[project86]

I just saw the ad for the Storm 2 and one of the elements that caught my hearing was that the screen was way more responsive and no longer slow and sluggish like the Storm 1. I was curious... do you think that there will be an update for the Storm 1 to have this same quick responsive screen or is this a money thing and RIM could care less about Storm 1 users?

[Dubdub]

Doubtful. My guess is that the original will eventually go away.

[project86]

So the obvious choice is to say screw Verizon if they don't appease us by giving us a phone that works and go with another cell phone company with WORKING smart phones then...?

[NeXTLoop]

Honestly, I would say that its less of a money thing and more of a hardware issue. The main reason why the Storm 2 is faster is because the physical memory was doubled over the Storm 1. No software update is going to be able to match that.

[Stale Pancake]

The Storm 2 has a different sensor system for the screen as well. No center point for pressing in. No dead zones. Sensors on all 4 sides. I've been typing on it for a couple days now and I am getting incredibly fast on it.

[Mike Dimich]

Is it as smooth as the iPhone?

[Stale Pancake]

Wirelessly posted

Much better in my opinion. It's as smooth with the added benefit of SurePress.

[legallyaddictive]

There will likely be an update in 5.0 for the Storm 1 to add the kinetic scrolling and that will go a long way toward making it feel smoother. There is a pretty great processor behind the Storm 1 RIM is just starting to use it properly with the Storm 2.