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Posted by BBA Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Kevin, how does the Trackpad feel? I really want a device with that thing! You gonna send me one ;-)?

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

BIG FAN of the trackpad. If you're used to the trackball there's an adjustment period, but once you start using it the trackball feels a bit "dated" in comparison. And I just like the look of the trackpad a lot. Though...trackpad isn't quite as accurate (harder for something like brick breaker) and have noticed that in super bright direct sunlight it doesn't like to work anymore (I think there's a threshold that if you pass it messes it up). But occassionally trackballs mess up too.. so looking at the trade-offs you can probably make an argument for either, but I'm definitely a trackpad fan.

 
 
Posted by Griffspen Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I'm diggin that pic of the Storm 2 there.........

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

errr... what's a Storm 2? I made that one in the bottom left out of paper mache and painted it up based on some photos I'd seen online somewhere ;)

 
 
Posted by Yesterdays Shoveler Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Cat's out of the bag now. Does your Storm 2 respond or is the screen/touch disabled like the one you "saw online somewhere"?

 
 
Posted by Juliank Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Don't believe you buddy. What does the Storm 2 screen feel like?

 
 
Posted by drew4flt72 Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

You're soooo busted Kevin.... We need some reviews on this. They're already taking pre-orders here:

http://www.mobilecityonline.com/WIRELESS/STORE/productdetail.asp?product...

 
 
Posted by grundyman Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

that shit slipped right by me, so that mean that actually have the phone over at cb

 
 
Posted by BBA Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Kevin, you have any info when a Trackpad-Device will come to Germany/Vodafone?
I cannot wait!!!
-Fabian

 
 
Posted by PerryNY Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

How does the tour feel in the hand compared to the Bold?

 
 
Posted by jimmyt Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

spill it!!!

 
 
Posted by cg811 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Storm 2 - What's the deal?

 
 
Posted by camalus Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Come on.. whats up with the Storm 2. We have questions... you are supposed to have answers!

Does it boot up fully yet?
Does the screen work yet?
Does the screen still "click"?
Do you have dust under your screen yet?
Is it going to suck as much as the Storm 1?
WiFi?

We want answers!

Would it help if we said please?

 
 
Posted by grundyman Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

whats the deal with all the storm bashing? i must admit, on launch date i hated this phone so much, had verizon send me a new one and updated the os. and now the phone is almost perfect. i love it . to the point that im gonna skip the tour and wait for storm 2

 
 
Posted by m4mitchell957 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

question on the tour.
how is the trackball working because in another review they said that sometimes it would take 3 or 4 swipes before it responded when in the main menu.

 
 
Posted by cad.monkey Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

1.) Holy cow! 2.) I'm jealous 3.) Where do I sign up to be a beta tester so my desk can look like that?

 
 
Posted by HotCelica Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Seriously, how long have you had one just laying around. That's BS, you should at least do a photo session with it or something. Obviously the "leaked" photos that were posted with the CB logo on it was Kevin taking photos of it with his Bold camera. I'm upset that it's posted in this picture but nothing has yet to leak. I call shenanigans.

 
 
Posted by thatisnotmydog Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

One of my fav things about the storm is reading news from ESPN, NYT, etc. If I got the Tour, will I be disappointed in the browser (compared to the Storm)?

 
 
Posted by bk0 Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

YES! My number one reason to upgrade from the 8330 to the Tour is for a better web browser. How does the 4.7.x browser on the Tour compare to the browser on the 8330 Curve?

 
 
Posted by Guy from SU Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Hi Kevin, do you have a Sprint branded Tour in hand? Would really like to see a round of shots of how the final product looks.

 
 
Posted by ixl333 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Gemini, Pearl Flip, Bold, Tour, Curve 83xx, Gemini, 88xx, Onyx, Storm, Storm II, Tour, Gemini, Curve 8900

 
 
Posted by d4jerry Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Im about to get a blackberry(my first one) and i think I am going to get the tour, however today I was doing some research and one phonearena.com I read about THE ATLAS, it said that it is the tour but has wifi. Do you think that it is waiting for? can you give me any info

 
 
Posted by Hand_O_Death Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I am in the same boat, but I am still thinking about getting the Tour in a week or so une\less more info comes out about this "Atlas"

 
 
Posted by icycoldice Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

didn't Sprint and Verizon realase a press realease saying that wifi on CDMA BB's will come after the Tour. Only Sprint said the Wifi version of the Tour will come next year.

 
 
Posted by driphter Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Does youtube video play full screen as it does on a storm?

Have you done any speed comparisons of the tour browser vs iphone 3gs, bold, etc? I liked your original vids of the Storm vs the Iphone in the airport last year.

Thanks

 
 
Posted by grundyman Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

from the storms browser, google search , google mobile apps . there you will see the youtube app. youtube will look just like it does on the iphone .

 
 
Posted by nocturnal9 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Since you're reviewing the first new non-touchscreen Verizon Blackberry in over a year, I'd love to hear how it stacks up to the Curve 8330. Differences, whether it's really worth it for me to upgrade, etc.

