Monday, January 26, 2009

RIM Shares Retreat on Blackberry Storm Glitches


RIM shares dropped around 5% today on reports that glitches with the new Blackberry Storm were slowing user adoption. I reported earlier today in my 'Inspector Gadget' blog about those glitches, in case you're interested:


Looks like it's not a bad idea to hold off on purchasing that new Storm. RIM did issue a software update in December that cured some of the issues, but some Storm users I've spoken with have reported hardware issues (requiring unit swaps) in addition to software bugs.

I still think the Blackberry Bold is the best combination of features - I'm not sold on the soft/virtual keyboard, and the Bold is getting excellent reviews from the press as well as users.

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