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    Blackberry Storm

    Well i'm on my 2nd, on my way to my 3rd(Monday). As far as a phone goes, it's a great phone, pretty durable, but honestly it can be laggy sometimes, internet goes slow sometimes, and just a lot of flaws that i've noticed. My first one survived my motorcycle wreck and multiple drops, and still went strong, only after dropping it on the corner of concrete and cracking the plastic screen a bit did I decide to use my insurance to get a new one(phone still worked).

    So I got my new storm in July, and the other day I dropped it and scratched it which I happened to be in a bad mood so I threw it against the wall, on the floor, kicked it around a bit, still works. Then today the phone just started being really retarded so I played hockey with it, only thing I regret to say is all my ringtones(made by myself) that I had on the phone itsself instead of the media card are gone, along with all my pictures.

    Well so this screen is cracked too, so I had to make another insurance claim, what I don't like is that they wouldn't give me a cheaper phone. As far as all these PDA's and stuff go, they are honestly pretty crappy, iphone included. I just wanted to get the plain and simple Casio GZ1(Boulder) which is a military based phone and is shock/water/dust resistant.
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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    I had a Storm and it sucked. The iPhone is the best phone I have ever owned. It is so usable. I can't live without it.

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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    I want to get the Casion GZ1(Boulder). It's waterproof, also that means I can drop my $30 a month extra data package which you have to have if you own a blackberry.
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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    My boyfriend has a blackberry storm. I agree, it lags a lot. A couple of months ago we were using my mom's pool. He had forgotten to take his storm out of his pocket before he got in the pool. When he took it out of his pocket it was dripping. He put it in a bag of rice for a couple of days, and it still works. It didn't seem to damage anything, in that respect I wa fairly impressed.

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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    Quote Originally Posted by Neal View Post
    I want to get the Casion GZ1(Boulder). It's waterproof, also that means I can drop my $30 a month extra data package which you have to have if you own a blackberry.
    I dont have the storm but i do have the curve, its probably the best phone ive ever had even though im on my 3rd one. It does lag after a while of having it but i still love it.

    I also dont have the data package so im not sure what your talking about, im on at&t.

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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    The Data Plan enables you to use the internet and email on your phone.

    If you have that, your paying for it.

    That being said, I have the 8900, a pretty new one. It has it's good days and bad days....

    Just like any other phone I've ever had. But I couldn't get by without it.

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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    8900 is a pretty nice phone. I use a Bold for my work phone and an iPhone for my personal line. The iPhone is overall my fav, but they all have their shortcomings. The Storm 2 should be hitting shelves soon, and it's supposed to be much nicer than the first gen.
    The biggest problem with BB is that many of them have issues locking up or rebooting on their own at times.
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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    Quote Originally Posted by Neal View Post
    I want to get the Casion GZ1(Boulder). It's waterproof, also that means I can drop my $30 a month extra data package which you have to have if you own a blackberry.
    I love my G'zOne, although I hate the name. Not only is it water proof, but it's dust proof too -- which was the big seller for me. I work in a metal fabrication shop so my phones always ended up full of metal dust which took it's toll pretty quick, even the 'military grade' ones from Nextel. My only complaints about it is that the speaker is pretty quiet compared to most other phones due to it having to be sealed off against water and dust, and the belt clip they sell for it is about worthless. I broke the actual clip off the back and repaired it with JB Weld a few times before giving in and replacing that part with a steel one that I made at work. Then just last week the front part on the phone clip that holds the phone in broke off, so now if I tap it the phone falls out of the holder. None of this happened from being rough with the phone, every single time happened while I was getting into my car.

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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    Quote Originally Posted by m00kfu View Post
    I love my G'zOne, although I hate the name. Not only is it water proof, but it's dust proof too -- which was the big seller for me. I work in a metal fabrication shop so my phones always ended up full of metal dust which took it's toll pretty quick, even the 'military grade' ones from Nextel. My only complaints about it is that the speaker is pretty quiet compared to most other phones due to it having to be sealed off against water and dust, and the belt clip they sell for it is about worthless. I broke the actual clip off the back and repaired it with JB Weld a few times before giving in and replacing that part with a steel one that I made at work. Then just last week the front part on the phone clip that holds the phone in broke off, so now if I tap it the phone falls out of the holder. None of this happened from being rough with the phone, every single time happened while I was getting into my car.
    I mean the storm is good, just I don't use half of it's features and it seems like the more expensive a phone is the more problems it causes. It's not nearly as bad as it was when they had the old software vs the new one. A lot of people were getting a java error starting the phone up which when you would answer sometimes, the phone would just power off.
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    Re: Blackberry Storm

    Quote Originally Posted by jglass38 View Post
    I had a Storm and it sucked. The iPhone is the best phone I have ever owned. It is so usable. I can't live without it.
    Truly is the best phone i ever had! And the best looking I keep mine all protected with cases, and screen protectors so i dont see it much I treat it like a car lol

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