 
 
Posted by jordanbyrnesbbstorm Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

not sure if i like, on the storm 2, how the green phone is pointing up unlike every other blackberry is pointing down.

 
 
Posted by BerryStorm Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I can't tell if it would be called a Blackberry graveyard or some sci-fi episode where Blackberry meets J-K+8!!!!

 
 
Posted by driphter Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Storm
Storm 2
Vzw Tour
Pre-release Tour
Sprint/Nextel Curve
2 - Gemini
Magnum
8330
8900 Curve
Pearl Flip
Att curve
Bold

Total 13 blackberries

 
 
Posted by SilverLight98 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Wow i think that this picture is a great example of why RIM needs to slow down a bit, and focus on only two or three amazing devices with a new great OS that has 3G wifi, gps, bluetooth etc rather than have 10 devices that all look very similar with different capabilities and a mediocre OS

 
 
Posted by phlite Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

please compare contrast the storm and tour

- mostly ... how is the browsing?
- media center changes
- lag
- video camera?

 
 
Posted by DurangoJim Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I'm thinking of switching from the Storm and would like to know how often or how little the hourglass thing shows up (it seems like the storm has this happen often) and if everything is noticibly quicker than the storm. My other question is with the lack of an accelerometer, are all pics taken in landscape mode or is the some way for the phone to know if something was shot in portrait mode and automatically adjust for that on screen?
Thanks!

 
 
Posted by blackmannx Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

thats alot of love right there... its crazy to have that many devices.. think I will pull out my bin of devices, have about 40 phones and ten berries..

 
 
Posted by NDonline Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I'm a bit of a newbie, but I've noticed that the Tour is supposed to have twice the flash memory of the Storm or Bold. How does this affect its performance? Memory leaks? I'm being lazy with these last three questions....but I assume that the Tour has a SIM card? Also, how much memory can be added via a microSD card and where does the card insert (on the side ala the Bold or under the back casing)?

 
 
Posted by grundyman Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

more ram mean more apps, sim is only for traveling , so far the phone can support up to 32 gb of micro sdhc flash

 
 
Posted by MagicWhiskey Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Hi, Kevin!

As a first-time Blackberry owner-to-be, I'm really excited to take stock on my Tour this Tuesday. My first concern is about the browser, since I haven't had a lot of hands-on time with it.

I know the browser isn't stellar in most BB user's eyes, but can it handle flash animation? can you save files from web pages? Both questions are extremely N00B, I know, but they're sincere.

Furthermore, how many apps can you download (you, personally) before you've run out of memory? I can think of three I'll need right away; weather, (preferably from Weather.com/Weather Channel) AP, Twitter. I can assume I've got room for at LEAST three; probably more. I just don't know how many more.

Engadget spoke about a very sensitive screen in their review of the Tour. What do you think?

Anyway, thanks for your time!
Chris

 
 
Posted by MagicWhiskey Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Looks upside down? Maybe this is done on purpose by RIM to spot pre-release units in the wild, but it's still funky.

 
 
Posted by Xopher Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

The Gemini button is also upside down...

 
 
Posted by Jewelzz Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I'll take any you no longer want or need ;o)

 
 
Posted by BlackBerryAdict Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Three Curve 8520s
Two Tour 9630s
One Onyx 9020
One Bold 9000
One Pearl Flip 8220
One Storm 9530
One Storm 2
One Curve 8310
One World Edition 8830
And one Curve 8900

Beat that! I bet I could name all of the carriers off the top of my head as well. =D

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

course can beat that, its a blackberry odin, not a storm 2 :)

 
 
Posted by BigSacAttack Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Oohhhh!!! Got the Curve wrong...it's a Curve 8300!!

 
 
Posted by lembowski Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I just want to see a video showing off the Tour's vibrate! I can't feel my Storm in my pockets.....lol

 
 
Posted by MCAP Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

MUST BE NICE TO HAVE ALL THOSE PHONES!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by Joel S. Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

I hate you for your collection, love you for the site... it's caused quite the mental conundrum.

I'm switching... or thinking about switching, from a Storm. I like the touchscreen for selecting things, how large it is, and using my finger to scroll, don't like it for typing. I'm sure there are tons of Storm owners who've never had BBs before looking at the Tour, it might be worth investigating how easy/hard it is to wrap your head around going from touch to track (selecting menu items, web browsing, bringing up contacts to call, etc.)

 
 
Posted by 2005CTS Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

It looks like RIM is changing the call/send button...it is on both the Gemeni and Storm 2.

But as a Storm owner I am most interested in the Storm 2. Tell more info!!!

 
 
Posted by grundyman Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 946 days ago

im waiting on that storm 2 also. this is my third blackberry , with the updates i like it. i realy got the storm just to show off to all those iphone people , didnt think i would grow to like the whole touch screen thing, but here i am now waiting for the sequel

 
 
Posted by supermann423 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

photo

 
 
Posted by cheech92007 Friday, Jul 10, 2009 947 days ago

Can I have one? :D