Comments on: How Much Work Does It Take To Make A BlackBerry App Run On The Storm?

By: Damon

Damon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:46:32 +0000

I agree storm is a total let down price is high expectations are low don’t buy it

By: The Rock

The Rock — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:55:55 +0000

Sounds so far like the Storm would have been better called imperfect Storm. It’s not good to hear RIM dropped the ball like they have done with their flagship Bold and Storm so far. Yeah it’s not good for RIM, it’s BB users nor is any good for developers as the current BB OS is far from being what it should be.

By: kenneth

kenneth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:45:26 +0000

I’ve been using freerangeinc for
Rs feeds and am testing bloomberg.
They both seem to have taken the
Easiest route to get it to work.
They only really display well in
Portrait and not full screen. Dragging pages also
Is reverse from other native apps.

By: Another Dev

Another Dev — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:12:43 +0000

Speaking personally, storm support is a pain. It took alot of man hours that I would have rather have spent else where in the application i work on, on Newer features or Deeper bug fixes. The need to support the new interactions, and their sometimes illogical actions lead it to be frustrating.

The other major issue, is supporting any device from the the first pearl to the Bold could be done, mostly, in development environment, with minimal differences. The Storm must be build for 4.7 meaning you need preprocessor support of some sort at the least for for it.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:58:18 +0000

Its a double edged sword. When more people wait for support from their favorite apps before they buy the storm there is less direct demand for these apps to be updated. The reason the iphone received such a large amount of support is because there was no previous device to compare to, so people purchased the phone and then demanded support. Developers were all to willing to appeal to a starved audience. The more people who “wait and see” there are, the less the motivation to develop quality storm apps. Or perhaps RIM has asked developers to hold on to their updates pending the launch of the app store.

By: D Train

D Train — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:02:09 +0000

I do have a question though… Does the lack of a solid OS (ie. Expected future updates) make developers hesitant to write Apps for the Storm?

By: D Train

D Train — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:58:26 +0000

@Richard Ward
My freind has a prepaid trac-phone. It has a calculator and Snake 2 on it. It is the pinnacle of human achievement, as far as he is concerned.

By: Richard Ward

Richard Ward — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:24 +0000

When a new phone comes out, I take a look at the platform. For the BlackBerry Storm, it’s nothing like any previous RIM device. I’d wait until the “new” sticker wears off before diving into a purchase because I couldn’t live without some of the applications on my BlackBerry Curve, and they don’t run on the Storm just yet.

If I wanted to be really limited by my device, I’d go by a pre-paid Tracfone. All in good time, the Storm will come full swing and everyone will be touching. Touching is good.

By: Kells

Kells — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:32 +0000

Does anyone know how well the BlackBerry Storm is doing?

It seems like all I keep hearing is bad stuff about it but ever since I updated it, it works great for me.

The lack of software is kind of a drag though.