Crackberry choices...

[VacMan]

I have the new Storm 2. It's fricking light years better than the Storm 1 and only $100 more. The screen is awesome, they addressed all the issues with the original Storm, and it has the 5.0 operating system with wifi. I'd say get a Storm 2 or a Tour 2 when it comes out.

[87e30]

Among those, I would take the Tour hands-down. The Curve is already basically obsolete. The touch screen Storm sucks, since you're eliminating the best part of a BlackBerry (the keyboard). I would forget both of those.

I've got a Bold and my dad has the Tour. I like the huge screen on my Bold and it's the fastest BlackBerry I've ever used. But it's too big and the battry life could be better. My dad's Tour is about perfect.

On a side note the bold 2 is by far the best blackberry to date. Sorry verizon.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I dropped my Storm monthly from ~140 to ~115. Still pricey for unlimited talk plus the data plan.

[Sir Young]

^ True, but it won't be <$100 like the others.


Sir Young, seeing as you work at VZW, is there anyway to get around paying $50/month ($29.99 for Blackberry data plan, $9.99 for "setting the number up," and $10.00 for my 500 text plan) for one of these damn things? I spoke to a VZW rep today and was blown away that it'd be $30 more to get the required "basic" plan for the Blackberry.

The short answer is no. :( Like you, part of me wished we didn't have to pay that extra 29.99 charge. The other part of me however knows that by paying that I'm getting a quality service from blackberry and Verizon as a whole. *End sales speech*

[TDE30]

wait a few weeks, RIM is releasing the blackberry 9650 aka tour2. adds wifi and the d-pad, no more trackball.

^ True, but it won't be <$100 like the others.


Sir Young, seeing as you work at VZW, is there anyway to get around paying $50/month ($29.99 for Blackberry data plan, $9.99 for "setting the number up," and $10.00 for my 500 text plan) for one of these damn things? I spoke to a VZW rep today and was blown away that it'd be $30 more to get the required "basic" plan for the Blackberry.

[b*saint]

Its already out. BB ftw. I <3 Canadians.

[e30sd]

wait a few weeks, RIM is releasing the blackberry 9650 aka tour2. adds wifi and the d-pad, no more trackball.

[Rustyduktape]

i have the tour, and its fucking awesome. get it.

[delatlanta1281]

ROB
And I have the curve. I love it.

[mrsleeve]

I was down to the Tour or the Moto Droid, I like the tour a ton, but I went with the droid.

[Hairos E30]

Well I have the Curve and it hasn't really given me any problems so far. The only problem I see is that the alarm is real annoying but it wakes me up. But my friend has the tour and it is faster than mine hands down. But i love my Curve.. Get the tour(faster).

[Sir Young]

Well, first, congrats on taking the leap to the dark side. You'll love the interface with the BB. Now, as someone who's worked for Verizon for the last couple years, I'd recommend the tour hands down to any of the others out there. Touch screen is great; when it works correctly. The storm and storm2 have both seen issues stemming from a bad UI when it comes to the surepress screen. The down side to the tour however, is the trackball. I love my tour but this has been my one issue. It tends to randomly stick when scrolling through menus. I partially blame this on the fact that I bought the phone when it hit the sales floor, so im sure the kinks are worked out. Those are my .02, take it or leave it but I hope it helps. =]

-Mike

[b*saint]

After having a 6500, two Curves, and a Bold, I recommend the Tour.

[Stephen]

I had a curve, it froze a decent amount, was slow at times, and would collect dust under the screen quickly. Cant really recommend it.

[Emre]

...it may be wortht he extra $50 to get the Tour/9630.)

Definitely spend the extra 50 bucks for the Tour. You'll regret it if you don't.

AT&T sucks though.......

Agreed. i stongly prefer T-Mobile for BlackBerry service. It's been dead reliable for me. Never had a dropped call...ever. Excellent coverage as well.