15.

Glad that I didn’t stay with the Best Buy store and got my pre-order deposit. Lots of people did pre-order and less than half of them who showed up to get them yesterday actually got one.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:58:53 +0000

Got mine at 6 p.m. today from the local best buy. I asked them yesterday if they would have extra today and the Mobile Mgr said that if no one showed up their appt today he would call me. At 5 pm got the call! Testing it out now so far so good very nice!

By: Astral Weeks

Astral Weeks — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:27:06 +0000

Hell no! I just got a bold and i love it. If i don’t have the iphone why would i get the storm? It’s not a storm it’s only god bowling, and it’s not his best game.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:45:12 +0000

I was in the Southfield,MI store to get my fiance one of these things. I was there an hour after the store opened. I was told they were sold out at the store but that the one I purchased would be shipped to my home today Saturday by 1pm. I still have no phone. I went to the verizon store they informed me that it was not their fault that fed ex was overwhelmed with the shipments and we will not see it until Tuesday morning because it wont ship until Monday. I was disgusted to say the least I paid extra for it to be delivered today!

By: David

David — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:26:44 +0000

Got my storm today. I have a biz acct and called my acct mgr. He had it overnighted yesterday. It is really awesome. The interface is better than iphone in some ways, but lacks the fluid movement of the iphone. All in all, glad I got it.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:13:39 +0000

You should have seen the faces of of the VZW folks when I returned my Storm today. They couldn’t believe it! They were huddling around to decide, I think, which one of them was going to snag it…

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:08:08 +0000

Milwaukee – Had bought my daughter a Pearl a few days ago. I wasn’t going to be able to go early but told they would ship it. I arrive at noon and walked out with the Storm 30 minutes later. Just lucky I guess.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:07:38 +0000

I made one call today to a VZW store, they said that they had one on hold but I could get it if I came in right away, speeding 15 minutes later to the store it was all mine, the manager said the guy he was holding it for changed his mind and now wanted a Treo, I was laughing all the way home!

By: C.J.

C.J. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:35:40 +0000

I got one today. Erie, PA. They only had 2 in stock when I got there and they wouldn’t sell it to me for full retail price, so I added a line and am canceling a line on my plan today. It is a quite impressive phone.

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:45:27 +0000

This launch was worse the then whole Bold/AT&T fiasco! Congrats to those who managed to wrangle one up, for your sake though hope RIM pumps that new OS out ASAP!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:50:40 +0000

Grand Rapids, MI – pre-ordered from Best Buy. There was one other pre-order at that store, and they had two more phones available for retail. I was the first one to pick one up at noon, but during the 20 minutes that I was there, the rest sold out. People were coming there after the VZW store down the road sold out.

As for the phone… not too bad. Heavy learning curve with the touchscreen keyboard. Calibration seems a little off (when i touch the screen, it registers slightly to the right of where i touch). Wish the transitions between screens and apps were faster… they just make the phone seem slow. Response times are relatively slow, and I have had quite a bit of hourglass waiting time while doing normal tasks.

I think the hardware is good, but like everyone else i’m hoping for some software updates.

By: addictedtoBB

addictedtoBB — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:30:47 +0000

Got one. But honestly, not worth the hype. I like my world edition much better. I have little fingers and the “buttons” are too far apart in landscape mode. I’m just not in love with it like I had hoped to be. Maybe for folks that aren’t BB power users will like it. It is also really slow. Go figure…

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:09:27 +0000

Got mine yesterday. Bristol, Tennessee Best Buy had 1, I have it. Johnson City store had 4 sold out in minutes, and were taking names for todays shipment of 7. Cellular Sales is expecting 130 to be delivered throughout their stores by Monday. Verizon would not sell you one unless you were 1. A new customer, or 2. Up for renewal. The phone took a little getting used to, but I love it. I tranfered my phone number by phone to verizon and it took all of 20 minutes. I’m looking forward to the updates, as I am sure there will be many.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:54:12 +0000

Well guys, I picked one up in the South Bay (Los Angeles) this morning. I went by the store yesterday afternoon and they gave me an appt for this morning at 8:30. I thought that maybe there wouldnt be much demand after the mediocre (and worse) reviews, but then I got there and there were 20 or so people in line and the store was packed. I picked mine up, set it up and played with it all day, and I’m returning it tomorrow. Way too slow, way too buggy, and, worst of all, I dont get coverage in my house (not the Storm’s issue, but VZW’s). Without wifi, it’s a deal breaker. I think the phone has potential, but given that I’m with ATT now it is simply not worth switching. I’ll wait for the Storm 2 or the NA GSM version with wifi, thanks!

By: robert

robert — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:48:09 +0000

preordered at best buy
walked in at 10 walked out with phone
only 2 preorders only 3 recieved
worker in store took #3

By: Alpharevan

Alpharevan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:54:02 +0000

I ordered a Storm the 19th in SFR.FR (french operator)

I can’t wait to get it !

By: Betacam Man

Betacam Man — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:42:51 +0000

I got a storm at 11:30am in Charlote, NC… they had a second shipment come in when arrived. In total they sold 52 Storms today at my location. It is a neat little touchscreen marvel with an awesome image!

By: Steven R

Steven R — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:44:44 +0000

I was able to get one today and was very happy. I got it at the Verizon store in Huntington, NY. It was pretty busy but not packed. I heard many other stores in the area were sold out. I recieved one of the last storm’s and the verizon people were very helpful, they set up my email and were plesant.

By: Mike G

Mike G — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:26:41 +0000

Richardson, TX – I call around on the 20th to see if there were any waiting lists. All verizon stores had waiting lists and said that most likely won’t be able to get one any time soon. So I call some authorized dealers and asked the same thing. One store had no one on the waiting list. So I added my name. Next day the 21st, I call up the store and made sure they had one. Went to the store. No one was there to get one. Walked right in, walked right out with the new blackberry storm. They had only received 6 in there store and I got one. Not too many people interested in authorized dealers.