How the iPhone Should Have Made the Blackberry Storm Launch Easier
There have been a lot of reviews lately regarding the new Blackberry Storm. I summarized a few myself, but things haven’t improved much. While there are some bright spots, the overall tone of the reviews is that the Storm is a disappointment.
Still, as a Blackberry on the Verizon network I suspect it’ll do fine regardless. Instead of dwelling on the reviews, I want to disagree with comments I’ve read that say RIM should be cut some slack considering it’s a 1.0 product, which makes it the same as the iPhone’s initial release.
No, not at all. RIM had it easy.
From
the moment it was announced, while Apple faithful may have believed, most outlets spent moment mocking the iPhone. Greasy screen! Fingerprints! Car crashes considering you can’t drive and text at the same moment! Won’t be able to dial in bright sunlight! And on and on. Most of them were kind of foolish, and a few were downright asinine.People’s memories can be short, so let’s go back in date and look at what Apple had to overcome with the iPhone.
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Orginal post by Tom Reestman