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This post was created wholly on the BlackBerry Storm 9530 using OS 5.0 (.230) and WordPress for BlackBerry to demonstrate the utilization of the device in relation to web developing and internet usability.

The BlackBerry Storm by RIM is a beautiful piece of technology which is long overdue from from RIM and their assortment of big bulky predecessors.

The Storm is based on being the alternative device akin to the iPhone, which with adequate marketing flooded our market not too long ago but with one major difference; BlackBerry OS.

When I first turned on my device I was greeted with the stock 4.5 software, after much pleading of a friend I upgraded my OS seamlessly without loss of any data. I used to dislike my Storm due to the new input method (touch screen vs real qweryt keyboard or SureType keypad), constant power cycles and freezing on simple tasks like browsing. After an OS upgrade and using the device for a while I changed opinion.

I am now running the new 5.0 (.230) OS and have had a change of heart for my touch blackberry device.  The battery handles my medium usage (about 50 replied to emails, an hour of talk and a game or music here and there).  You will however have to charge your berry every other day with this usage and more frequent if you are a heavy user.   The biggest annoyance with this device would be the learning curve of the touch screen (I have used full keyboard devices for a long time previous to this).  The device handles media such as mp3 and video (wmv, 3gp, mp4) with no noticeable issue and is quite responsive up until about 2500Kb a second which is much higher than any other BlackBerry device I’ve used to date (thanks to the dual processor).  The only other issue that I have is that the predictive technology seems to not learn how I am using my device, RIM should take notice and make the device software more responsive when learning common words that a user types.