Archive for December, 2008

Blackberry Storm Review -Design-

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

In the previous chapter we saw how the Blackberry Storm is positioned in the market, in this chapter we are going to discuss the design of the Blackberry Storm. The design of a device is very important, it compiles the physical part of the device, such as ergonomics and the aesthetics. To start the Blackberry [...]

Blackberry Storm Review -Introduction-

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

The mobile industry is heading towards touch screen enabled phones, in this year we had two major manufacturers releasing their first touch enabled phone. From RIM we had a 3.2” 360×480 display phone with the first ”Clickable Touch Screen” ever on a touch screen phone, the Blackberry Storm. By introducing the Blackberry Storm to the [...]

Tips: A few couple of tips to let you handle your Storm better.

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

When I get a new device I always like to know its little tricks that make tasks much easier! Normally I discover them by pure luck, I press some button I didn’t mean to and !BAM! something cool happens. Or I long press a button and it does something completely different. Here at the Storm [...]

Game: Chess totally Compatible and Free for your Storm!

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

It has been very difficult to find games that actually work on the Storm, since the Storm is first of its kind it does not have much software available. But the good news is that I found a really nice game that works 100% with the Storm’s touch screen and best of all its completely [...]

Tip: Save Battery by Turning GPS off

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Today was my first day with the Blackberry Storm, I used it the whole day to get used to it and know its tricks. I charged my Blackberry the whole night, then I took it with me for the whole day. Everything went fine, I do have some complains but I will save that for [...]

Blackberry Storm is in the House!

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Finally after so much waiting I finally received my Blackberry Storm! I opened it very anxiously and there it was, the Storm. My first impression is that the device is much wider than I expected and the screen is bigger than I expected. Then I pressed for the first time the power button and it [...]

Accessory: Invisible Shield protects your WHOLE Storm

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

For those who worry about their Storms too much, and are always looking that it does not get scratches and dents, there is a nice and practical solution! A company called ZAGG is selling a protector that covers the whole device with a virtually indestructible fine transparent film, the product is called ”Invisible Shield”. Invisible [...]

Telus brings the Storm into Canada and a Contest for 10 FREE Storms!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Today Canada got the Blackberry Storm, the carrier Telus is now selling the Storm for Canada’s biggest 3G network. Telus will roll the Storm immediately to the market, so those in Canada that want a Strom can run right now to the closest Telus Store to pick up their Storms. Telus is also rolling a [...]

Announcement: The Forum is here to help you!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Since the amount of comments has increased we decided to open a forum right here at the Storm Blog! A forum is a place were all the users and visitors of this blog can communicate to share ideas about the Blackberry Storm.  In a the Storm forum you can start a new post if you [...]

How to: Change housing to your Blackberry Storm

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

We all try to keep our new Storm like new, right?  But sometimes, something unfortunate happens and your Storm ends up in the pavement causing severe damage to the Storm. That is just one scenario, there are many more I can think of, where your Storm ends up full of scratches, dents etc… But there [...]