Comments on: Review & Contest: SmartestCover – “Feel” Your Storm Keyboard

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By: SaloMog

SaloMog — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:38:09 +0000

This seems interesting enough. I’ve been happy with my storm, but If there is one complaint I could ever have about any touch screen phone with a virtual keyboard, it’s the lack of tactile response for the keys. When I had my old phone, I knew exactly what keys I was touching and when. If this product helps out, then I would love to try it out.

By: Mulder

Mulder — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:05:32 +0000

That would definately help when texting while driving. Wouldn’t need to watch down every 2 letters

By: Nurse Berry

Nurse Berry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:42:52 +0000

I send/receive 3000 texts a month or more. Would love to try it!

By: marvin williamson

marvin williamson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:39:15 +0000

Ok I’m curious…

By: gnaylor

gnaylor — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:06:45 +0000

I haven’t tried a cover on my phone yet. I would love to give this one a trial run and if its a good product, I’ll recommend it to everyone.

By: PK

PK — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:51:13 +0000

Okay I’m intrigue! Let’s see if I win one!

By: mattguyver

mattguyver — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:35:24 +0000

I hope it can help make my typing more accurate.

By: Cinnamon

Cinnamon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:12:46 +0000

I am very curious to know if accuracy was improved. I have just moved from a curve to a storm and I am experiencing a learning curve with the touch screen. I’m also interested to know which keypad version was preferred, and why?

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:07:41 +0000

I felt that accuracy was improved. It hasn’t made my typing any faster but I have seen fewer mistakes.

By: Name (required)

Name (required) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:22:48 +0000

That must have been one hell of a “keying” on your Storm screen.
I have tried to scratch the screen of the Storm with pens and a butter knife and a rock, and have yet to put any noticeable marks on it.

By: bertrum2k

bertrum2k — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:07:33 +0000

This does look very interesting and I’m curious about the answer to bomarco’s question: did accuracy improve? I had the orange enV before my storm and that was my first phone with a full keyboard in addition to the outside standard keys. While there was still a learning curve to typing on the qwerty keyboard I did get pretty fast at it and could type on the outside face basically without looking just from experience with past phones. I’d like to see if this cover reduces the amount of errors, since I sometimes miss my enV and the ability to feel which key I’m pressing while in landscape mode. Very intrigued, fortunately I haven’t injured my storm yet, which is surprising since I ruin a phone about every 6-12 months.

By: lakersfan2416

lakersfan2416 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:05:30 +0000

i would love to have a skin for a storm, one time this guy was so mad at me he keyed my storms screen, this resulted in us getting in a fight and my getting a bloody nose =( , hopefully i can have one to help protect my berry in the next fight!

By: dixie normous

dixie normous — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:39:00 +0000

I like my covers ribbed!

By: Haroon Choudery

Haroon Choudery — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:35:44 +0000

Last December I finally got my Storm. I had been obsessed with getting the Storm and even before it came out I made sure I watched every single video there was on YouTube about the features and specifications of the Storm.

I happened to come across the video of the man taking a knife to the Storm and showing that there was no scratches on the Storm after brushing the screen with the knife. When I got my Storm I was very careful with it and would not put it to any test as extreme as the knife test. I told my 12 year old brother that the screen is “virtually unscratchable”, only to find out that he tried to test my Storm. I soon found out and wasn’t too worried because I left the original screen protector on the Storm and was going to replace it sometime soon anyway. I took the cover off and there was a small scratch on the lower-left side of the screen about half an inch long. I couldn’t stand it so I used my insurance for the phone to get a new Storm.

I am very careful with my Storm now and I would love to win the SmartestCover contest. It is promised to be a great cover and it would definately help while texting or just browsing the internet!

By: bomarco

bomarco — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:29:12 +0000

The review addresses one potential concern for this product (interference with other touchscreen functions) – apparently not a problem. However, it is unclear if this product really works. Did the reviewer think that their typing was more accurate using this product? I use a screen protector anyway and almost exclusively type in landscape so if this product even marginally improves my typing (which, while certainly improved from when I first got the Storm, is not nearly as fast or as accurate as on a physical keyboard), sounds like a useful accessory.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:10:15 +0000

This seems interesting, I’ll throw a reply at it.

There’s a bunch of stories about how I’ve abused the crap out of it. I always have a screen protector on it, even though I’ve seen the videos of someone scratching it with a knife. I mostly just don’t trust myself, because it seems if there’s a way for me to damage something, I’ll do it.

The worst scractch I’ve ever had on my Blackberry Storm screen was when I was opening a door for a person who works in upper management. The Blackberry slid out of my hands, landed screen-down on a piece of metal that was the door stop, bounced off, and landed on the concrete.

The exec was bummed out because he was a fellow Blackberry power user, and stopped to see if it was alright. I picked it up, brushed the screen, and saw a gash going all the way through the screen protector. We both had horrified looks on our faces, until I started peeling off the screen protector to reveal that the glass on the Blackberry itself was unscathed.

Later that day, his secretary called asking where he would get screen protectors for his Curve.