I'm up for contract soon and need a button-less mobile solution, hence the search for a touch screen model. Not interested in iPhone.

Looked at a few and shortlisted it to:

Blackberry Storm
HTC Diamond/Magic/Touch HD
Samsung Omnia I900

I'm leaning strongly towards the BB Storm, does anyone here have one & can give me a non-whirlpool.net.au opinion? Particularly concerned about battery life and OS ease of use. Anyone else considering this model in the near future?

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The BB Storm is aimed a bit more at the coprorate user and is better for email functionaility than the Iphone for example. It really depends what you want/need. The Iphone is flawed, but a new version is going to announced in around 6 weeks. If you're not that fussed about your phone's media capabilities i.e camera/mp3/video then don't worry about the Iphone. I don't know about the other 2, but the Storm is pretty good. I think it only has an 8gb flash memory card, but if you're not watching heaps of movies & listening to lots of music, then 8gb is plenty. There's heaps of detailed objective reviews on the net.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/b...9500-hands-on/

hey mate i have a storm and have had it for 4 months now.
normal battery life is about 48 hours but if you use the internet a whole lot this will be far less.
I would only really recommend it if you were going to use it more as a business phone but in the end of the day if you like it......... buy it.

new iphone around july supposedly. i know you said no iphone, but seriously they are the best phone out at the moment.

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got a samsung omnia for sale if u want it.....

Sorry Jimmy, I'll pass on that one... even at half the price you are asking, it is cost ineffective to purchase outright & go on a SIM only plan....

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1990 Mk3 Supra turbo fully rebuilt 7M-GTE (Older son)
1991 Celica GT4 (Younger son)