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As an iphone user, I felt like I had everything I needed while using my apple phone.
2 months ago I was in Los Angeles with my friend Yaz (clown) and we saw a blackberry promotion so I started making some research about this phone and found it really interesting.
What I found really appealing about this phone was the possibility of having all the blackberry features (Push tecnology, Blackberry messenger, etc) plus some of the things that made the iphone so special, like the touchscreen, the great camera, full internet browsing and so forth.
Vodafone Italy released this phone last week in Italy and I was one of the first people to ever put an hand on this phone in my country; last Thursday I went to Genova to pick it up and went back home with this new toy.
The package was really nice build and inside you will find a 8gb MicroSD memory, Hands Free headset/microphone, a really nice leather case, a little thing to clean your screen and ofcourse the CD-ROM with the application and drivers for your phone.
My impressions so far:
First time I turned on the phone, it took awhile before it actually boot up (about 2mins). I followed the initial tutorial and then I was ready to play around with the phone.
The screen is impressive, colour and contrast are really well balanced. Screen Resolution is 480 x 360 pixel.
First thing I did is went through the options and see what I could change. I found it really easy to understand but still didnt change anything :).
I started adding my emails on the phone and WOW it was easy. It did everything by itself and now I get my emails way faster than ever, I didnt think the push mail technology was that good.
Right after that, I finally checked the application I wanted the most: Blackberry Messenger. Why?
Because most of my friends in the US and 90% of the people I work with have a blackberry and they always use this application, and now I know why.
It`s pretty much like a Msn messenger / AIM that stays on with the phone everywhere you go. You can change your status, chat, even have group chats, send files etc. It`s great and it`s the best way I can keep in touch with my friends all around the world because I can just send them a message whenever I want, without spending anymoney. And it`s really cool ofcourse!
I checked my device PIN and started sending it to my friends who added me in no time, really great.
You can also find all the other InstantMessaging programs such as Windows Live Messenger, AIM , Yahoo Messenger etc already on the phone and they all work with the Push technology I believe, as they also receive messages in real time and they stay connected even when the phone is on “standby”. I played around with some options and added my mobile accounts to the phone (yes I have different IM accounts for the phone so only few people that can contact me and I dont receive 2000 messages, I suggest you do the same!).
3G internet seems really fast and the browser itself works great, however it is different from the iphone browser and I`m still not used to it. The functionality is there thought and I probably just need sometime I heard disabling Javascript will improve speed, but i havent tryed it yet as I didnt feel the need to. Some people say to turn it on only on the pages you really need, so... we`ll see, I left it on for now :).
The camera is good, 3.2 megapixel with an impressive flash (maybe too powerfull if it`s really dark as the same night I was in a club and I pretty much lightned up a whole area and all the people turned at me [yes it was my blackberry storm ladies ;p]). I would suggest to turn ON image Stabilizer (if thats the right translation, anyway second option)... pictures come out way better!
A really cool thing, after you took a picture, you can send it straight to any of your friends on MSN, AIM, Blackberry Messenger and even upload it straight in one of your online social network profiles such as facebook... and I found that so easy and one of the greatest feature so far . 1 click and “boom” I got the picture on my profile, couldnt ask for more.
Social Network Applications are also in there. Facebook , flickr, myspace , etc. Let`s just say you will be reachable by anybody and you won`t be bored anymore in dead times.
Right Right… this phone is not perfect..
The blackberry storm Screen is way different from the iphone screen; It`s like 1 big button you can press down. For example, you are typing the word A, you can “lightup” the letter by just having ur finger on it, like the iphone, and then press down for give the input. Like a real keyboard pretty much.
As an iphone user, I felt like I had everything I needed while using my apple phone.
2 months ago I was in Los Angeles with my friend Yaz (clown) and we saw a blackberry promotion so I started making some research about this phone and found it really interesting.
What I found really appealing about this phone was the possibility of having all the blackberry features (Push tecnology, Blackberry messenger, etc) plus some of the things that made the iphone so special, like the touchscreen, the great camera, full internet browsing and so forth.
Vodafone Italy released this phone last week in Italy and I was one of the first people to ever put an hand on this phone in my country; last Thursday I went to Genova to pick it up and went back home with this new toy.
The package was really nice build and inside you will find a 8gb MicroSD memory, Hands Free headset/microphone, a really nice leather case, a little thing to clean your screen and ofcourse the CD-ROM with the application and drivers for your phone.
My impressions so far:
First time I turned on the phone, it took awhile before it actually boot up (about 2mins). I followed the initial tutorial and then I was ready to play around with the phone.
The screen is impressive, colour and contrast are really well balanced. Screen Resolution is 480 x 360 pixel.
First thing I did is went through the options and see what I could change. I found it really easy to understand but still didnt change anything :).
I started adding my emails on the phone and WOW it was easy. It did everything by itself and now I get my emails way faster than ever, I didnt think the push mail technology was that good.
Right after that, I finally checked the application I wanted the most: Blackberry Messenger. Why?
Because most of my friends in the US and 90% of the people I work with have a blackberry and they always use this application, and now I know why.
It`s pretty much like a Msn messenger / AIM that stays on with the phone everywhere you go. You can change your status, chat, even have group chats, send files etc. It`s great and it`s the best way I can keep in touch with my friends all around the world because I can just send them a message whenever I want, without spending anymoney. And it`s really cool ofcourse!
I checked my device PIN and started sending it to my friends who added me in no time, really great.
You can also find all the other InstantMessaging programs such as Windows Live Messenger, AIM , Yahoo Messenger etc already on the phone and they all work with the Push technology I believe, as they also receive messages in real time and they stay connected even when the phone is on “standby”. I played around with some options and added my mobile accounts to the phone (yes I have different IM accounts for the phone so only few people that can contact me and I dont receive 2000 messages, I suggest you do the same!).
3G internet seems really fast and the browser itself works great, however it is different from the iphone browser and I`m still not used to it. The functionality is there thought and I probably just need sometime I heard disabling Javascript will improve speed, but i havent tryed it yet as I didnt feel the need to. Some people say to turn it on only on the pages you really need, so... we`ll see, I left it on for now :).
The camera is good, 3.2 megapixel with an impressive flash (maybe too powerfull if it`s really dark as the same night I was in a club and I pretty much lightned up a whole area and all the people turned at me [yes it was my blackberry storm ladies ;p]). I would suggest to turn ON image Stabilizer (if thats the right translation, anyway second option)... pictures come out way better!
A really cool thing, after you took a picture, you can send it straight to any of your friends on MSN, AIM, Blackberry Messenger and even upload it straight in one of your online social network profiles such as facebook... and I found that so easy and one of the greatest feature so far . 1 click and “boom” I got the picture on my profile, couldnt ask for more.
Social Network Applications are also in there. Facebook , flickr, myspace , etc. Let`s just say you will be reachable by anybody and you won`t be bored anymore in dead times.
Right Right… this phone is not perfect..
The blackberry storm Screen is way different from the iphone screen; It`s like 1 big button you can press down. For example, you are typing the word A, you can “lightup” the letter by just having ur finger on it, like the iphone, and then press down for give the input. Like a real keyboard pretty much.
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