Storm or Tour or Storm 2

[DrMPH08]

It is time for my new every two and I would like to switch from a treo to a blackberry device and I wanted to know what people thought. If I should get the storm or the tour or should I wait until the storm 2 comes out. This will be my first blackberry device and I am very excited.

[nmchileman]

It depends on what you like and what you're going to use the phone for. If you really like the touchscreen and are into the whole fad of touchscreens then I would suggest waiting for the Storm 2. No use purchasing the original Storm since it's nearly a year old and new hardware is coming out soon. If you're going to use your Blackberry primarily for business I strongly suggest you get a real keyboard, for QWERTY keyboards the Tour is the phone to have right now. The Tour is definitely the best Blackberry on the market right now with a zippy processor, loads of memory and a big beautiful screen. The keyboard is an absolut joy to type on so hammering out long emails is not a problem.

Both devices will have the same functionality because they run the same OS. So it's just a matter of asthetics and if you can deal with a touch screen or not. Personally, I can't stand touchscreens and I think they're highly impratical for business users.

[DrMPH08]

I currrently have a treo and I love the touch screen but I also have a full qwerty keyboard. I guess I will go in the store and play with the tour. Who knows how long I will have to wait for the storm 2 to come out. Thanks for your input.

[nmchileman]

Storm 2 should be out October/November. It was released the week of Black Friday last year, so it should be around the same timeframe.

The Storm 2, and all Blackberrys after, will have WiFi. WiFi has been a longtime coming for CDMA Blackberrys, so it's very exciting to finally have it. You can read more about the Storm 2 by doing a Google search. I suggest reading on Crackberry.com, BoyGeniusReport.com and EngadgetMobile.com for more information, tech specs and pricing/release rumors.

If you could bare waiting any longer there is supposed to be a Blackberry that's touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard coming out in Spring next year. It's called the Magnum, or the Onyx. ...or the Atlas. Or the Banana phone.  There are so many Blackberry codenames out there it's hard to remember them all.  

Good luck.

[DrMPH08]

OMG! Thanks so much. I am actually on the phone with Verzion now. I guess I could wait I am so excited about all the new things coming out. This is such a hard choice. But now Verizon is giving me the run around about upgrading. Geesh. again thanks for the information

[XtremeBerry]

It's called the Magnum, or the Onyx. ...or the Atlas. Or the Banana phone.  There are so many Blackberry codenames out there

LOL . There is a few but only the Atlas will be a CDMA version . I believe that will be the 8550 Curve. FYI-new naming for phones  the 30 at the end just means CDMA and the upcoming 50 designation means CDMA with WI-FI.

Thats why the new Storm will be the 9550 and not the 9530.

[imcldbldd]

I just purchased the Blackberry Tour and I was wondering is there a way to upload my phone list from my Touch to the blackberry. I was subscribed to the Assistance Manager or whatever it's call but it says its not compatible with the blackberry. Does anyone have a suggestion or easy way of getting my contacts to my new phone???

[wldkatz03]

you should be able to go into a VZW store and do a phonebook transfer