If the BlackBerry Storm’s buggy software, slow interface and glitchy user experience made it feel a little half-baked, that may have been because it was. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, device-maker Research in Motion and carrier Verizon cut necessary development time short in order to meet a Black Friday deadline.
In an interview with the paper, RIM co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie said the team made the Nov. 21 deadline “by the skin of their teeth” after pushing back an original October deadline. Anonymous sources “close to the launch” cited by the Journal also claim that flaws in the phone’s operating system were overlooked in the last minute push.
