The new BlackBerry Storm is out, and I see that it gets a negative review from Time:
The trouble with having to push down on the entire 3.2-inch screen every time you type a letter or confirm a menu choice is that it slows you down. The idea behind the clickable screen is that it will minimize errors by getting you to think before you press. Instead, it took much of the fun out of using the device. While some people complain that the iPhone's touchscreen is a little too slick and imprecise — of the three devices, I tend to make the most typos with the iPhone — at least it's fast.
Not surprising, really, although in a way it does seem kind of shocking that a major corporation could put years and millions into r-and-d of a product and come out with something with such seemingly obvious flaws.
I hate cell phones. It's the one invention in the history of my lifetime that I could absolutely happily live without. I hate the way people are glued to them, as if they absolutely have to be talking on the phone while walking down the street or waiting for a train, as if that time would be completely wasted if they were reading or merely standing there thinking. I despise the way people insist on speaking loudly on them on ATM (cash machine) lines, and the lack of modesty (don't these people mind other people hearing their conversations?) staggers me. I detest the way people feel they have to trade cell numbers before meeting for a movie or a drink, as if people down the ages before the invention of cell phones somehow never managed to meet for a movie or a drink!
I loath the overly complicated pricing schemes. I abhor the unreliability. I can't stand a thing about them, except that yes, they're convenient to have from time to time. But they're mostly a monstrous intrusion.
