Diamond vs Storm
 

Hey I need your input. My diamond had problems so I have the choice of getting it replaced or switching to the storm on Telus.

Anyone try the storm and have any opinions about it? Any comparisons to the diamond?

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Re: Diamond vs Storm
 

the storm is the worst keyboard ive ever used. its horribly inaccurate if you type with any kind of speed, and the clickable screen is terrible. ive tried multiple devices and have the new s/w, so i know its not simply a bad unit.

the diamond is not perfect by any means, but it might be the best all-around device ive ever owned

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get the diamond, not even a question imo.

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but the Diamond on Verizon is a bit different then the other carriers though, just to let you know

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a bit! woa woa woa.... i think he said he is with telus anyways....

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i played with the storm, i dont care if the diamond had no carrier, dont like the storm.

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I didnt like the storm either.
I prefer the Diamond.

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true, but the clickable screen is the root of the problem most of the time and that isnt any different

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Get this....

You're workin in the garage with an electric saw and you accidently saw off your LEFT HAND! you only have about 6-7 secs before you lose enough blood that you pass out... so you pick up your blackberry storm and hit the "phone pad" button so you could call 911... BUT IT TAKES FOR EVER TO EVEN BRING UP THE PHONE PAD!

i'm sorry but you are now going to die without anyone trying to help you....

go look at an unboxing of the storm on youtube... it BLOOOOOOWS

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plus the click screen means there is no possible future upgrades like multi touch...

the diamond and the pro are supposedy going to be able to handle that when MS releases it

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wow man what kind of loser ask people on a fourm for this type of help....is a opinon and your asking on a DIAMOND FOURM wow mods please ban this kid he doesnt know what ppc geek is for....

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dude, don't b a duesch... he's just asking for help man...

plus, you have like only 7 posts... if anything, you should be banned for bein a jacka**

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wow.. sorry this is my dumbass little brother lol.. hey lil bro, its forum.. not fourm. Hey get this, he was born in Canada, english was his first language but..he was put into ESL (english as a second language).. lol.

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Try to storm? you should spend your money on ESL classes not on a phone...oh and you spelled comparisions wrong its comparisons..=D>

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cuz we kare about propper gramer heer? :disgust:

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umm, if you were to post this same question (diamond vs storm) at crackberry or some other blackberry phone site, you would get everyone saying definitely go for the storm, and they would be pointing out things they see as flaws for the diamond.

i like my diamond better than anyone phone available to me right now because it is sleek, and it fits in my pocket (unlike my titan, which looked like i was carrying 3 or 4 decks of cards in my pocket). i have opera, where i can use tabbed browsing. i can open word docuements, or powerpoints. and, more generally, windows mobile has better apps made for the phone (many free) and tons of themes for the phone (many free). updating your OS is much faster on wm too.

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Don't like Blackberries, too restrictive

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i agree. posting this in a ppc forum is going to get u very very biased responses. I have seen the storm and tried it out and i think its a great concept but yes, the damn thing blows big time. Diamond for me all the way

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I own neither, but am a reviewer and have extensively used and reviewed both units. The Storm was a huge letdown; in my opinion the theory was solid but execution horribly flawed. The BlackBerry OS has always been good but never great, and the Storm doesn't improve on anything in this regard. Most importantly, though, as has been brought up the keyboard is awful. Typing on it is a workout, and on top of that it is far from accurate. The media aspects of the Storm are very good, but they do not make up for the shortcomings.

The Diamond is one of the better devices I've ever used. It overcomes many of the shortcomings of Windows Mobile with a UI that is both user-friendly and functional. TouchFlo3D is up there with the iPhone interface, and you could make a strong argument that it is better. It has speed issues at times, but that is inherent to WinMo. It is a very powerful device that blends design and functionality wonderfully.

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tf3d would be up there with the iphone if it didn't crash.

you can't really compare a windows mobile device to a blackberry device.. they're different beasts. now, if you were to compare the diamond to the omnia, or something else in its realm, you would actually have some info. this question boils down to, do you want a windows mobile device, or a blackberry device. if you can't even figure that out, then you're going to have a hard time narrowing your choices to specific devices.

i wouldn't own a blackberry device because the data plans are more expensive, and the software is very limited. i wouldn't own a diamond because there's no physical keyboard, no sd card slot, and overall, its just not a very functional device. i had one, and had to get rid of it. i have a touch pro, but that too lacks some functionality, like real 3d hardware acceleration, video playback is terrible, and it won't even charge while you're on a call longer than a half hour. these are key flaws that will NEVER be resolved, so get used to them. who cares if it has tv out if you can't even play a video that you took on your phone on the tv at a frame rate higher than 5fps.

i hate when people compare blackberries to windows mobile devices to iphones, to instincts, to whatever else is out there because they kinda look the same. they're all different, and comparing them will get you nowhere unless functionality and service costs mean nothing to you. do you need windows mobile? do you need blackberry? if it really doesn't matter, you're probably better off with a windows mobile device, because at least you have a better chance of adapting it to an actual work situation, if you find one for it.

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Well a lot of the flaws your talking about (besides physical flaws) about the diamond have been fixed via roms.. Battery life isn't the best, but has been greatly improved over the past couple months.

I had the storm to play with for a day.. and honestly, I just couldn't grasp the whole concept of the click screen. It sux. Its miserable and its slow. Texting is the most bland, hard, miserable thing you can do. The screen is great, thats it. Lag? Its everywhere. You want to make a simple phone call, wait 5-10secs for the phone screen to pop up. You want to send a text? Sure after going through 5 menus to hit send. Want to send a long email? HA, have fun, your fingers will cramp the eff up after 50 words.

The storm was a huge let down, I personally was hoping it would revolutionize the mobile industry, but it didn't. What it did do was, allow other MFGs to know WHAT NOT to do on a phone. So in a way, it did revolutionize the industry.

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Might as well throw my $0.02 in as well... :mrgreen:

I went into the Bell store on the weekend and gave the Storm an honest demo-ing...

I love my Diamond and thought my Touch before that blew just about any Blackberry out of the water (except for the Bold and only because of screen res...) BUT the screen size on the Storm had me intrigued as its the only thing I wish my Diamond had...

Unfortunately the screen size was about the only thing I liked! The floating glass kind of freaked me out... :twisted:
The lag on the unit was unbearable...
As already stated WinMo just has soooo many more possibilities...

That being said I would likely buy the Storm in a minute if I had to use a Blackberry for work... But not for my own personal use...

C'mon HTC HD in a CDMA flavor!!! :protest: