[Macworld]

Post your comments for Review: BlackBerry Storm 9500 here

[Casademike]

How could MACWORLD give a device that has no out of the box support for a Mac 4 mice? You have to spend $40 on missing sync to get it to work with a Mac? You kind of leap over that point like it's no big deal. When will this company be taken to task for their deplorable and pathetic support for the Mac platform? Their Mac sync product is a piece of garbage and doesn't even work with this phone.
For a company who is trying to take Apple head on, you would think that Mac support (at least basic contact/calendar syncing) is something they should bring to the party.
In PC world, I would agree with the 4 star review. But as I said before, this is Macworld.

[FuturDreamz]

BTW it is the 9530, not the 9500.
Blackberries have a simple naming pattern where the last two digits say which model of the device it is, such as xx10 for GPS GSM, xx20 gor WiFi GSM, and xx30 for CDMA

[cycomachead]

I too think mac compatibility was understated. The iPhone works with windows out of the box for free. And it you pay $40-$50 for missing sync which is fine, but it needs to be factored into the price- and that puts it above the iphone. I currently use Windows Mobile, so yeah I understand that extra software is fine, but I also knew that it would cost more (though I ended up with a free syncmate license for beta testing :-)).
That's also though for me to say that it's not as good as the iphone for typing when I use a hardware keyboard. And I won't buy a phone if I can't use it's keyboard layout (or if I can remap the keys). However, I assume there are some wireless keyboards you can use with a BB. If you don't mind adding in that cost, it means the storm could be good for long flights or the like. However, my macbook is almost always with me and thus most of the time that keyboard would be useless for long trips.
Then there's WiFi. The lack of WiFi is huge. Sure you have EVDO rev A, when you have it. But I live in a cellular black hole. It's also nice to be able to connect to networks and transfer files wirelessly.
So the storm has 3 deal breakers for me: the Mac software, the keyboard, and wifi. I tollerate WinMo because I'm only verizon and I need mobile word excel and a couple other things, and because I've hacked my phone to no end. But once word comes to the iphone and my contract is up....yeah I'm leaving!

[mtthwmerritt]

The Bold will be available on Verizon as the Niagara. Otherwise I have to agree with you...



I blame Apple to be honest, the whole "unlocking" and "jailbreaking" thing has become infinitely more notable with the release of the iPhone and goes against what the major carriers you want (read: they want your wallet). The logical step would be for them to start taking a much larger interest in the devices that are coming to their networks at the very beginning of the design phase. I don't like it, but it's perfectly logical from the "gotta get your money" point of view.

[owalston]

You cannot sync photos from iPhoto to the Blackberry Storm. or does someone out there in cyberspace know differently?

[owalston]

Your review says that with Missing Sync you can sync photos. I think you are mistaken. Photos will not transfer from the Mac to the Blackberry Storm. Not yet anyway.

[cycomachead]

They have an iPhoto button in missing sync, but I don't know how it works. According to Mark/Space's site you can do a 2 way iPhoto-BB sync. Also, I know you can designate a folder of photos to sync to the BB and send the BB photo's to a folder.

[Casademike]

My wife used to use missing sync with her Blackberry Pearl and it did in fact sync selected albums from her iPhoto library. It even scaled down the photos for the phone-size screen. Don't know if this works with the storm - but I would assume it would.

[macmodular82]

most iPhones are sold to Windows users.... who get iTunes as a free download for syncing and more.

[macmodular82]

I have to agree 100%. The only good point is that competition will benefit the iPhone of the future. This is like comparing Outlook Express to Mac OS X Mail.

[traccyoung]

made the dumbest mistake of my life - rushed to vodafone and signed 2 year contract to get the Storm

good phone but terrible smartphone.... so frickin' slow and bugggyyyyyy like there is no tomorrrow


http://admiralh.word...-iphone-killer/

[macmodular82]

I guess that's a good point, if you consider the iPhone a Mac.

[FuturDreamz]

Just wait for the firmware update in early December.