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Going down a storm

I got a chance to play briefly with the new Blackberry Storm yesterday.

First impressions were that it feels bulkier than the iPhone, but is a nice enough looking device. I wasn't too keen on the italics on the keyboard, but the tactile feedback was interesting: instead of having movement on individual keys, the whole screen clicks in and out on key presses. A clever idea, but I'm not sure it's much more than a novelty.

Here's the thing: in a few years' time, will people even expect keys to move when you press them? Already I find cognitive dissonance when I switch from my iPhone to a laptop after extended periods of writing: I'm used to audible feedback instead of tactile feedback (not to mention wishing I could swoosh windows around the screen with my fingers, and pinch/stretch to resize them with gestures).

So whilst the BlackBerry might be good for old-timers wanting the latest shiny-shiny, I don't think it's a game-changer, iPhone-killer, or anything-special... though it is about a billion times better than the other Blackberry handsets.

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