http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/ Engadget Mobile Comments for BlackBerry Storm shipments delayed due to apparent version glitch http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 22nd 2008 6:17PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 22nd 2008 9:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
Do it, do it, do it, doooooooooo it! I cancelled my service just this month. Verizon doesn't care, they have Alltel customers coming in, so they give a rats ass if they lose customers. The CSR didn't even try to retain me, just asked me why I was canceling and then did it.]]>Nov 23rd 2008 1:45AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
Seriously.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 10:55PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
I called back and cancelled my order and the CSR did not want to even try to retain me. He just kept saying shit like, "well Verizon has done this and this and this for you, so you shouldnt be mad about a single mistake by us." I kept trying to explain that I wanted to leave because of so many different reasons on top of this screw up, like;

1. Locked GPS
2. Lack of Wi-Fi on most devices
3. Lousy handset selection

just to name a few. We then got into a discussion about VZ Navigator and he actually told me that he loves it. WOW. I have 3 lines all with Blackberrys, I spend over $200 a month with Verizon, am considered a VIP customer and he did NOTHING to try and retain my services. It looks like Im buying a BB Bold here soon...]]>Nov 23rd 2008 6:34PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
http://admiralh.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/why-the-blackberry-storm-is-no-iphone-killer/

^^^ this link is crazy long but should be considered if you're going to deciding to buy it.]]>Nov 23rd 2008 8:23PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 22nd 2008 10:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 23rd 2008 1:49AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 23rd 2008 12:40AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
Loving my iPhone 3G :)]]>Nov 23rd 2008 3:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
THAT release was a disaster, if you ask just about anybody. inventories may not have been AS strained, but the main difference is that AT&T and Apple couldn't handle the load of people wanting to activate.

also, talk about a disaster of too many options- the storm just has *1* device, whereas the iphone had 2 (8 and 16 GB). if you want a storm, you get a storm. if you want an iphone, you have to determine which you want (and how much you're willing to pay) and then hope the inventory supports it. furthermore, if you get the 8GB iphone and decide later that you want 16GB, you have to swap phones... the Storm you can just swap the memory card (when the 16GB becomes available).]]>Nov 23rd 2008 1:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 23rd 2008 5:05PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
Same thing with the phones ordered after 12 noon (the time zone is local time so, 12pm of whatever time zone your account is in).. they will ship BY December 15th NOT ON Dec 15th.. There is a big difference between "by" and "on" and it even says "BY 12/5" in the screen cap that was posted...

I agree with what "The D Train" said. With this big of a launch you need to get your ducks in a row AHEAD of time. Wake up early if you need to (just like black friday), stand in line, pre-order, etc.

People who are asking for exceptions (i.e. people who want to upgrade early and are not eligible) have to have the orders **approved** FIRST by a sup (which CAN take several hours), then it gets sent to the warehouse for processing (which can vary from several hours to DAYS), THEN it goes to FedEx for shipping (which is when your "overnight" delivery kicks in if you asked for it. If we make an exception, be happy we let you do what you wanted because we could have said NO :) If you were PATIENT and waited until you were actually eligible your order would have gone through several hours earlier. Be patient, this kind of thing should be expected with a huge launch such as this. Please keep this in mi abovced the next time you ask for something you aren't really entitled to just yet :)

As far as the people who ordered "late" and WERE eligible to upgrade and got a later shipping date, ignore what I said in the paragraph above.

One thing to help keep you updated on all of your orders is to have a current email address on your account file as the warehouse will email you with shipping info when it becomes available.

Also, FedEX does NOT deliver on the weekends (unless you pay for it). Even then keep in mind that it will not be overnighted right away if your storm order has not been processed by a certain time (such as late Friday). Orders are being processed in the order they are received (of course).

OK so that was more like $2, but it needed to be said..


BY... not "ON" :D]]>Nov 23rd 2008 3:57AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 23rd 2008 9:22AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
At least when it comes down to bad info about their favorite company anyway.]]>Nov 23rd 2008 1:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/
I love Blackberry. I got my Storm at 8am on the 21st.

The software on this phone is SO bad it is almost unusable. Enormous load times, slow response time for clicking/rotation, even UNCAUGHT EXCEPTIONS???

I am returning my phone this week unless they release some emergency update. This is absurd.]]>Nov 23rd 2008 2:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 24th 2008 8:39AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-shipments-delayed-due-to-apparent-version-glitc/Nov 23rd 2008 3:58PM