hans.gerwitz

“Watching someone writing an email on a Storm is like watching an antelope trying to open a packet of cigarettes.”

Stephen Fry

Here’s a rumor I’d like to start: the Blackberry Storm is a sacrifice play. RIM is purpose­fully taking the risk of alien­ating some users for a greater defensive purpose, to rein­force the reflexive disdain many Blackberry users have to (the idea of) the iPhone’s keyboard. If they pick up a Storm it will only further convince them touch­screen keyboards are a farce and dissuade them from investing the few hours’ use required to become profi­cient with an iPhone.