Holy shit these things are high maintenance. Verizon requires that you get an unlimited data plan just to have the damn thing, plus $10 if you want to connect to a BES server, plus $10 if you want to use the GPS.
But hey you buy a lexus, you pay for premium. Plus I've already found free GPS software anyway.
When it comes to a convergence device, my needs kinda look like this:
Music is covered fine, the player works wonderful. Internet is clunky, but updates should smooth it out and it's damn awesome to be able to surf from anywhere. Games whatever, all I need is a bookworm type game or something else to goof off to.
So far the big drawback I've found is app availability. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe my tried and true strategy of divining the superior product in a market based solely on which ones aren't made by Apple has finally failed.
The Storm has an "Application Center!" function in lieu of the iPhone's itunes app store. Trouble is, the only applications available in the Application Center! are ones that Verizon has chosen to publish. At present, they consist of shitty pay-to-play verizon apps like vcast, a few token IM programs, and uh... that's all.
I really wanted a radio app like "I Heart Radio" for the iphone, and as you can see on my pie chart, I wanted a finances app. Of course, because this thing is a blackberry, it's compatible with the whole suite of apps designed for other blackberries, but the touchscreen behaves IMMENSELY bad in old apps, to the point where they're all but unusable. Storm compatible apps are pretty few.
I managed to find a storm compatible finance tracker, only to find that it didn't allow you to schedule future debits or credits, making it basically useless to me.
All in all it's an awesome phone, I just wish they had more apps.
you are copying delid
1) 3057BF55 <-- Blackberry Messenger me
2) Stop pressing the screen while you are talking on the phone
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nem-x is gaying:
Also why does your face look like it is recovering from 2nd degree burns
Because adolescent acne
Thanks for making fun of my permanent disfigurement though
delid of all people
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Peanut butter ass Shaq nem-x is gay booooze lime pole over bench lick:
I got my Storm 2 days ago.
Wait I got this over a week ago
you're copying ME
jeeze
Fortunately I think I deleted it before anyone's cache cleared.
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Maradon! said:
But hey you buy a lexus, you pay for premium.
wat
As in the car?
Premium?
Haha oh jeez.
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Maradon! wrote this then went back to looking for porn:But hey you buy a lexus, you pay for premium.
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And coming in at #1 is Maradon! with "Reply." I'm Casey Casem.
You know, I really don't mind the "poop in my mouth" sigpic, it's just that I had originally used that the_baby.jpg as a sigpic on another forum as well, one where pooping in one's mouth probably wouldn't come across very well.Fortunately I think I deleted it before anyone's cache cleared.
Parce and I discussed your sigpic sometime around beer number 4, and we reached the conclusion that you or someone should go to like a political rally with the "POOP IN MY MOUTH" poster and try to get on TV.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Parce and I discussed your sigpic sometime around beer number 4, and we reached the conclusion that you or someone should go to like a political rally with the "POOP IN MY MOUTH" poster and try to get on TV.
You still won't be able to top:
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A sleep deprived Maradon! stammered:
Because adolescent acneThanks for making fun of my permanent disfigurement though
No problem. I really like how this thing doesn't give me a notice if I talk to someone on my computer from Gmail. I don't know how it distinguishes.
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x--nem-x is gayO-('-'Q) :
...if I talk to someone on my computer from Gmail.
what
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Maradon! screamed this from the crapper:
Also because they're getting a BES server at work.
I rue the day we got one of those. I fucking hate being tethered to my goddamn job.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Maradon! stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
So I picked up this guy right here
this guy here matches with your sigpic
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Maradon! said:
So, what does it taste like?
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Quoth Karnaj:
I rue the day we got one of those. I fucking hate being tethered to my goddamn job.
Seconded. 
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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x--Captain TarquinnO-('-'Q) :
So, what does it taste like?
It tastes like technology.
And nothing like blackberries, which is sad.
heres my blackberry pin, add me to blackberry messenger ok
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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
I'm still considering a blackberry bold or HTC Fuze, as an upgrade from my iPhone.
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Karnaj had this to say about Pirotess:
I rue the day we got one of those. I fucking hate being tethered to my goddamn job.
Easy solution: Try turning your blackberry off.
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This one time, at Liam camp:
i got a curve 8900heres my blackberry pin, add me to blackberry messenger ok
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they give you blackberries IN THE MILITARY?!
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Pvednes Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Easy solution: Try turning your blackberry off.
Oh, cool. I thought you died in the brush fires.
Anyway, Karnaj can't turn that shit off. He's an I.T. professional, which means he's basically the surgeon general of computers. They need his consultation...like that.
You can't see it, but I was snapping my fingers.
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Mr. Parcelan had this to say about Duck Tales:
Oh, cool. I thought you died in the brush fires.Anyway, Karnaj can't turn that shit off. He's an I.T. professional, which means he's basically the surgeon general of computers. They need his consultation...like that.
You can't see it, but I was snapping my fingers.
Not yet. I've been in there on strike teams though! Also, the bushfires are only really one town away.
Also, when we say 'bushfire', don't think 'brush fire' so much as 'unstoppable firestorm.'
Just out of curiousity, where was your BB built?
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Maradon! attempted to be funny by writing:
Wait I got this over a week agoyou're copying ME
jeeze
Over 4 months ago, I beat you both 
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Doomjudge booooze lime pole over bench lick:
I think the Internet Radio application you're looking for is called Slacker.Just out of curiousity, where was your BB built?
Slacker is like Pandora, it gives you random songs based on your input. What I'm looking for is something that gives you actual radio stations, so I can hear local news and traffic and talk radio and such. From what I hear, I Heart Radio is like that.
I have no idea where the thing was built ??
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The propaganda machine of nem-x is gay's junta released this statement:
I can't use Microsoft Update because I stole XP. How do I get around it illegally Karnaj?
Beats me. We're legit. In fact, we're too legit to quit.
But really, why do you need Windows Update? A stateful firewall should be enough to prevent access to your machine via those exploits that make up the vast majority of Microsoft patches.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
