It can’t get onto the Internet using wireless hot spots, like the iPhone or other BlackBerrys. I haven’t found a soul who tried this machine who wasn’t appalled, baffled or both.Īnd that’s before they discovered that the Storm doesn’t have Wi-Fi. In short, trying to navigate this thing isn’t just an exercise in frustration it’s a marathon of frustration. A virtual keyboard can offer canned blobs of text like “.com” and “.org” when it senses that you’re entering a Web address, or offer an key when addressing e-mail. A virtual keyboard’s keys can change, permitting you to switch languages or even alphabet systems within a single sentence.
has failed to exploit the virtues of an on-screen keyboard. And trying to enter Web addresses or unusual last names is utterly hopeless.įurthermore, despite having had more than a year to study the iPhone, R.I.M. Unfortunately, that’s also “hey.” You can see the problem.
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But when you turn it upright, you get the less accurate SureType keyboard, where two letters appear on each “key,” and the software tries to figure out which word you’re typing.įor example, to type “get,” you press the GH, ER and TY keys. When you hold it horizontally, you get the full, familiar Qwerty keyboard layout. It’s no help that the Storm shows you two different keyboards, depending on how you’re holding it (it has a tilt sensor like the iPhone’s). (“I couldn’t send two e-mails on this thing,” said one disappointed veteran.)
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It’s too much work, like using a manual typewriter. Only by clicking fully do you produce a typed letter. It accomplishes nothing a wasted software-design opportunity. On the Storm, a light touch highlights the key but doesn’t type anything. Where to begin? Maybe with e-mail, the most important function of a BlackBerry. Unfortunately, R.I.M.’s execution is inconsistent and confusing. Tap lightly to open something, click fully to open a shortcut menu of options.
Tap lightly to type a letter click fully to get a pop-up menu of accented characters (é, è, ë and so on). In principle, you could design a brilliant operating system where the two kinds of taps do two different things. In fact, it ought to make the on-screen keyboard feel more like actual keys. You can tap the screen lightly, or you can press firmly to register the palpable click. Press hard enough, and it actually responds with a little plastic click.Īs a result, the Storm offers two degrees of touchiness. The entire screen acts like a mouse button. hoped to soften the blow by endowing its touch screen with something extra: clickiness. Hello? Isn’t the thumb keyboard the defining feature of a BlackBerry? A BlackBerry without a keyboard is like an iPod without a scroll wheel.
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