First impressions of the Blackberry Storm

November 24th, 2008

Ever since I heard about the tactile feedback on the storm keyboard I’ve been intrigued. While I love my iPhone, my old blackberry was still the best email device I ever used. The storm looks lovely and I had this vague feeling that I might be tempted to shift over.
Of course once I got my hands on one all illusions were shattered in seconds.
The screen does have tactile, clickly feedback – but it’s horrible. The entire screen is a button in effect – the touch sensors figure out where you’re touching and the click is the activation. But you need significant effort to actually click the thing and there’s no button like feeling – you feel like you’re pushing on the whole screen.
Also it’s slow – not dog horrible slow – but slow compared to the iPhone swooshy graphics that appear the instant you touch something. I know the iPhone isn’t that fast actually, but they fool you well enough that you think it’s quick.

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