Love this thing want it need it gotta have it.

Don't get me wrong -- this is the phone that'll replace my dying 7130c... but I realize that I'll sacrifice typing ease from real buttons for multi-media.
NONE of the video clips so far -- despite the reviewers' comments to the contrary -- have shown typing on the Storm to be fast and effortless. Better than on other touchscreens (ie iPhone): yes, but never as easy as on a physical keyboard. In fact, all the videos still make it look painfully slow and deliberate.

vodafone has done this whole thing right while verizon has just sat around with its thumb up its bloated fat ass. on crackberry's homepage there are currently four (4!) vodafone hands on reviews. where is verizon? oh yeah they had the street reactions video a month ago. BFD. vodafone has pricing announced for plans and the unit. we (verizon customers) have pricing for the global email plan. i think people are more curious about a CONFIRMED RELEASE DATE/phone cost as opposed to the pricing of plans. not to mention the whole "sign up for email updates" thing was bogus. i've received one email from vzw and it was just a link to the storm page. nothing new. how about a new commercial too? verizon hyped the first chocolate way more than they have the storm. for a company that loves to bone their customer's wallets so hard you'd think they'd be trying to get the word out outside of the blogosphere.

I just emailed that device, i wonder if ill get a response.

Stormprdemo2@mobileemail.vodafone.net

I just emailed that device, i wonder if ill get a response.

Stormprdemo2@mobileemail.vodafone.net

I just emailed that device, i wonder if ill get a response.

Stormprdemo2@mobileemail.vodafone.net

Fehe13y, there are reasons I'm sure. I would expect someone with such a close minded point of view to understand it, but marketing guru's making tons of money to do what they do are hard at work doing it. Verizon knows what they are doing, ever hear the phrase "Can you hear me now?". I rest my case.

The iphone was a 3 month long teaser with just as minimal information as what verizon is giving now, it's not unprecedented, and the more you advertise a phone when you don't have a FULLY OFFICIAL release date, the more people know, the more people you piss off by not getting it out at the right time. All the people complaining about release dates are probably the same people that would complain if they got a release date and it was wrong.

Bone their customer's wallets? So short sighted, it's not much more expensive at&t vs Verizon, compare **without discounts or bundling** the two side by side and they are almost the same, cept maybe charging for GPS and requiring a data plan **which is just good business** there really isn't much of a difference, the "verizon is more expensive" argument died a while back. It's more expensive, we know, CDMA is more expensive to maintain than GSM, yet at&t charges the same.... rip off maybe?

Im pretty sure they are intentionally typing slow because they are reviewing the phone on video. like the instruction video's of how to use a software package.. you don't see the instructor whipping through everything, they SLOW IT DOWN so people can watch closely

I thought it was good, and I like that out of all the ones I've watched she is the only one that spoke of the NO wifi! I think it will take getting use to do for me I'm willing to try not a big deal. I would like to see some actual typing on the keyboard but when it comes out I will be able to do it on my own. So nothing anyone has commented or talked about in video has made me change my mind. I know this will be a great device, and like all phones it will have a few kinks, you can't please eveyone with everything.

phone looks great, scrolling looks weird

Having held one and tried the touch screen the response is terrific.. the feedback is just like pushing a button.. once everyone tries it i'm sure the worries will dissappear

I got to go hands on with the Storm too a couple days ago :)

I think a simple release date would suffice enough to hold me over, I mean Vodaphone has already told their customers the 14th, and they are shooting for the 18th for pre orders.

Why the Hell won't Verizon give us SOMETHING???

where's all that lag people are talking about?

They Always say video no longer available!!! HELP I'm missing out on some serious storm eye candy!

God i need this phone.. As for lack of VZW not pushing out advertisement they have started the roll theres the grab game theres NYC hunt and the stuff in the midwest..

wow, the icons blow the iphone icons away, - stupid iphone blackberry themes - lol, anyway I noticed no lag at all, and the applications looked sweet- i'd so be playing music, updating myspace, and signed in on yahoo messenger, facebook you name it- just like with my curve

I gotta have it too

"And finally, there's the boring business applications." That's hysterical.
I'm new here but have been closely tracking the Storm's release for the past month+; can't wait! Love the site. -- Danny