For all his Ye Olde Worlde charm and love of knitted jumpers and tweed, Stephen Fry is a gadget freak and, every now and then, he gets to play with new devices and give his opinion. He’s particularly keen on smartphones. All of this is a good thing, unless you are the new Blackberry Storm which Fry recently took to pieces on Twitter. Here’s a few of the things he said:
“Been playing with the BB Storm. Shockingly bad. I mean embarrassingly awful. Such a disappointment. Rushed out unfinished. What a pity.
Yes, I blame n’works more than RIM. Problems are terrible lag: inaccurate t’screen, awful, slow and fiddly text input. I SO wanted to like it.
Plus the GPS maps won’t work – issue with BIS connections. I see from forums postings this is widespread in the UK. iPhone killer? Ha!”
Over at the BBC’s dot.life though, they felt that Fry’s comments – which are well-respected by smartphone lovers – could stop the Blackberry Storm’s UK advance. That’s probably a bit OTT, considering many phone buyers never even read a review, but Fry responded to the piece and this is what he said:
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