Well, I’ve been a Storm 2 owner for a month now. I specifically said it that way, because last week I traded my phone in for a new phone. You see, ever since I got this phone, it has been difficult to hit the Escape key at the bottom of the screen. I finally came up with a fix, I gently “thwock” it against my hand or a solid object, and that part of the screen will start working for a couple of clicks.

Anyway, last Sunday, I went and traded the old phone for a new one, that supposedly had a hardware fix for the problem. At least I thought I got one of those phones. Right out of the box, the new phone actually performed worse than the original! I couldn’t swap it again, so I took it home and installed a “leaked” OS. This is an OS released by RIM (Research in Motion, the company that makes Blackberrys. Blackberry is not the name of the company) but not officially condoned by the wireless carriers. Well, the problem has gone down about 80-90%. I still have to thwock it, but not very often.

I have the applications I need, and they are working fine. I have it set up  the way that I like it, and this phone really does a lot for me, besides making and receiving phone calls. I would be hard pressed to be as effective in my life if I were to no longer have a Blackberry.