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A couple of days ago, while traveling to Milan, I had the opportunity to put my hands on a brand new BlackBerry Storm, offered in exclusive In Italy by Vodafone.

Despite the initial impressions, mainly due to a superficial look at the reviews here and there over the internet, I have to say that the new touch-screen device by RIM is not that bad. The main point is that people used to the iPhone will find the Storm completely different. For example, in order to perform any action on the display you have to press the display itself while tapping with your fingers, something you can feel a little bit strange at first, but that lets you make much more on the UI, like drag and drop,  for instance.

Speed was very good, even if some transictions effects between the different apps make you feel like the device is not responding quickly enough. In terms of typing on the virtual keyboard, I found it as fast as on the iPhone, even if longtime BlackBerry addicted users will find a real mini qwerty much better.

The main downside of the Storm is the lack of Wifi. On the other hand, since most plans combined with the Storm give users enough data for both email and browsing, I guess most of the time you wouldn’t use it. Personally, I would use it in my house and sometimes in my office, even if I would rather turn it off to save battery (I remind that Wifi is one of the main reasons for battery draining) most of the time.

All that said, Bold or Storm? I still have to take this decision and after this trial with the Storm, this is harder than what I initially thought. By the way, the Storm is sold at € 399,00 against € 469,00 of the Bold (both unlocked, as usual in Italy).

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It looks like the new BlackBerry Storm is way behind the expectations and doesn’t offer the same experience the direct rival iPhone offers. Here is a video showing how the BlackBerry Bold is way faster than the Storm. Thanks Alec for pointing this out.

What will business users choose?

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Thanks Tom for this. Still laughing

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RIM, the company behind the popular BlackBerry, seems to be in the process to build a brand new team to develop software for the Apple iPhone.

Right now this should be just a rumor, but trusted sources says that a confidential job listing is circulating internally. The most obvious guess is that they are going to develop a new push email client for the iPhone that can be integrated with BlackBerry’s platform. 

“As part of a newly-created team, you’ll influence the development and design of BlackBerry software,” the listing reads. “This is a very confidential brand new team and a senior position within RIM so I can’t provide too many details. I guess you can figure out what it might be about though.”

I believe this is a very smart move by RIM. I experienced an amazing user experience on the iPhone in terms of email usage and this could be the right way to embrace users who bought the iPhone but are BlackBerry owners as well.

I’m wondering if a discussion related to a specific agreement between RIM and Apple is going on behind the scenes. 

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