Comments on: The Verizon BlackBerry Storm 2 launch so far has been weak

By: TMJX

TMJX — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:30:24 +0000

I completely agree. The only way I knew this phone was available was by following the updates I had been receiving through BlackBerry Cool. I just went on Verizon website and you basically have to search for the phone! It isn’t on their main web page they have a link that says learn more on getting the Storm for free and it only list the original storm and other blackberry. When I finally searched in another section I finally found it and it was at the bottom of the page not even near the original Storm. It was the last phone on the page!! I basically had to go on a Manhunt for the phone!

By: TMJX

TMJX — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +0000

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:31:31 +0000

1. From a VZW perspective, Storm2 is ONLY evolutionary. Droid is revolutionary for them. Whole new ballgame.
2. Storm2 rolls with OS 5.0. It can’t be easy to be the first carrier to deploy on OS 5.0 BB!
3. Gizmodo? What a bunch of crybabies! Sheesh.
4. I agree with all of above promoting patience. Get a life people, its just a PHONE after all. Not like its launch heralds the coming of the messiah or something.
5. Also agree about Storm criticism. While it was TERRIBLE at launch with OS .65, it is much improved and WELL WORTH the <$50 for two that it now goes for.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:31:00 +0000

By: ahampton

ahampton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:40:41 +0000

My thoughts on this is they are trying to get all of the attention on the Moto Droid and letting the S2 slide in quietly since the S1 burned them last time.

Just my thought….

By: ahampton

ahampton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:40:00 +0000

My thoughts on this is they are trying to get all of the attention on the Moto Droid and letting the S2 slide in quietly since the S1 burned them last time.

Just my thought….

By: ahampton

ahampton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:40:00 +0000

My thoughts on this is they are trying to get all of the attention on the Moto Droid and letting the S2 slide in quietly since the S1 burned them last time.

Just my thought….

By: ahampton

ahampton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:40:00 +0000

My thoughts on this is they are trying to get all of the attention on the Moto Droid and letting the S2 slide in quietly since the S1 burned them last time.

Just my thought….

By: Maran

Maran — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:39:54 +0000

It can’t be a coincidence that the Droid is coming out so close. It seems pretty clear that VZW wants one, consistent message out about what their flagship device is.

Look at all the Droid adds this weekend, then think back to last year with the Storm. They did the same thing, they had tons of adds teasing and building up, and this year they are doing the same thing… but with a different platform.

By: Maran

Maran — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:39:00 +0000

It can’t be a coincidence that the Droid is coming out so close. It seems pretty clear that VZW wants one, consistent message out about what their flagship device is.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:27:19 +0000

Albert, Albert, Albert…. I own the original Storm and the only people I ever hear doing a lot of complaining about it are people that have never owned 1 or even spent any significant time with 1! Sure, the phone had issues at launch. But so did the iPhone and I was an owner of that phone too. Apple worked out it’s issues and so will RIM. It’s a phone and people need to stop acting like knowing the launch date is such a big damn deal. It’ll get here when it gets here.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:27:00 +0000

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:27:00 +0000

By: rh

rh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:41:16 +0000

It seems like Gizmodo is just having a temper tantrum. They seem to be whiny.

By: rh

rh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:41:00 +0000

It seems like Gizmodo is just having a temper tantrum. They seem to be whiny.

By: Jawman

Jawman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:40:43 +0000

I’m thinking that VZW doesn’t want to shot themselves in the foot. They have the droid coming out on the 30th. I don’t think that they will put this up at the same time as that. I wouldn’t be surprised if they hold out to the end of November. Just guessing.

By: Jawman

Jawman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:40:00 +0000

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:03:27 +0000

While I agree that Verizon isn’t doing themselves a disservice, someone is doing RIM a disservice. I got really bored with the waiting game and I started looking into the Droid. Now that they basically announced the release of that phone, I’ve researched a bit of it and I’m probably going to get it. If I had a date set on the Storm2 prior, I’d still be getting a Storm2 as I wouldn’t have bothered looking into the Droid.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:03:00 +0000

By: John DeBusk

John DeBusk — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:08:28 +0000

@albert maybe they learnd there lesson maybe they dont want the storm 2 to be the POS not ready for launch device that was the 9530