Thread: iPhone 3GS sells 1 million phones over the first Weekend

Originally Posted by jlevy73

You're not alone. Many have jumped shipped to the iPhone from the Storm. IMO it's still the touchscreen phone to beat.

Good riddence. I have found the majority of Storm owners to be spoiled brats.

Sad part is now you have over a million people locked into AT&T. How they made a mistake. Now the 2g IPhone would have been a better choice. Just because you can unlock and jailbreak and make use of other carriers. Not to mention you can use Cydia for free apps.

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

Sad part is now you have over a million people locked into AT&T. How they made a mistake. Now the 2g IPhone would have been a better choice. Just because you can unlock and jailbreak and make use of other carriers. Not to mention you can use Cydia for free apps.

I didn't know that the 3G can't be unlocked...I thought all of them were capable of that. That sucks for people then

Originally Posted by olta777

I didn't know that the 3G can't be unlocked...I thought all of them were capable of that. That sucks for people then

The dev team has been working on it since the release of the first 3g phone, they release a software program called yellowsnow that would jailbreak the 3g but not unlock it yet. I havent kept up on it they may have release a version that would work on the original 3g but not on the new one I know for sure.

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

The dev team has been working on it since the release of the first 3g phone, they release a software program called yellowsnow that would jailbreak the 3g but not unlock it yet. I havent kept up on it they may have release a version that would work on the original 3g but not on the new one I know for sure.

Oh, I see....I never owned an iphone, so have no clue in these things

Originally Posted by olta777

Oh, I see....I never owned an iphone, so have no clue in these things

I have unlocked a bunch of 2g IPhones but havent attempted the the 3g.

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

Sad part is now you have over a million people locked into AT&T. How they made a mistake. Now the 2g IPhone would have been a better choice. Just because you can unlock and jailbreak and make use of other carriers. Not to mention you can use Cydia for free apps.

I agree but the 2nd generation one (the original 3G) is now prices at $99 and it's leaps and bounds better than the first gen. I had mine jailbroken the first week I had. Was tethering on that thing a long time ago

Originally Posted by sunkast

Good riddence. I have found the majority of Storm owners to be spoiled brats.

maybe

What do you guys think RIM would have to do to beat the Iphone??? Jesus this should be a thread in itself. See i really like my storm but i gotta have the best so i'm hoping that storm 2 will be the beast i need it to be, Sooo...what would RIM have to do?

Originally Posted by jlevy73

I agree but the 2nd generation one (the original 3G) is now prices at $99 and it's leaps and bounds better than the first gen. I had mine jailbroken the first week I had. Was tethering on that thing a long time ago

Jailbroke yes, but unlocked?

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

Jailbroke yes, but unlocked?

Yeah, I do a lot of business in China and had it unlocked over there. So i was using it on my tmo account which for overseas roaming is so much better than AT&T

Originally Posted by socalmiles

What do you guys think RIM would have to do to beat the Iphone??? Jesus this should be a thread in itself. See i really like my storm but i gotta have the best so i'm hoping that storm 2 will be the beast i need it to be, Sooo...what would RIM have to do?

I will give you all a tease, where the Storm 2 really excels is in typing and more available RAM. The days of meterberry will be long gone. However, overall IMO it's essentially the same phone.

Originally Posted by socalmiles

What do you guys think RIM would have to do to beat the Iphone??? Jesus this should be a thread in itself. See i really like my storm but i gotta have the best so i'm hoping that storm 2 will be the beast i need it to be, Sooo...what would RIM have to do?

Believe it or not the Storm as with any other BlackBerry already beats the IPhone in what it was designed for. And as much as I hate to say it the IPhone beats the Storm as a multimedia device, but that is where it stops. The Storm as with any BlackBerry is designed with the business user in mind and this was RIM's first stab at the world of Multimedia. It hasnt faired to well but for what I use it for it is leaps and bounds ahead of the iphone for personal business asst. Now the IPhone may make it there someday as maybe the Storm may make it into the multimedia arena someday. Both companies are working hard to take over each others market share. Only time will tell.

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

Believe it or not the Storm as with any other BlackBerry already beats the IPhone in what it was designed for. And as much as I hate to say it the IPhone beats the Storm as a multimedia device, but that is where it stops. The Storm as with any BlackBerry is designed with the business user in mind and this was RIM's first stab at the world of Multimedia. It hasnt faired to well but for what I use it for it is leaps and bounds ahead of the iphone for personal business asst. Now the IPhone may make it there someday as maybe the Storm may make it into the multimedia arena someday. Both companies are working hard to take over each others market share. Only time will tell.

Very well stated. Are you including web into multimedia as this is one area where RIM really needs to step it up. I would really like to see a better syncing set up than google sync. Apple's mobileme is seamless and works for both PC and Mac users where RIM really screws all of us Mac users. Sorry but in my line of biz a Mac is a requirement.

Originally Posted by jlevy73

Very well stated. Are you including web into multimedia as this is one area where RIM really needs to step it up. I would really like to see a better syncing set up than google sync. Apple's mobileme is seamless and works for both PC and Mac users where RIM really screws all of us Mac users. Sorry but in my line of biz a Mac is a requirement.

I agree with you j, it is an area that needs focus. However the BES set up blows away anything that Apple has out currently. I think as time progress and dev gets further you will see both RIM and Apple have almost the same market share into each others original area. The question is who gets there first. Whomever does will be on top and tough to take down.

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

I agree with you j, it is an area that needs focus. However the BES set up blows away anything that Apple has out currently. I think as time progress and dev gets further you will see both RIM and Apple have almost the same market share into each others original area. The question is who gets there first. Whomever does will be on top and tough to take down.

If you are talking about BES hands down without question RIM is far superior. Apple has a loooonnggg way to go in that arena.

Originally Posted by jlevy73

If you are talking about BES hands down without question RIM is far superior. Apple has a loooonnggg way to go in that arena.

Yes I am talking about BES. I think in a nutshell RIM has been in the business realm as long as Apple has been into the Multimedia realm. Now they both want what each other has. And it a race to see who gets there first.

Originally Posted by jlevy73

I will give you all a tease, where the Storm 2 really excels is in typing and more available RAM. The days of meterberry will be long gone. However, overall IMO it's essentially the same phone.

I hope this is true, but I am actually thinking bout just getting the Tour and be done for awhile

Originally Posted by bbcrackman

Yes I am talking about BES. I think in a nutshell RIM has been in the business realm as long as Apple has been into the Multimedia realm. Now they both want what each other has. And it a race to see who gets there first.

It's a tough question but who do you think will get there first?

Originally Posted by Stiefler07

I hope this is true, but I am actually thinking bout just getting the Tour and be done for awhile

Stiefler we need to talk, the object is to have them all.