The Verizon Storm is it an iPhone killer?

I have been using the storm now for a month or so and so far I am pretty happy with it. The biggest problem I had with the storm was that the screen was always active. So when you put it in your pocket it would always activate the screen. This certainly reduced the daily battery life. Additionally, I had to put a password on it so that it wouldn't automatically dial while it was in my pocket. This problem was overcome with the use of a Blackberry case; the magnet in the case shuts down the screen. After that the battery life was about two days of normal use.

The software that comes with a Blackberry storm is less than adequate. Media sync is a joke. And the iTunes connector is totally worthless.

I had no problems tethering my storm to my XP notebook. Again, the only problem is with the Blackberry software. If you enable the software on boot up, you'll have a long pause before your computer is ready to go.
A better solution was using Bluetooth to connect to my Mac book Pro.

I have had very few dropped calls in the Minneapolis area. And the data speeds are reasonable.
I spent most of the summer trying out all the phones that Verizon had to offer and either they were toys or they didn't fit my needs. The Blackberry storm covers business and personal needs very well. As with any new device, there are a few annoyances. The inability to flick the screen like an iPhone or Itouch can really be a pain. Voice recognition is not nearly as good as it was with my Q- phone. Hopefully with the next update some of these small annoyances will be addressed. So for now the storm is no iPhone killer.